The worst place on earth to be a woman: violence against Yemeni women in peace and war

In 2011, in common with women in other Arab states, Yemeni women dared to raise their voices in the public sphere and to call for change. Evidence of their revolutionary engagement throws into question assumptions of female powerlessness and silencing in Muslim societies and, by exploring multiple forms of violence against women, my article asks whether and to what extent Yemeni women’s behaviour during the revolution and afterwards was a departure from their previous roles. It will also reflect on more far-reaching processes of change in Yemeni society by asking whether the radical upheaval of 2011 may be capable, in the longer term, of challenging entrenched patriarchal structures in order to create a more genuinely inclusive citizenship. In the article, I contrast Yemeni women’s activism and their presence in public spaces with the various forms of violence that limit their mobility and choices. I will argue that, although they have been able to utilize the limited tools at their disposal in order to demand their rights as citizens, these rights are by no means guaranteed; they are threatened by the violence of tradition and, more recently, the violence of conflict and emergenc

The Requirements of Justice and Liberal Socialism

Recent scholarship has considered the requirements of justice and economic regimes in the work of John Rawls. This work has not delved into the requirements of justice and liberal socialism as deeply as the work that has been done on property-owning democracy. A thorough treatment of liberal socialism and the requirements of justice is needed. This paper seeks to begin to fill this gap. In particular, it needs to be shown if liberal socialism fully answers the requirements of justice better than property-owning democracy. It will be argued that liberal socialism does significantly better in realizing the two principles. This paper has the following structure, first, an overview of Rawls' position on economic regimes, capitalism, and the requirements of justice will be presented. In particular, how the two principles work in tandem to meet the demands of distributive justice will be considered. Second, a review of property-owning democracy will be conducted. Finally, liberal socialism will be examined and discussed as an economic regime that answers the requirements of justice more fully

Intersecting Worlds: Promoting Affordable Care Act Enrollment Through Community Tax-Preparation Programs

This report tells how four tax-preparation programs are breaking the mold and tackling the world of health care enrollment. Readers will learn the challenges and opportunities associated with such a move, which has the potential to help millions of low-income Americans take a critical first step toward a healthier future

The Massachusetts Child Psychiatry Access Project: Supporting Mental Health Treatment in Primary Care

Outlines the implementation and success of a program that provides primary care providers treating children with telephonic psychiatric and clinical guidance and, in turn, in-person assessment, transitional therapy, and/or linkage to community services

Using Captioning in my Course Videos

Providing closed captions to my instructor created videos, is the “right thing to do”. While it is also part of our compliance with SeCctions 504 and 508 of the U.S. Rehabilitation Act and the Americans with Disabilities Act, it is most compellingly what our students want. Why? They say they want to be able to turn the sound off the video but still get coursework done after their children have been put to bed, because English is not a native tongue, because they are riding public transportation, and because their significant other is watching television. 80% of television watchers use closed captions for reasons other than hearing loss.https://digitalscholarship.unlv.edu/btp_expo/1099/thumbnail.jp

Modern Money Theory and Distributive Justice

Modern money theory is a conjecture concerning fiscal spending and the nature of money. I show that modern money theory provides two interesting insights into distributive justice that have not been addressed in the recent Anglo-American distributive justice literature: (i) that the nature of a sovereign fiat currency allows for some distributive conflicts to be avoided; and (ii) that recent Anglo- American distributive justice theories assume that the economy is at capacity. Based on this, I consider if the policy results of modern money theory can help foster a sense of justice

OFFICIAL STATISTICS: ABOVE AND BELOW THE PUBLIC DEBATE. THIRTIETH GEARY LECTURE, 1999

Roy Geary was a person of great distinction, recognised for a wide range of achievements. He was a first class mathematician who made significant contributions to statistical theory. He was an Official Statistician of distinction and he made great contributions to the development of economic statistics and to the use of statistics for policy purposes in fields as diverse as demography and economic statistics. He was the first Director of the Central Statistics Office when it was created in 1949 and I am delighted to be asked to present this lecture in the CSO’s 50th birthday year

Casein and casein micelle structures, functions and diversity in 20 species

Primary structures of caseins from 20 species, including two monotremes and two marsupials, have been compared. Sequences of the mature proteins are very divergent, whereas variation in amino acid composition is mostly restricted to a range of disorder-promoting residues. The number and size of clusters of phosphorylation sites in the caseins is variable, blurring the boundaries between them. Casein polar tract sequences were found in all caseins, though of variable lengths, and are chiefly responsible for weak and dynamic interactions among the tangled web of peptide chains in the matrix of casein micelles. The interactions take the predominant form of backbone-to-backbone contacts rather than the sequence-specific side chain interactions of the hydrophobic effect. It is suggested that the dynamic casein micelle matrix be represented by an ensemble of interchanging structures with different types and degrees of inhomogeneity, influenced by solvent quality and other environmental factors