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    In the city: an evaluation of detached work in commercial venues and public sex environments

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    Combating Trafficking in Persons: A directory of organisations

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    This document is part of a digital collection provided by the Martin P. Catherwood Library, ILR School, Cornell University, pertaining to the effects of globalization on the workplace worldwide. Special emphasis is placed on labor rights, working conditions, labor market changes, and union organizing.ASI_2003_HT_UK_Combating_Trafficking.pdf: 445 downloads, before Oct. 1, 2020

    Changemaker values within the Foundation Degree Learning and Teaching and the development of a Teaching Assistant Teachmeet Event

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    An article exploring the Changemaker values within the planning and delivery of the TeachMeet for teaching Assistants event

    Trajectories of higher education system differentiation: structural policymaking and the impact of tuition fees in England and Australia

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    This article explores the impact of student self-financing systems on inequalities of access to higher education (HE) through comparative analysis of two national systems, those of England and Australia. The analysis of the historical development of HE in each nation identifies a set of comparative global themes: the expansion of higher education in response to the needs of the national economy; globalisation and the changing labour market; social pressures for equity in access to higher education; and the growing role of the central state in higher education. The article presents a discussion of system differentiation based around the following characteristics: tuition fee and bursary regimes; institutional autonomy; institutional diversity; the strength of equity arguments; and the role of the state in widening participation. The paper concludes with a discussion of the often complex interactions between these characteristics and aims to add to our understanding of the impact of student self-financing regimes on trajectories of system differentiation and on access and participation

    From Novelty to Expectation: Recommendations to Develop a System of Campus Support for Foster Youth

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    As longtime funders of efforts to promote educational opportunity for current and former foster youth, the Walter S. Johnson Foundation (WSJF) and Stuart Foundation have been in the forefront of efforts to replicate successful models of campus support programs for former foster youth at public institutions of higher education in the Bay Area and Northern California. This paper was commissioned to help the funders determine what additional investments could be made to help additional campuses implement support programs and to move the field toward a "tipping point" where temporary philanthropic support for a relatively small number of demonstration programs begins to be replaced by on-going public support for the widespread replication of CSPs throughout the state's public institutions of higher education. This paper examines the challenges and barriers faced by campuses that seek to replicate campus support programs for foster youth, determine what campuses need for effective replication, and the most useful ways in which support could be delivered. In also includes a potential design for a campus support program initiative and makes recommendations for the type of intermediary needed to manage the initiative

    National human rights institutions and access to justice: the role and practice of the human rights commission of Ethiopia in advancing access to justice

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    National human rights institutions (NHRIs) are quasi-judicial bodies set up specifically for the purpose of promoting and protecting human rights. Among their core functions included are the sensitization of and research and debate on human rights, and investigation of complaints involving human rights issues. As part of their mandate, NHRIs should promote and facilitate complainant’s access to rights and remedies, including the ones offered by themselves and remedies that exist elsewhere, such as courts of law. Provision of free legal assistance and dissemination of information on human rights by NHRIs helps the poor to access justice, removing financial and information obstacles hampering them from doing so. Set up in 2000 pursuant to the FDRE Constitution, the Human Rights Commission of Ethiopia has been trying to promote and protect human rights. One of its modest achievements is its attempt to promote human rights through sensitization campaigns and to reach out to the poor via legal aid centres so that such people could access justice. In that regard, the Commission has been undertaking various training and education activities. Also, it has been providing legal counsel and aid to poor litigants despite the fact that the enabling statute makes no explicit mention of such scheme. In the protection realm, the Commission has been investigating complaints lodged to it, helping citizens to get remedies in rather limited cases. In this piece attempt is made to review the Commission’s endeavour in promoting and protecting human rights and thereby cast light on its contribution in advancing access to justice. It examines the Commission’s practice based on promotional as well as protection activities undertaken by the institution since it commenced discharging its function in 2005. Among questions to be investigated in the study included are the following. In the face of the bulk of population that are unaware of the existence and/or the nature of laws and the means to vindicate them and given the fact that there are few effective methods to create and build awareness, or to provide legal services, what measures have been taken by the Commission, as a complementary body, to fill the void? Given the wide-spread problems facing vulnerable groups to access justice in the nation, has the institution tried to reach out to such group? Does it manage to put in place effective strategies that streamline vulnerable group in its operational procedures? The examination of these questions relies on the review of the Commission’s promotional strategies and tools and documents produced for such purpose, investigation of enabling legislation, relevant literature, and interview. Before delving into examining the Commission’s role to enhance access to justice, it is important to offer background information on the establishment process, structure, mandate, and enforcement powers of the institution

    The Need to Expand Immigration Legal Services in Northern California

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    Presents survey results on the scope and capacity of nonprofits providing legal services to low-income immigrants in northern California, with a focus on the naturalization process. Makes recommendations to funders to expand capacity and civic education

    Increasing Opportunities for Older Youth in After-School Programs

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    Few after-school programs have developed strategies for attracting large numbers of teens, especially older and harder-to-serve youth. In response to this need, Madison Square Boys & Girls Club in New York City and Boys & Girls Clubs of Boston participated in a three-year initiative to enhance services to underserved teens. This report documents the successes and challenges the Clubs experienced as the initiative unfolded. They recruited large numbers of teens, involved them in a variety of activities, and provided them with emotional support, leadership opportunities, and programming in two critical areas: academics and job training

    In Practice, [v. 1, no. 1], fall 2000

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