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Women and honour: Notes on lying
(2008)Review: ‘Women and Honour: Notes on Lying’ had four creative collaborators including choreographer Clare Luiten. Charlotte Rose produced an atmospheric music score, which enhanced the work admirably, likewise for the pools ... -
Women as industrial labour: an enquiry into economic and social consequences of growth of garments manufacturing in Bangladesh
(The University of Waikato, 2002)Over the last quarter century, the readymade garments industry has emerged as the main export-earning manufacturing industry in Bangladesh. The industry is the first to employ women in large numbers in the formal manufacturing ... -
Women as prosecutors and judges in Kuwait: Aspirations and obstacles
(2015)This is the Powerpoint presentation (27 slides) that accompanied and supported my full paper presentation at the ICASS conference, an international gathering to share social science research. My slides and my paper focused ... -
Women Leading in Silence in Papua New Guinea Higher Education
(The University of Waikato, 2010)The Constitution of the Independent State of Papua New Guinea (National Goals and Directive Principles, the Preamble of the PNG Constitution, 1975) and the National Gender Equity Policy (2003) advocate for the increase of ... -
Women on board, firm financial performance and agency costs
(Springer, 2013)This study investigates the link between female board directors and company financial performance and agency costs in Sri Lanka's publicly listed companies. In order to investigate the impact of board gender diversity on ... -
Women sex workers’ embodied experiences of sport, exercise and physical leisure in Aotearoa New Zealand
(The University of Waikato, 2019)This thesis focuses on women’s bodies that occupy and move in and between spaces of sex work and sport, exercise and physical leisure. Extending the literature that continues to describe women sex workers as victims, this ... -
Women's contemporary yoga lifestyles: An embodied ethnography of becomings
(The University of Waikato, 2020)Within this thesis, I offer insight into the lifestyles of contemporary women Yoga practitioners. Delving into complex and nuanced experiences of women embodying Yoga lifestyles offers multiple opportunities to extend upon ... -
Women's experiences of higher education in New Zealand: Comparing the perspectives of New Zealand and Chinese women
(University of Waikato, 2012)The perceptions of women and the nature of higher education have undergone dramatic changes since the 19th century. Women have gradually obtained the same rights and opportunities as men to pursue and participate in higher ... -
Women's leadership as a symbolic act of reproduction: A case study in the Solomon Islands
(University of Waikato, 2016)Literature on women’s leadership over the last three decades suggests that women’s leadership perspectives have been predominantly influenced by either Euro-centric patriarchal views or those of women in economically ... -
Women's participation in education and training in New Zealand: is the 'learn while you earn' option accessible to all?
(Routledge, 2006)Strong education and training systems are viewed as a route to increased labour market participation for groups that have traditionally been excluded from, or marginalised in, the labour market. Engagement in the labour ... -
Women's use of possessions to cope with abusive relationships
(University of Waikato, 2012)Domestic violence is a widespread social issue in New Zealand and throughout the world and is detrimental to both society and the individual. Public services, such as law enforcement and health care are frequently and ... -
Women's Views about the Characteristics of the 'Ideal Woman Worker': A Preliminary Study.
(The University of Waikato, 2007)The initial reason I undertook this preliminary study was to inform myself and others about the views of women about the expectations of them as 'ideal workers' in paid employment. What resulted was a piece of research ... -
Women, sport and the media: A complex terrain
(Wilf Malcolm Institute of Educational Research, 2008)In this chapter I examine coverage of women’s sport, exposing the ways in which the sports media can simultaneously challenge and reinforce dominant assumptions that sport is primarily a male domain. I first summarize the ... -
Women, war and hypocrites: studying the Qur'an [Book Review]
(Taylor & Francis, 2012-01)This article reviews the book 'Women, war and hypocrites: studying the Qur'an', by Robert A. Campbell. -
Women’s empowerment, spousal communication and reproductive decision-making in Malawi
(The University of Waikato, 2002)This study is focused on the relationship between women’s power, spousal interactions and reproductive decision-making. It examines the nature of Reproductive Decision-Making Processes (RDMP) and the effect of spousal ... -
Women’s experience of emotional abuse in intimate relationships: a qualitative study
(The University of Waikato, 2002)This study investigated emotional abuse that occurs without physical abuse in the context of heterosexual, committed couple relationships. It examined the ways in which men abused women and the impact this had on women’s ... -
Women’s lives in the Te Aroha district
(Historical Research Unit, University of Waikato, 2016)Pioneer women were praised for their hard work, and this paper deals with all aspects of their lives in this district in the late nineteenth and, occasionally, the early twentieth century. Details are provided of all the ... -
Wonder and environmental virtue
(2017)Wonder is a familiar human emotion. It involves a feeling of delight, admiration, curiosity, and appreciation and is directed towards something that is beautiful, remarkable, mysterious, or unfamiliar. The objects of wonder ... -
Wondering about ... the intimate geographies of Married at First Sight New Zealand #MAFSNZ
(The Board of Geography Teachers New Zealand, 2019)Why should I, or any geographers, be wondering about Married at First Sight New Zealand (MAFSNZ, TV3 2019), the franchised reality television show where strangers meet each other at the alter? Pitched, as a ‘ground-breaking ... -
Work and Family Interface: Wellbeing and the Role of Resilience and Work-Life Balance
(University of Waikato, 2012)Wellbeing research has recently gathered impetus largely due to the emergence of positive psychology. Researchers and practitioners are now exploring the science of positive subjective experiences, positive traits, positive ...
