Browsing by Author "Simon-Kumar, Rachel"
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Translating MDG 3: Gender, Empowerment and the Adolescent Girl in Maharashtra, India
(University of Waikato, 2017)This thesis is an exploration of Millennium Development Goal (MDG) 3, tracing its path from a global aspiration to its translation into a developing world context. Adopted in 2001 by the United Nations, the eight MDGs ... -
Let the Real Scheherazade Stand: Literary Representations of Middle Eastern Women
(University of Waikato, 2016)This thesis considers the multiple and complex ways in which Arab and Middle Eastern women have been conceived in literature written by both Western and Arab male and female authors. It covers almost a millennium of ... -
Engendering the evaluation of anti-trafficking policy: The Vietnamese National Action Programme against trafficking in women and children 2004-2010 (THE VNAP)
(University of Waikato, 2014)Human trafficking is a prominent global problem affecting some 27 million people worldwide and has social, developmental, and human rights implications. Although in its various forms trafficking affects men, women and ... -
An Investigation of the Communal and Individual Resilience of Immigrant Women in New Zealand
(University of Waikato, 2014)Some immigrant women face triple discrimination due to their, gender, ethnicity and immigrant status. The voices of immigrant women are absent from literature on immigration, furthermore the experience of immigrant women ... -
Heterogeneity and Female-Headed Households in Sri Lanka: Vulnerability and Resilience in a Transitional Development Society
(University of Waikato, 2014)Since the 1970s, female-headed households (FHHs) in developing countries have often been used in development literature as a proxy for poverty and vulnerability. In reality the profile of women-headed households is diverse; ...