"It's a place to feel like part of the community": Counterspace, inclusion, and empowerment in a drop-in center for homeless and marginalized women.
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DOI: 10.1002/ajcp.12580
Abstract: In the context of rising inequality and eroding safety nets for marginalized communities, research is needed to demonstrate the ways in which settings can facilitate community, agency, and capabilities for low-income women. The purpose of… read more here.
Keywords: place feel; feel like; center; community ... See more keywords
Between Rights on Paper and Capabilities on the Ground: Policy-Based Barriers to Marginalized Women’s Sexual Rights
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DOI: 10.1007/s13178-021-00546-1
Abstract: Introduction New York State makes explicit policy provisions to protect the sexual rights of minor-aged women, women labeled with intellectual disability, and immigrant women. In this qualitative policy analysis, we used the principles of Nussbaum’s ( 2000… read more here.
Keywords: policy based; women sexual; based barriers; sexual rights ... See more keywords
Cervical and Breast Cancer Screening After CARES: A Community Program for Immigrant and Marginalized Women.
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DOI: 10.1016/j.amepre.2016.11.023
Abstract: INTRODUCTION Marginalized populations such as immigrants and refugees are less likely to receive cancer screening. Cancer Awareness: Ready for Education and Screening (CARES), a multifaceted community-based program in Toronto, Canada, aimed to improve breast and… read more here.
Keywords: pap mammography; marginalized women; cancer screening; mammography ... See more keywords
Does education enable underprivileged women to achieve real equality in property rights? A case study of inheritance rights of women in Turkey
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DOI: 10.1016/j.wsif.2018.05.013
Abstract: Abstract Laws promoting gender equality often fail to improve women's experiences. This failure is particularly acute for the experiences of socio-economically marginalized women. Understanding why legislated equality as prescribed in laws often does not lead… read more here.
Keywords: real equality; marginalized women; inheritance; study ... See more keywords
The Sexual Rights of Others: Majoritized Women's Support for Marginalized Women's Sexual Rights.
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DOI: 10.1080/00224499.2021.1998820
Abstract: Advocates argue that sexual safety, access to sexuality-related services, sexual health and well-being, sexual privacy, and sexual autonomy are universal and inalienable rights of all people. However, for those relegated to the social, economic, and… read more here.
Keywords: majoritized women; rights others; marginalized women; sexual rights ... See more keywords
Cervical Cancer Screening Among Marginalized Women: A Cross-Sectional Intervention Study
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DOI: 10.2147/ijwh.s302002
Abstract: Background Many countries organize population-based cervical cancer screening programs (CSP). In the Netherlands, eligible women are invited by mail. Marginalized women living in unstable conditions and homeless women often fail to receive the invitation letter.… read more here.
Keywords: cancer screening; study; marginalized women; cervical cancer ... See more keywords