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Transferring health technology to South Africa: the importance of traditional African culture
(Kluwer Academic Publishers, www.vlib.ustu.ru/storon/kluwer, 2000)
The transfer of new health technology to South Africa is occurring despite the fact that North American and European health care planners and entrepreneurs have a very limited understanding of traditional Black South African ...
The complexities of female-headed households in Botswana
(Pula: Botswana Journal of African Studies, 2000)
The concept of female-headed household has emerged as an important analytical
category in the examination of poverty in life chances both within the context of policy research and social science scholarship. This paper ...
Finding the 'missing' male in gender discourses in Botswana
(Pula: Botswana Journal of African Studies, 2004)
Researchers and activists in Botswana have played an active role in the international campaign to alleviate women s subordinate position in economic development. Of late attention has shifted from 'women' to 'gender'. This ...
The dynamics of domestic violence against women in Botswana
(Pula: Botswana Journal of African Studies, 2004)
Gender inequality is characterised by unequal power relations between women and men. One of the key
manifestations of these unequal power relations is violence. Studies conducted in Botswana indicate that actual violence ...
Job satisfaction among nurses in Botswana
(Taylor & Francis, www.taylorandfrancis.com, 2000)
In this paper the authors examines the extent of job satisfaction and dissatisfaction in a
national sample of 325 nurses working in hospitals, clinics and health posts in Botswana. The analyses explored the effects of ...
Power and powerlessness: when support becomes overbearing-the case of outsider activism on the resettlement issue of the Basarwa of the Central Kalahari Game Reserve
(Pula: Botswana Journal of African Studies, 2002)
Thefocus of this paper is on the role of outsider activists who are supporting a group of Basarwa
resisting relocation from the Central Kalahari Game Reserve (CKGR) in Botswana. The role of non
Basarwa activists is ...
How Britain underdeveloped Bechuanaland protectorate: a brief critique of the political economy of colonial Botswana
(Council for the Development of Social Science Research in Africa, http://www.codesria.org/?lang=en, 2006)
Britain declared Bechuanaland a 'protectorate' in 1885 in a move largely driven by military strategic considerations rather than by the availability of economic resources. This can give the impression that in Botswana the ...
The making of a foreign "labour aristocracy" in Botswana
(Emerald Group Publishing Limited, www.emeraldinsight.com/, 2008)
Purpose - The purpose of this paper is to investigate whether expatriate workers in Botswana are a labour aristocracy. Design/methodology/approach - This is a case study based on documentary research methods. Findings - ...
Gender differences in satisfaction with the type of work University employees do: evidence from the University of Botswana
(Scientific Research, www.scirp.org/, 2009)
The study investigated the extent to which male and female employees of a University differ in various attributes and attitudes and in the level of satisfaction with the type of work they do, and further established factors ...