Search Constraints

Start Over
Filtering by: Creator Hazou, Irene A Remove constraint Creator: Hazou, Irene A Advisor Rosenberger, Nancy Remove constraint Advisor: Rosenberger, Nancy

Search Results

  • Development projects and questions of empowerment: a Salvadorean women's cooperative

    Creator:
    Hannigan-Luther, Kristen L.
    Abstract:
    Many development organizations now recognize the importance of culturally sensitive project design and implementation. Unfortunately most of these groups continue to disregard the significance of gender. This qualitative research examines a women's cooperative in rural El Salvador which formed in order to find a means of generating income and to...
    Resource Type:
    Masters Thesis
    Full Text:
    Projects and Questions of Empowerment: A Salvadorean Women's Cooperative. Abstract approved: Many

  • Ecuador's informal sector : an analysis of gender and empowerment programs

    Creator:
    Ota, Brandy
    Abstract:
    Over the last 25 years structural adjustment programs have challenged Ecuador's ability to provide adequate social services and employment opportunities. In the wake of these policies, many women have turned to non-governmental agencies for possible solutions and assistance. Empowerment programs as a form of development work in particular have been...
    Resource Type:
    Masters Thesis
    Full Text:
    for possible solutions and assistance. Empowerment programs as a form of development work in

  • Japanese animation in America and its fans

    Creator:
    Davis, Jesse Christian
    Abstract:
    This research covers Japanese animation and its popularity in the United States. It focuses on hardcore fans for whom this animation has become part of their lives. Using interviews of self-identified anime fans, this research explores how anime fandom has become a part of American life despite originating in a...
    Resource Type:
    Masters Thesis
    Full Text:
    . Using interviews of self-identified anime fans, this research explores how anime fandom has become a

  • Gods and knickknacks : the American adoption of Asian religious items

    Creator:
    Jameson, Tamsyn L.
    Abstract:
    This thesis contains the cultural biography of Buddhist and Hindu items in a small college town in the United States. It explores different factors that have led to the availability of these items here, what attracts Americans to them, and the meanings they give these items. Semi-structured interviews were conducted...
    Resource Type:
    Masters Thesis
    Full Text:
    Buddhist and Hindu items in a small college town in the United States. It explores different factors

  • Pregnancy, class and biomedical power : factors influencing the prenatal care experiences of low-income women in an Oregon community

    Creator:
    Pearce, Laurie Kathleen
    Abstract:
    Low-income women in an Oregon city of approximately 35,000 inhabitants have limited access to prenatal care services during their pregnancies. The purpose of this study was to uncover the impacts of several factors on the experiences of twenty-seven health department clients with public health department prenatal care practitioners and with...
    Resource Type:
    Masters Thesis
    Full Text:
    Community Abstract approved:__ a y osenberger Low-income women in an Oregon city of approximately 35,000