From Discovery to Dissidence: Honduran Women’s Conceptions and Claims of Human Rights

In recognition of the profound benefits of women’s engagement with their rights, this article presents an experiential account of how Honduran women comprehend, articulate, experience and advocate human rights and gender equality through non-governmental educational initiatives. Through the triangulated analytic among human security, post-victimization and citizen-based advocacy approaches, the article traces the women’s journeys from their moments of discovery of human rights towards instances of dissidence. In so doing, the women’s demonstrations of empowerment, agency, resistance and solidarity are brought to the fore. By featuring their voices, this study demonstrates how Honduran women are able to shape their own expectations and experiences of human rights. This study further emphasizes how a supportive and interactive educational introduction to the conventions, declarations and constitutions intended to promote and safeguard human rights, as well as an opportunity to dialogue safely and creatively about those rights can open up incredible possibilities for self-realization, liberation, ambition and innovation among women

Security through Solidarity: Honduran Women’s Post-Coup Strategies of Support and Survival

As a follow up to the article “From Discovery to Dissidence: Honduran Women’s Conceptions and Claims of Human Rights,” published in this journal in May 2010 (Vol. 11, #4), this paper examines forty-eight Honduran women’s experiences of state-based insecurity and feminist-based solidarity following the June 2009 coup d’État. The authors reflect on the ethical implications of the participant-centered and solidarity-oriented qualitative methodological approaches constrained by state repression. The women’s testimonies shed light on the potential of a solidarity-security symbiosis

Les croyances des pères originaires du Maghreb immigrés au Québec envers l’allaitement maternel

La transition à la paternité dans un contexte d’immigration récente comporte de nombreux défis pour les hommes. Parmi ceux-là, l’expérience de l’allaitement est déterminante pour leur adaptation à leur nouveau rôle de père, particulièrement dans un contexte d’immigration où les pratiques culturelles traditionnelles de maternages sont remises en question au contact de la société d’accueil. Cette étude vise à examiner les croyances des pères d’origine maghrébine reliées à l’allaitement maternel. Les données ont été recueillies lors d’entrevues semi-dirigées intégrant le génogramme menées auprès de 12 pères immigrés du Maghreb depuis moins de 10 ans. L’analyse des données révèle les croyances des pères envers l’allaitement maternel ainsi que leurs croyances quant aux facteurs facilitant l’expérience de l’allaitement. Les résultats permettent de formuler des recommandations pour la pratique clinique auprès des familles immigrantes, pour la recherche et pour l’enseignement en santé familiale.Becoming a father in the context of immigration pose numerous challenges. The breastfeeding experience impacts on fathers’ experiences, especially in a context where the cultural practices from their country of origin differ from the practices of the new culture of the host country. The goal of this study was to a examine immigrant fathers from Maghreb’s beliefs in regards to breastfeeding. Using semi-structured interviews, data were collected from a sample of 12 fathers who had emigrated from Maghreb within the past 10 years. Participants’ beliefs regarding the breastfeeding experience were analysed. Findings include recommendations for clinical practices, research and family health educators working with immigrant families

La paternité en contexte migratoire : étude comparative de l’expérience d’engagement paternel et de la construction de l’identité paternelle d’immigrants magrébins de première et de deuxième génération

Pendant la transition à la parentalité, les pères sont confrontés à deux principaux défis, soit le développement de leur identité paternelle et de leur engagement paternel. Pour les pères immigrants, des défis particuliers s’ajoutent en termes de construction de leur identité paternelle, que l’on connaît encore peu. Objectif. Cette comparaison des résultats de deux études qualitatives a pour objectif de décrire l’engagement paternel et le processus de construction de l’identité paternelle de pères originaires du Maghreb. Méthodologie. Les données ont été recueillies lors d’entretiens semi-dirigés auprès de six pères maghrébins de première génération immigrés au Québec et six pères maghrébins de deuxième génération résidant en Belgique. Résultats. Les pères des deux groupes s’impliquent auprès de leur enfant et partagent des facteurs facilitants ou faisant obstacle à la construction de leur identité paternelle. Des recommandations pour la pratique clinique, pour la formation et pour la recherche sont formulées.During the transitional period preceding parenthood, fathers have to face up to two main challenges: the development of their paternal identity, and their commitment to fatherhood. When it comes to immigrant fathers, there are added and specific, though still little known, challenges as regards the construction of their paternal identities. Objective: This comparison of the results of two qualitative studies is intended to describe the paternal commitment and the process of constructing a paternal identity, as experienced by fathers of North-African origin. Methodology: The data was gathered in the course of semi-structured interviews with six first- generation North-African fathers, immigrants to Quebec, and six second-generation North-African fathers resident in Belgium. Results: The fathers from both groups are involved with their children and have in common factors that facilitate or obstruct the construction of their paternal identities. Recommendations are made with regard to clinical practice, training and research

Interactive effects of prey and p,p′-DDE on Burrowing Owl population dynamics

Author Posting. © The Authors, 2005. This is the author's version of the work. It is posted here by permission of Ecological Society of America for personal use, not for redistribution. The definitive version was published in Ecological Applications 16 (2006): 666–677.We used population models to explore the effects of the organochlorine contaminant p,p'DDE and fluctuations in vole availability on the population dynamics of Burrowing Owls (Athene cunicularia). Previous work indicated an interaction between low biomass of voles in the diet and moderate levels of p,p'DDE in Burrowing Owl eggs that led to reproductive impairment. We constructed periodic and stochastic matrix models that incorporated three vole population states observed in the field: average, peak and crash years. We modeled varying frequencies of vole crash years and a range of impairment of owl demographic rates in vole crash years. Vole availability had a greater impact on owl population growth rate than reproductive impairment if vole populations peaked and crashed frequently. However, this difference disappeared as the frequency of vole crash years declined to once per decade. Fecundity, the demographic rate most affected by p,p'DDE, had less impact on population growth rate than adult or juvenile survival. A life table response experiment of time-invariant matrices for average, peak and crash vole conditions showed that low population growth under vole crash conditions was due to low adult and juvenile survival rates, whereas the extremely high population growth under vole peak conditions was due to increased fecundity. Our results suggest that even simple models can provide useful insights into complex ecological interactions. This is particularly valuable when temporal or spatial scales preclude manipulative experimental work in the field or laboratory.Field work was supported by grants from the U.S. Navy EFA West, California Department of Fish and Game, and the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation to D. K. Rosenberg. Analysis was supported in part by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (R-82908901-0)

New Data and Analysis on Non-tariff Measures in Agri-food Trade

We outline new data on non-tariff measures (NTMs) in agricultural trade collected as part of the NTM-Impact project. The data cover product and process standards, conformity assessment measures, and country requirements for the EU and 10 other countries. We create a Heterogeneity Index of Trade (HIT) regulations to aggregate data on different measures, and estimate the impact of regulatory heterogeneity on trade using a gravity framework. Our results suggest that differences in standards reduce trade in beef and pig meat, but have little impact on trade in other agri-food products.Non-tariff measures (NTMs), import requirements, agri-food trade, gravity estimation, Agricultural and Food Policy, International Relations/Trade,

Teaching, learning, and knowledge building : the case of the remote networked school initiative

The Remote Networked School (RNS)/« École éloignée en réseau » is an initiative that aims at implementing an innovation with Internet-based technologies in support of teaching and learning as well as knowledge building in small rural schools. The first eight years of the RNS are examined applying Engeström’s activity theory framework, and more specifically the concept of expansive learning wherein we document the 7 stages. Tensions and contradictions are identified to provide an “inside” understanding of what matters when new technologies designed to support co-teaching and co-learning within and between classrooms are introduced. Two activity systems or more shared the same object such that students would engage actively in collaborative online discourse for solving authentic problems. To this end the trajectory of the RNS initiative had to overcome contradictions. As a result an expansive learning cycle was documented

What Drives the (In)stability of a Stablecoin?

In May 2022, an apparent speculative attack, followed by market panic, led to the precipitous downfall of UST, one of the most popular stablecoins at that time. However, UST is not the only stablecoin to have been depegged in the past. Designing resilient and long-term stable coins, therefore, appears to present a hard challenge. To further scrutinize existing stablecoin designs and ultimately lead to more robust systems, we need to understand where volatility emerges. Our work provides a game-theoretical model aiming to help identify why stablecoins suffer from a depeg. This game-theoretical model reveals that stablecoins have different price equilibria depending on the coin's architecture and mechanism to minimize volatility. Moreover, our theory is supported by extensive empirical data, spanning $1$ year. To that end, we collect daily prices for 22 stablecoins and on-chain data from five blockchains including the Ethereum and the Terra blockchain