Countries and Regions

‘Good man, Mary!’ Women musicians and the fraternity of Irish traditional music

2001-2010, Case Study, Countries and Regions, Cultural Development, Foreign, Gender, Gender Mainstreaming, Journal/Magazine/Review, Social Development / By

The study of gender is ‘inherently a study of relations of asymmetrical power and opportunity’. In the masculine space of the Irish pub, women musicians respond to this power differential by adopting an array of tactics aimed at increasing their musical participation and enjoyment. This essay draws on Foucault’s theory of discourse to examine the …

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1-2-3 Pap Intervention Improves HPV Vaccine Series Completion Among Appalachian Women

2011-2020, Case Study, Countries and Regions, Cultural Development, Foreign, Gender, Journal/Magazine/Review, Laws and Policies, Social Development / By

Asset Type: Publications Collection: Foreign Publications Subject: Human Papillomavirus Vaccination, Cervical cancer, Appalachian women, Randomized controlled trial Author: Robin C. Vanderpool, Elisia Cohen, Richard A. Crosby, Maudella G. Jones, Wallace Bates, Baretta R. Casey, Tom Collins Publisher: University of Kentucky Publication Date: 2013

Capitalizing on Women’s Social Capital?: Women-Targeted Microfinance in Bolivia

2021-present, Case Study, Countries and Regions, Cultural Development, Economic Development, Newspaper Article/Feature, Political Development, Social Development / By

This article examines the construction of social capital and its relationship to income generation, based on a long-term ethnographic study of village life in rural Bolivia and the microfinance institution operating there. The author examines the complexity and gendered contradictions implied in the way that social capital is generally viewed to support economic development. Asset …

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