Even though paid maternity leave was the earliest form of social protection specifically aimed at women workers and is fundamental in securing their economic independence vis-à-vis employers spouses, it has received scant scholarly attention. Neither traditional historical accounts welfare state emergence nor more recent gendered analyses developed states have provided comparative its beginning...

Storytelling is an essential component in language learning and acquisition but it has changed over time from early oral tradition to modern digital literacy. Although storytelling (DST) become important tool development inclusive diverse stories are still underrepresented. The novelty of this article that reports the findings a two-year research about design use DST by 244 teacher candidates t...

Water system is a crucial lifeline for sustainable cities. However, the previous researches failed to bridge water inclusiveness with sustainability. This study developed novel concept of inclusive sustainability (WIS), WIS framework and an evaluation through incorporating five indexes availability, inclusiveness, sustainability, innovation friendliness. An improved integrated method also measu...

The paper evaluates politics and governance underlining disability inclusion development using reflections in parasport. Its thesis-of-thesis derives from the presentation of surveyed explanations Nigerian stakeholders Paralympics sector to generalize for Africa. Before COVID-19 pandemic outbreak, Africa shows an abysmal scorecard terms combating discrimination against disabled persons. Accordi...

Today, we all have been taught that cultural competence is a valuable tool in providing patient-centered care. However, this concept was not considered a standard of oncology nursing practice when the Oncology Nursing Society (ONS) began. It was not regarded as a critical component of patient safety, satisfaction, or quality care. In fact, in the 1970s, the importance of providing culturally co...