scholarly journals WOMEN, WEALTH GENERATION AND PROPERTY OWNERSHIP IN TRADITIONAL SHONA CULTURE IN ZIMBABWE

2016 ◽  
Vol 30 (2) ◽  
pp. 18-29 ◽  
Author(s):  
Godwin Makaudze
Keyword(s):  
Social Economic ◽  
Feminist Scholarship ◽  
Property Ownership ◽  
The Social ◽  
The Family ◽  
Personal Wealth ◽  
Womanist Theory ◽  
Wealth Generation

Feminist scholarship is awash with literature that strives to vindicate its position that women in general have never enjoyed status and platforms equal to those of their male counterparts in the social, economic, religious and political spheres in life. The literature bemoans the invisibility of women in matters to do with economics and property ownership. The literature further posits that women neither wielded any power nor had any platforms for the generation and accumulation of wealth or the ownership of property. Leaning on Africana Womanist theory, this paper contends that such a perception is the antithesis of what actually takes place in the Shona milieu where, traditionally, women have, not just platforms to generate and accrue personal wealth, but have also authority over the use and disposal of such wealth. Avenues for the generation and accumulation of wealth and other property by Shona women range from marriage negotiations, the institution of marriage itself as well as the family, working using one’s hands and commanding positions of leadership.

Marital Satisfaction of Portuguese Families in Times of Social Lockdown

2021 ◽  
pp. 106648072110098
Author(s):  
Carla Sílvia Fernandes ◽  
Bruno Magalhães ◽  
Sílvia Silva ◽  
Beatriz Edra
Keyword(s):  
Marital Satisfaction ◽  
Exploratory Study ◽  
Social Economic ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Marital Relations ◽  
The Social ◽  
The Family ◽  
Convenience Sampling ◽  
Global Threat ◽  
The Impact

The COVID-19 pandemic represents a global threat and crisis situation, and its wide-reaching impact has also affected marital satisfaction. Dysfunction of the marital system puts the survival of the family unit at risk. This research aimed to determine the level of marital satisfaction of Portuguese families during the social lockdown and the association between the variables under study. A descriptive, exploratory study was conducted. During the social lockdown, 276 people of Portuguese nationality and residing in Portugal were recruited using nonprobabilistic convenience sampling. Marital satisfaction in the pandemic phase showed low values that may be associated with the social, economic, and political context experienced by the pandemic situation. Future research must be carried out in order to identify, prevent, and intervene in situations of violence. In addition, future research should explore not only marital satisfaction during the current pandemic but a more systemic assessment of marital relations during crises, expanding the impact of marital satisfaction in family functioning.

The Moderation Role of Being Valued by Teachers Over the Association Between School Children Motivation and Need for Competition

SAGE Open ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (3) ◽  
pp. 215824402110441
Author(s):  
Cristina Maria Bostan ◽  
Tudor Stanciu ◽  
Răzvan-Lucian Andronic
Keyword(s):  
School Children ◽  
Social Constructivism ◽  
Social Economic ◽  
Economic Status ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Social Economic Status ◽  
Motivation For Learning ◽  
The Social ◽  
The Family

Concordant with classical theoretical guidelines (i.e., social facilitation, social constructivism theory, and the Pygmalion effect) we tested the need for competition and perception of being valued by teachers to be better motivated for learning in school. We extend knowledge by testing these associations mediated by the social economic status given by the well-being of the family (i.e., controlling for gender and socio-economic status). A total of 214 Romanian students (45.3% boys) with ages between 13 and 17 years were administered the PEER questionnaire (i.e., perception of being valued by teachers, school-children motivation, and the need for competition). Results show a positive relation between the need for competition and motivation for learning. We also found positive relations between the perception of being valued by the teacher and motivation for learning and the need for competition. We conclude that motivation is higher when the need for competition is higher and the perception of being valued by teachers is higher.

scholarly journals SOCIAL, ECONOMIC AND POLITICAL FACTORS OF CRIME

2019 ◽  
Vol 31 (5) ◽  
pp. 1535-1538
Author(s):  
Daniela Trajkovska
Keyword(s):  
Political Party ◽  
Party System ◽  
Social Economic ◽  
Final Conclusion ◽  
Political Factors ◽  
Endogenous Factors ◽  
The Social ◽  
The Family ◽  
The Republic ◽  
Major Factors

Personality is a product of social influences and educational upbringings. In addition to it the factors for committing crime are influenced by exogenous (internal) and endogenous (external) impacts. By making this work I will develop and expose the endogenous factors that influence the crime by social, economic and political impacts. I would like to put special emphasis on the unemployment, poverty, migration, micro and macro environment, in the family, education, society, then politics, the influence of political parties, religion and mass media. Wealth and poverty are a major factors that today has a significant impact on people to engage them in committing crimes, especially from property delinquencies, migration and unemployment. In the Republic of Macedonia, unemployment really is very present in everyday life and the work for a minimum wage. We live in a time when children somehow are left alone. Their parents live their lives, where intolerance between spouses and divorces are very common and usually that affects children to engage in crime. Today we live in a democratic society with a multi-party system, where people in the political party are involved in committing various kinds of criminal acts. The citizens have to be involved voluntarily or not in political party in order to find at least some hope for employment but usually they are tricked by political leaders and their followers which all this makes the functioning of the state very disabled for success on every field. As I mentioned in my work, I want to expose the social, economic and political factors to the fullest and explain their influence on crime and with all that as a final conclusion to give a proposal for prevention.

scholarly journals Matrimonial Alliances Among the Maronites

1970 ◽  
pp. 43-46
Author(s):  
Annie Tohme-Tabet
Keyword(s):  
Social Economic ◽  
World War ◽  
First Choice ◽  
The Social ◽  
The First World War ◽  
The Family ◽  
Arab Societies ◽  
First World ◽  
Vast Network ◽  
Family Matter

In the prevailing social, economic, political and religious conditions prior to the First World War, the choice of spouses among the Maronite community in Mount Lebanon was strictly a family matter. As such, it occurred within a vast network comprising the cousins on the father's side as a first choice, but also cousins on the mother's side and members of the village's families or of neighboring villages - the network was thus both socially and geograph ically limited. The configuration of these socially and geographically- confined groups reveals that endogamy was certainly a priority, but that exogamy was not excluded; indeed, the preferential choices of parallel cousins on the father 's side' as spouses that characterize Arab societies in general does form an archetype but without confining it to the family realm exclusively. Although great importance was given to the offspring or lineage and to the social class of the marriageable individuals, this did not exclude the consideration of other lineages' "belongings, knowledge and power".

scholarly journals The Counter-Effects Of The Application Of Imprisonment Alternatives On The Families Of The Imprisoned Individuals From The Point Of View Of The Prisoners In The Al-Qaseem Region – SUDIA ARABIA”

2017 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 139
Author(s):  
Khaled Alsaweel ◽  
Saleem Alquisi
Keyword(s):  
Social Economic ◽  
Social Stigma ◽  
Public Awareness ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Negative Consequences ◽  
Positive Effects ◽  
The Social ◽  
The Family ◽  
The Stability ◽  
Positive Results

The main objectives of this study is to identify the nature of the sequences resulted from replacing the imprisonment punishment on the social, economic and security structure of the families from the point of view of the imprisoned individuals in the Qaseem region of Saudi Arabia. The study sample is composed of 239 jailed individuals representing the Qaseem prisons. In order to answer the main questions, the study used standards of descriptive statistical, and T-Tests of independent samples. The study has concluded that the degree of the reflection of imprisonment alternatives, as punishments, on the social structure of the family is of a high degree and with positive results from the point of view of the questioned individuals, as the main general average was 4.32. it has been shown that the application of imprisonment alternatives has had high positive results on the stability of the family, prevent social disintegration, protect the family of the jailed people, prevent social stigma, provide suitable atmosphere enables social integration of the families of the jailed individuals. Also, it has been elucidated that the application of alternative punishment has high-positive effects, with 4.18 overall average. Alternative punishments secure the families with fixed income, contributes to their economic welfare, and provide appropriate housing. The analyses indicated that alternative punishments have high positive effects in securing and protecting families from crimes, with overall average of 4.09. The study recommends that a public-awareness and opinion should be established and widespread in order to publicize recourse to alternative punishments to imprisonment. Furthermore, the effectiveness of alternative punishment should be emphasized in prevent the families from the social, economic and security negative consequences resulted from the imprisonment of the paterfamilias. 

African Women in the Age of Transformation: Voices from the Continent

1997 ◽  
Vol 25 (2) ◽  
pp. 5-7
Author(s):  
Philomina E. Okeke
Keyword(s):  
Social Economic ◽  
Academic Discourse ◽  
African Women ◽  
Feminist Scholarship ◽  
Point Of Entry ◽  
Academic Networks ◽  
The Social ◽  
Women's Lives ◽  
Female Voices ◽  
Institutional Ties

I agreed to undertake the task of editing this volume, regarding such an opportunity as one more point of entry into a larger academic discourse that must be forced to rethink the content and direction of its discourse. In a recent publication, I stressed the need to restructure existing relations among African and Africanist female scholars in order to give voice to the conditions of African women’s lives as articulated by the former. I drew attention to the diminishing presence of indigenous female voices, especially those in the continent, in shaping the study of African women and feminist scholarship at large. Admittedly, the African case is, in part, a product of the social, economic and political trends which have already weakened both academic networks and infrastructures, distancing us from the very human situations and institutional ties which must define and mediate our research.

scholarly journals Goat Farming and the Phenomenon of Theft in Menoua Division in the Western Region of Cameroon

2020 ◽  
Vol 7 (2) ◽  
pp. 17
Author(s):  
Hensel Guillaume Fouepe Fongang ◽  
Noel Hubert Tchuente Takam ◽  
Alain Hervé Wouapi Napi ◽  
Félix Meutchieye
Keyword(s):  
Social Economic ◽  
Primary Data ◽  
Physical Assault ◽  
Western Region ◽  
Security Services ◽  
The Social ◽  
The Family ◽  
Family Home ◽  
The Western Region ◽  
Goat Farming

This study focuses on the theft of animals, particularly the case of goats in Menoua division in the Western Region of Cameroon. The aim is to analyze the phenomenon of goat theft and to bring out the consequences, including the answers developed and proposed by farmers. A sample of 140 goat breeders and 20 former goat keepers were surveyed and interviews were conducted with 18 authorities and resources person. The primary data obtained is analyzed using descriptive statistical methods with SPSS. Those obtained through the interview guides were analyzed through thematic analysis. It emerges that goats are stolen both during the day and at night. Discreet theft, by car or motorbike, and direct physical assault of the breeder are the main techniques/methods used by thieves. This theft phenomenon leaves consequences, in the social, economic and technical domains, which discourages enthusiasm of breeders and investments in this sector. In reponse, 50% of the breeders’ surveyed keep their goats in the family home which they regularly monitor. 25.6% have taken no action and 12.6% use watchdogs or built pens. These main methods developed against theft remain ineffective. However, vigilance committees used by 3.8% appear to be more productive and contribute to lowering this theft phenomenon whereas security services instead place emphasis on patrols they deem efficient.

scholarly journals Modern trends of behavioral risks of studenting youth

2020 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Social Economic ◽  
Adult Population ◽  
Family Factors ◽  
Drinking Alcohol ◽  
Parental Awareness ◽  
Individual Health ◽  
The Social ◽  
The Family ◽  
Lack Of Control ◽  
High Level

The formation of individual health is the result of a complex convergence of biological, behavioral, social, economic and environmental factors. According to WHO, the causes of 70 % of deaths in the adult population are associated with behavioral factors were formed in adolescence. Questioning of 1006 children of senior school age from different regions of Ukraine showed a high level of prevalence of bad habits among adolescents there in particular smoking and drinking alcohol. Microsocial conditions, such as the organization of training, the nature of relationships in the family and with peers lead to the formation of a certain model of behavior in adolescence. The leading factors of the learning environment, most associated with addiction to bad habits, were low success and motivation to study, problems in relationships with teachers. The most significant аmong family factors were the social structure of families, the presence of bad habits among parents, the lack of trusting relationships with children and the low level of parental awareness of the problems and needs of children, unorganized free time and lack of control by parents on its implementation. An assessment of basic needs satisfaction showed that girls are less satisfied with themselves (49.6% girls, 63.1 % boys, p <0.01) and their state of health (58.6 % girls, 71.6 % boys, p <0,01). The most adequate point of application of efforts in implementing programs to preserve and promote the health of students is the school. There it is possible to successfully combine the efforts of teachers, medical workers, psychologists and parents in matters of creating a conscious attitude of youth to their own health.

scholarly journals CONCEPTIONS AND PRACTICES OF NURSES WORKING WITH FAMILIES

2015 ◽  
Vol 24 (4) ◽  
pp. 941-949 ◽  
Author(s):  
Cláudia Maria de Mattos Penna ◽  
Evandro de Souza Queiróz
Keyword(s):  
Family Environment ◽  
Social Economic ◽  
Family Care ◽  
Family Health ◽  
Space Structure ◽  
Family Approach ◽  
Health Strategy ◽  
The Social ◽  
The Family ◽  
Family Health Strategy

ABSTRACT The objective of this study was to build theory about the conceptions of family developed by nurses linked to the Family Health Strategy. This is a qualitative study with a theoretical framework in symbolic interactionism and methodological framework in Grounded Theory. Twenty-one nurses were interviewed who were affiliated with the Family Health Strategy. The theoretical script constructed has three central categories, described as Conceptions of Family, Family Environment and Family Approach. Nurses build their conceptions based on three specific experiences within the social, economic and cultural environment they operate in. Their concepts of family address origin, space, structure and relationships. The family approach derives from these concepts and depends on specific skills and resources. The study provides a theoretical base for making decisions for family care as well as for teaching the family approach to nurses.

scholarly journals Women’s Work in the Field of Care and Rehabilitation in Jordan

1970 ◽  
pp. 38-43
Author(s):  
South-North Center for Dialogue Ammam
Keyword(s):  
Labor Market ◽  
Social Economic ◽  
Women's Work ◽  
Fertility Rates ◽  
Young Girls ◽  
Women’S Work ◽  
The Social ◽  
The Family

In the last few decades, Arab society has witnessed remarkable changes at the social, economic, and demographic levels. These changes have left their mark on the size of the family, its function, role, and interrelations among its members. As a result, fertility rates among women have dropped, late marriages have become common, and the percentage of women and young girls seeking education has sharply increased. In addition, more women have joined the labor market.

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