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Chosen
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Alicia Kay Parker
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Over the last few decades, the refrain for many activists in
technology fields around the globe has been "attraction, promotion,
and retention." Yet the secret to accomplishing this task has not
been found. Despite the wide variety of theories proposed in
efforts to frame and understand the issues, to date none have been
accepted as a universally accurate framework, nor been applicable
across varying cultures and ethnicities. Gender Inequality and the
Potential for Change in Technology Fields provides innovative
insights into diversity creation through potential solutions,
including the attraction of more women to study technology and to
enter technology careers, the navigation of suitable promotional
pathways, and the retention of women in these industries. This
publication examines women in IT professions, artificial
intelligence, and social media. It is designed for gender
theorists, government officials, policymakers, educators,
individual activists and advocates, recruiters, content developers,
managers, women and men in technology fields, academicians,
researchers, and students.
What prenatal tests and down syndrome reveal about our reproductive
choices When Alison Piepmeier-scholar of feminism and disability
studies, and mother of Maybelle, an eight-year-old girl with Down
syndrome-died of cancer in August 2016, she left behind an
important unfinished manuscript about motherhood, prenatal testing,
and disability. In Unexpected, George Estreich and Rachel Adams
pick up where she left off, honoring the important research of
their friend and colleague, as well as adding new perspectives to
her work. Based on interviews with parents of children with Down
syndrome, as well as women who terminated their pregnancies because
their fetus was identified as having the condition, Unexpected
paints an intimate, nuanced picture of reproductive choice in
today's world. Piepmeier takes us inside her own daughter's life,
showing how Down syndrome is misunderstood, stigmatized, and
condemned, particularly in the context of prenatal testing. At a
time when medical technology is rapidly advancing, Unexpected
provides a much-needed perspective on our complex, and frequently
troubling, understanding of Down syndrome.
Wisdom from the Word for Men is a Gift Book that is a
valuable tool for answering men’s most burning questions on 100
relevant topics with truths from God’s Word.
Wisdom from the Word for Men looks at what the Bible says about issues
like authority, business, character, leadership, reputation, and
stress. With 100 relevant topics in alphabetical order, men are sure to
find the answers they are looking for. Each topic includes a key
Scripture promise, as well as thought-provoking questions answered with
timeless truths from the Bible.The dark faux leather cover of the
Wisdom from the Word for Men gift book is stamped with a debossed and
gold foiled title. The pages are gilt-edged in matching
gold. 128 Two-color pages can be found inside along with a
ribbon marker to save your place.
Wisdom from the Word for Men makes a thoughtful Father's Day, Christmas
or Birthday gift for a father, grandfather or son. It also
serves well as a graduation gift for a nephew or cousin going off to
college or entering the workplace. Encourage the men in your life with
this meaningful guide that points men to the truth of Scripture.
- 128 Gilt-edged Pages
- Two-color Interior
- Faux Leather Cover
- Gold Foiled Title
- Ribbon Marker
- Size: 179 x 120 x 15 mm
Explores the complex and intersecting dimensions of gender,
ethnicity, and culture on women in the Global South, as well as the
central roles of women in resisting colonial rule, and their
foundational contributions to post-independence constitutional
reform and nation building. For all the effort and attention women
across the Global South receive from the international human rights
community and from their own governments, human rights frameworks
frequently fail to significantly improve the lives of these women
or their communities. Taking Kenya as a case study, this book
explores the reasons for this, emphasising the need to understand
the effects of the legacy of local colonial and postcolonial
histories on the production of gendered identities and power in
modern Kenyan cultural and political life. Drawing on interviews
with women in Nairobi and rural areas around Lake Victoria in
Kenya, the author examinestheir access to, and experiences of,
civil and political rights and citizenship, beginning with the
colonial encounter, following these legacies into modern times, and
the promulgation of the 2010 Constitution. In four thematic
chapters, Kenny discusses women as victims and objects of cultural
violence, the myths of the sorority of African women, women as
victims of political and state violence, and women as actors in
national political processes. In revealing that international human
rights interventions have in fact reproduced the very patterns,
structures, and hierarchies which are at the core of women's
disenfranchisement and marginalization, the book provides new
insights into the difficulties women face in accessing their rights
and will be invaluable for scholars and NGOs working in developing
states. Published in association with the British Institute in
Eastern Africa.
South Africa has one of the highest murder rates in the world, and a femicide rate that is more than five times the world average.
In this book, Dr Nechama Brodie looks at the story of femicide in South Africa over the past forty years. She interrogates police, public health and media data, exploring the history of violence against women in an entirely new way that contextualises and challenges the state and public response to what has, in reality, been a crisis for decades.
A common thread runs through the life of those women who leave a
lasting impact on others. Resolve. It doesn’t make them perfect women,
just purposeful women—women who are intentional about charting the
pathway of their lives in the direction of God’s promises.
Living with this kind of intentionality is what this book is all about.
Quickly a New York Times bestseller when it was first published, The
Resolution for Women returns in this newly revised edition, updated
with ten years’ worth of fresh insights and reflections on what it
means to chart a steady course through disruptive, conflicting times.
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