Indigenous women’s access to maternal healthcare services in lower- and middle-income countries: a systematic integrative review
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DOI: 10.1007/s00038-018-1177-4
Abstract: ObjectivesGlobally, Indigenous people have lower-health status compared to non-Indigenous people due to unequal access to health care. Barriers or enablers to accessing maternal health services by Indigenous women are not well researched. This review aims… read more here.
Keywords: healthcare services; access; lower middle; health ... See more keywords
Physically Demanding Labor and Health Among Indigenous Women in the Ecuadorian Highlands
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DOI: 10.1007/s10900-017-0407-7
Abstract: Physically demanding work carried out during long workdays affects women’s health. In rural and agrarian societies, women perform a variety of domestic and productive tasks, often from dawn to dusk, with little or no leisure… read more here.
Keywords: labor health; demanding labor; physically demanding; ecuadorian highlands ... See more keywords
Rights to the rescue? The promotion of Indigenous women's political-electoral rights and the rise of the Mexican security state
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DOI: 10.1016/j.polgeo.2020.102279
Abstract: Abstract This article demonstrates how the promotion of Indigenous women's political-electoral rights in Mexico has furthered a conservative agenda of state securitization. To do so, it presents a discourse analysis of national media reports focused… read more here.
Keywords: women political; promotion indigenous; state; political electoral ... See more keywords
Achieving cervical cancer elimination among Indigenous women.
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DOI: 10.1016/j.ypmed.2020.106314
Abstract: Achieving the World Health Organisation (WHO) cervical cancer elimination target of fewer than four new cases per 100,000 woman-years requires scaling up HPV vaccination of girls, cervical screening, and pre-cancer and cancer treatment. We reviewed… read more here.
Keywords: cervical cancer; cancer; indigenous women; cancer elimination ... See more keywords
Socioeconomic determinants of excess weight and obesity among Indigenous women: findings from the First National Survey of Indigenous People’s Health and Nutrition in Brazil
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DOI: 10.1017/s1368980020000610
Abstract: Abstract Objective: This article assesses the nutritional status of Indigenous women from 14 to 49 years of age in Brazil. Design: Sample size was calculated for each region considering a prevalence of 50 % for… read more here.
Keywords: obesity among; national survey; indigenous women; weight obesity ... See more keywords
The Prevalence of Clinical Characteristics of Polycystic Ovary Syndrome among Indigenous Women: A Systematic Search and Review of the Literature.
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DOI: 10.1055/s-0041-1730021
Abstract: Polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) is the most common endocrine disorder among reproductive-aged women; however, to date there has been no synthesis of the burden of PCOS specifically among indigenous women. We aimed to systematically identify… read more here.
Keywords: polycystic ovary; among indigenous; prevalence clinical; ovary syndrome ... See more keywords
Indigenous women entrepreneurship: analysis of a promising research theme at the intersection of indigenous entrepreneurship and women entrepreneurship
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DOI: 10.1080/01419870.2019.1630659
Abstract: ABSTRACT This conceptual paper presents an international overview of Indigenous women entrepreneurship and consequentially develops the indigenous-gendered integrated perspective applied to the analysis of this emerging and promising research theme. Within the analytical tools of… read more here.
Keywords: research theme; intersection indigenous; indigenous women; indigenous entrepreneurship ... See more keywords
Indigenous women and adult learning: Towards a paradigm change?
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DOI: 10.1080/02660830.2019.1641906
Abstract: In contemporary educational research, practice and policy, ‘indigenous women’ have emerged as an important focus in the global education arena. This Special Issue investigates what is significant about indigenous women and their learning in terms… read more here.
Keywords: research; women learning; women adult; adult learning ... See more keywords
Possessing Land, Wind and Water in the Isthmus of Tehuantepec, Oaxaca
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DOI: 10.1080/08164649.2021.1919989
Abstract: ABSTRACT This article examines the connection between Indigenous women’s bodies, their relationship to land and resistance to resource extraction in the Isthmus of Tehuantepec, Mexico. First, I explore the processes and practices through which natural… read more here.
Keywords: possessing land; isthmus tehuantepec; isthmus; indigenous women ... See more keywords
The frontline of refusal: indigenous women warriors of standing rock
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DOI: 10.1080/09518398.2017.1401151
Abstract: Abstract Indigenous women stand in solidarity on the frontline of refusal, protecting their ancestral homelands and their ways of life across North America and beyond. The Indigenous stand-off at Standing Rock in opposition to the… read more here.
Keywords: refusal indigenous; standing rock; indigenous women; frontline refusal ... See more keywords
Mothers’ Darlings of the South Pacific: The Children of Indigenous Women and U.S. Servicemen, World War II
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DOI: 10.1080/1031461x.2017.1337491
Abstract: ditions such as shell necklace-making, and whose work supplies a subtle yet forceful rebuke to myths about the supposed erasure of Tasmanian Indigenous culture. Though the layperson seeking a general introduction to or overview of… read more here.
Keywords: south pacific; pacific children; children indigenous; darlings south ... See more keywords