From Betrayal to Power

Resistance is the secret of joy! --Alice Walker Possessing the Secret of Joy What does it mean to love a daughter in a culture that is hostile to her integrity? In a culture where power equals dominance and superiority, men\u27s control of public life--the world of political and economic power that shapes the desires of private life--places mothers in a double bind as their daughters approach womanhood. The common ways that mothers have of guiding daughters--what we call the paths of least resistance in chapter two 1 --ask girls to make deep psychological sacrifices to straddle the cultural division of work, in the male public world of politics and business, and love, in the female private world of home and family. As girls find that they cannot enter patriarchy fully and powerfully as themselves, they feel betrayed by their mothers. But mothers did not create the separate spheres of public and private life. It is this cultural betrayal of human integrity, which divides our wholeness into these separate spheres, that makes loving and raising a daughter political work. The romance-into-mothering myth created in the mid-1800s told women that their true nature is best expressed in the home, in private life. 2 When market-driven factory life in the Industrial Revolution consumed women\u27s traditional work of producing food, clothing, medicine, and crafts, women were suddenly stripped of their expertise and authority. Rather than adopting a rationalist solution of admitting women into modern society ..

Analysis of ISER 2008-2009 Survey Data

In September 2008, the superintendent of the Anchorage School District and the mayor of Anchorage sent a letter to the governor of Alaska, reporting what they thought might be an influx of students into Anchorage from rural communities. Enrollment in the school district was higher than expected, and it coincided with the largest-ever Alaska Permanent Fund dividend and with a one-time payment of $1,200 the state made per person, to help offset high energy costs. Researchers at the Institute of Social and Economic Research (ISER) at UAA have a longstanding interest in migration patterns in Alaska and the Arctic, and they saw the increased enrollment in Anchorage schools as a potential opportunity to better understand: • If rural Alaskans are moving to Anchorage • Where they are coming from • Why they are moving So with the cooperation of the Anchorage School District, ISER conducted a survey of the parents or guardians of students who had enrolled in Anchorage in the 2007-2008 or 2008-2009 school years and who had transferred in from other Alaska school districts. Besides finding out where students were coming from—and why—another purpose of the study was to provide the Anchorage School District and the Municipality of Anchorage with information about what they could do to help students and families who are new to the city. To our knowledge, this may be the first survey ever conducted to find out why people move to Anchorage from other areas of Alaska.University of Alaska Foundation. BP-Conoco Phillips Charter AgreementExecutive Summary / Introduction / Methods / Where are Alaskan's Moving From? / Organization of Survey Findings / Migration Patterns / Who is Moving? / Challenges and Transitions / Conclusions and Recommendations / References / Appendix A. Survey For

Alaska Coastal Community Youth and the Future

The Alaska Sea Grant College Program. Project No. R/72-02.Executive Summary / Introduction / Background to the Research / Methods / Findings / Discussion and Policy Recommendations / Products from the Research / References Cited / Appendix A. Focus Group Protocol (High School) / Appendix B. Focus Group Protocol (12-20 year olds) / Appendix C. Focus Group Questionnaire / Appendix D. Occupational Rating Worksheet / Appendix E. Consent/Assent For

TRIPS Agreement Implications for ASEAN Protection of Computer Technology

The new Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Agreement (the TRIPs Agreement), a result of the recent General Agreement of Tariffs and Trade (GATT) Uruguay Round, represents a major step toward providing the global trading system with more effective rules and enforcement procedures for the protection of all forms of intellectual property. The author presents a comprehensive analysis of the TRIPs Agreement requirements and of their ramifications for intellectual property protection and enforcement in the Association of East Asian Nations (ASEAN). The paper concludes with an assessment of the future ofcomputer technology protection in the ASEAN countries

TRIPS Agreement Implications for ASEAN Protection of Computer Technology

The new Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Agreement (the TRIPs Agreement), a result of the recent General Agreement of Tariffs and Trade (GATT) Uruguay Round, represents a major step toward providing the global trading system with more effective rules and enforcement procedures for the protection of all forms of intellectual property. The author presents a comprehensive analysis of the TRIPs Agreement requirements and of their ramifications for intellectual property protection and enforcement in the Association of East Asian Nations (ASEAN). The paper concludes with an assessment of the future ofcomputer technology protection in the ASEAN countries

The Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada

This contribution to the very important topic of Indigenous access to justice, and truth and reconciliation processes is informed by my role as one of three Commissioners of the first national Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) ever to take place in Canada. We are in the midst of implementing a five-year TRC mandate which began in 2009. It is a complex, multi-faceted mandate, historical both in its nature, and in its content and purpose. We are reviewing the history of the injurious relations between the Canadian state and the Indigenous Peoples in Canada and the legacy of that history in today’s lives, with our lens specifically centered on the 130-year long practice of forced residential schooling for Indigenous children. We are also re-writing that history, by documenting, sharing, and safeguarding a perspective of it that has never been told or taught, the perspective of the Indigenous Peoples

Classification and use of landform information to increase the accuracy of land condition monitoring in Western Australian pastoral rangelands

The aim of this research was to develop land unit scale data to assist land condition monitoring projects in pastoral rangelands in Western Australia. Landforms are a major components of land units and methods were explored to include landforms as a variable in land unit predictive modelling. Three land unit prediction models were tested, a Binary Weighted Overlay (BWO), a Fuzzy Weighted Overlay (FWO) and a Positive Weights of Evidence (PWofE) model

The women characters in Chaucer's works

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Factors Influencing Hiv Testing In A Small Public Hospital In Manglaralto Ecuador

Increasing rates of HIV testing is critical to reducing the spread of the HIV epidemic in Ecuador. HIV testing serves a number of purposes; it can be a gateway for people to enter the HIV care continuum, it may reduce risk behaviors among those tested, and it can influence social norms around HIV. This study investigated individual, interpersonal, institutional, and community level factors influencing HIV testing. A cross sectional survey was administered to a convenience sample of patients at a small, rural, public hospital in coastal Ecuador. Educational attainment, HIV knowledge, and perception of confidentiality of test results were significantly associated with HIV testing. Individual risk behaviors and community level attributable stigma were not significantly associated with HIV testing. These results indicate a variety of targets for future research and intervention development, both at the individual and institutional level, to increase rates of HIV testing in this setting