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The inclusion of women in STEM in Kuwait and the United States : proceedings of a workshop
Women in the United States and Kuwait have made advances as researchers and leaders in science, engineering, and medical disciplines, yet challenges and barriers remain to enter and advance in these fields in both countries. Building on recent collaborations, the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine and the Kuwait Foundation for the Advancement of Sciences agreed on convening two workshops to identify evidence-based practices and resources for improving the inclusion of women as full participants in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics.This publication summarizes the presentations and discussion from the first workshop, held October 28-29, 2019, in Washington, D.C.
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Global Trends in Social Inclusion and Social Inclusion Policy: A Systematic Review and Research Agenda
As pressures build, this study can serve as a guidepost for scholars and policymakers to learn from global trends in social inclusion and social inclusion policy. Our systematic review of global trends in social inclusion and social inclusion policy points to the general expansion and retrenchment of social inclusion policy amid increasing social exclusion associated with trends such as globalisation and neoliberalism. In the absence of recent, detailed case descriptions of social inclusion policy at the national level, we call for a renewed scholarly focus on case studies of social inclusion policy. We also discuss the likelihood that persistent climate change, migration, ageing populations, and technological innovations are poised to dramatically influence global social inclusion and suggest that future research should seek to understand the relationship between these developments and social inclusion. As we look to the future and the growing needs of excluded populations, we aim to use this study to learn from and build on these global trends to promote the inclusion of excluded groups around the world.
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Community Based Marketing for Social Inclusion. Lessons from a Participatory Media Project
This research focuses on the intersection of three areas: community-based marketing, participatory media and social inclusion. The study investigates the mechanisms through which co-creation process in media projects involving marginalized populations, can dismantle systemic barriers and foster a sense of belonging, framing it as a strategic tool for systemic change rather than just audience engagement. The research employs an instrumental case study methodology based on a single, multi-country participatory media initiative created by media and academic organizations and directly involving populations experiencing social exclusion. The paper is guided by two central questions: how do co-creation processes in these type of initiatives work to promote social inclusion?; what transferable insights can be drawn from this case to advance the theory and practice of community-based marketing?
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Documenting Impossible Realities
Documenting Impossible Realitie
s explores the limitations of conventional accounts through
which belonging is documented, focusing on the experiences of
adoptees, deportees, migrants, and other exilic
populations. Susan Bibler Coutin and Barbara Yngvesson
speak to the current historical moment in which the dichotomy
between an \"above ground\" inhabited by dominant groups and an
\"underground\" to which unauthorized immigrants, political exiles,
and transnational adoptees are relegated cannot be sustained. This
dichotomy was made possible by the illusion that some people do not
belong, that some forms of kin are not real, or that certain ways
of knowing do not count. To examine accounts that challenge such
illusions, Coutin and Yngvesson focus on the spaces
between groups, where difference is constituted and where
the potential for new forms of relationship may be realized. By
juxtaposing and moving between entangled realities and modes of
expression, Documenting Impossible Realities conveys the
emotional experience of oscillating between being here and gone,
legitimate and treated as counterfeit.
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People with Disabilities
To what extent are people with disabilities fully included in economic, political and social life? People with disabilities have faced a long history of exclusion, stigma and discrimination, but have made impressive gains in the past several decades. These gains include the passage of major civil rights legislation and the adoption of the 2006 UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. This book provides an overview of the progress and continuing disparities faced by people with disabilities around the world, reviewing hundreds of studies and presenting new evidence from analysis of surveys and interviews with disability leaders. It shows the connections among economic, political and social inclusion, and how the experience of disability can vary by gender, race and ethnicity. It uses a multidisciplinary approach, drawing on theoretical models and research in economics, political science, psychology, disability studies, law and sociology.
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Spaces of Belonging: Community Engagement and Social Inclusion in Rural Communities
This article explores the crucial role of public spaces and the nonprofit sector in fostering social inclusion within rural communities facing increasing centralization. Challenging purely economic development models, it argues for a holistic understanding of regional wellbeing centred on community engagement in “third places.” By examining the dynamics of space use and the potential for social isolation, the article highlights the importance of human-scale design and strategic revitalization of community-centred spaces to enhance social capital, quality of life, and resilience in smaller urban contexts. It calls for further research into the lived experiences and wellbeing of residents in these areas, advocating for a shift beyond purely economic indicators of local development. Cet article explore le rôle crucial des espaces publics et du secteur à but non lucratif dans la promotion de l’inclusion sociale au sein de communautés rurales confrontées à une centralisation croissante. Tout en remettant en cause les modèles de développement purement économiques, il plaide pour une compréhension holistique d’un bien-être régional centré sur l’engagement communautaire dans les « tiers-lieux ». En examinant la dynamique de l’utilisation de l’espace et le potentiel d’isolement social, l’article souligne l’importance d’une conception à échelle humaine et d’une revitalisation stratégique des espaces centrés sur la communauté pour améliorer le capital social, la qualité de vie et la résilience dans des contextes urbains plus restreints. Il appelle en outre à des recherches plus approfondies sur les expériences et le bien être des habitants de ces zones, en plaidant pour un changement au-delà des indicateurs purement économiques du développement local.
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Difference and sameness as modes of integration
What does it mean to \"fit in?\" This volume of essays demystifies the discourse on identity, challenging common assumptions about role of similarity in inclusion and exclusion. Armed with intimate knowledge of local social structures, these essays tease out the ways in which ethnicity, religion and nationalism are used for social integration.
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The forest people without a forest
Examines how the Baka, who live in Eastern Cameroon, assert forms of belonging in order to participate in development interventions. Investigates how community life is shaped and reshaped through these interventions.
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Europe's Social Integration
Published in association with the Foundation for European Progressive Studies (FEPS), this book examines the four factors that challenge the fate of the European social model: globalization, monetary union, Eastern enlargement and digitalization. As a former EU Commissioner for Social Affairs, the author represents the rare combination of a top policy maker and a profoundly knowledgeable political economist. Andor's book offers both first-rate analysis and imaginative ideas for the reforms needed to cope with these four factors. He leads us through the \"ups\" of post World War II policy design in the West and the vision of a post-communist regime in the Centre-East before going on to examine the EU-wide \"downs\" due to cultural neo-conservatism and the trajectory of EU macro governance. Having taken stock of some of the main threats to the social model, he goes on to highlight where common EU policy can be part of the solution, rather than part of the problem - which was too often the case in the past.
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Social Inclusion of People with Disabilities
Social inclusion is often used interchangeably with the terms social cohesion, social integration and social participation, positioning social exclusion as the opposite. The latter is a contested term that refers to a wide range of phenomena and processes related to poverty and deprivation, but it is also used in relation to marginalised people and places. This book consists of two parts: the first aims to review the domestic and international historical roots and the conceptual base of disability, as well as the expressions of social exclusion of people with disabilities that interfere in their efforts to exercise their rights in society. It offers a comprehensive review of social and legal approaches to social exclusion and inclusion. The second part introduces and analyses domestic and international social and legal strategies to promote social inclusion for people with disabilities.
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