Women's leadership and participation : case studies on learning for action
Prelims (Boxes and figures, Acknowledgements) 1. Women's leadership and participation: overview Joanna Hoare and Fiona Gell 2. Pa Kite M Deyo! Don't Leave Me Out! Haitian women demand their right to participate in public affairs Kristie van Wetering 3. Creating the space to empower women fi shers: lessons from the Philippines Aurora Urgel and Gaynor Tanyang 4. Strengthening the voices of women leaders: lessons from Cambodia Menh Navy 5. Breaking the barriers: Sierra Leonean women on the march Joanna Hoare 6. Raising voices: training for empowerment for women experiencing poverty in Britain Sue Smith 7. Women's leadership in economic change in the Occupied Palestinian Territories and Israel Joanna Hoare 8. Advocacy and national elections: women's political participation in Honduras Maite Matheu 9. Fighting for women's rights in Chile: supporting women workers and promoting women's political participation Michael van Gelderen 10. Useful resources Joanna Hoare 11. Concluding update Joanna Hoare Back Matter (Index)
Gender-based violence and property grabbing in Africa: a denial of women's liberty and security
Property grabbing is a new form of gendered violence against women, threatening the security of women across Southern and East Africa. Forced evictions are often accompanied by further acts of violence, including physical and mental harassment, and abuse. Widows are particularly vulnerable, partly as a result of weakened customary practice and social safety nets that used to provide support to widowed women and their children, a situation made worse by the HIV and AIDS epidemic. Defending their property has cost some women their lives, while other women have lost their shelter and source of livelihoods, and have become destitute. The harassment and humiliation that often accompany property grabbing further strip women of their self-esteem, affecting their ability to defend their rights.
Creating the Virtual Universe
Simulation software is important to our understanding of the universe. The intrinsic multiphysics aspects are spiced with a range of temporal scales and spatial scales, both of which cover more digits than are available in the standard hardware. This, together with the intrinsic chaotic nature of many physical processes, poses quite a challenge. To meet this challenge, researchers developed the Astronomical Multipurpose Environment (AMUSE). Instead of writing a suite of multiphysics solvers from scratch, AMUSE's developers coupled existing solvers for each physical ingredient. The result is a highly inhomogeneous collection of dedicated solvers with a homogeneous protocol that scales to supercomputers.