Previous observational and quasi-experimental studies in sub-Saharan Africa have suggested the effectiveness of youth-targeted HIV prevention interventions using sport as an educational tool. No studies have yet assessed the effect of similar programs in the Caribbean. A quasi-experimental trial was conducted to assess the effectiveness of a sports-based intervention in six migrant settlements ...

Through the case of St Olav Ways, aim this article is to shed light on ways in which contemporary pilgrimage phenomenon Norway developed through a combination interpretations local religious history and inspiration from international developments, Camino de Santiago particular. Pilgrimage increasingly becoming visible as Norway, several other European countries where was long discredited practi...

Drawing on the literature of social movements and emotions, this article analyses a case union-led movement against outsourcing in UK. Our focus is emotional processes collective identity formation culture new grassroot unions, addressing themes culture, political solidarity. Data consists participant observations, interviews, additional website media material. The results show that unions char...

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The state governors in Nigeria have manipulated the local government councils to extent that they appoint their cronies and loyalists as caretaker committee chairmen without regard constitutional provisions for democratically elected council chairmen. In all cases, choice of appointees is not always wishes people masses at grassroot rejected them. most fundamental problem inherent committees ar...

This article analyses an experiment in liberal-progressive politics that occurred Indonesia 2019. A new party, the Partai Solidaritas (PSI, Indonesian Solidarity Party), supported gender equality as part of a broad liberal programme. PSI foregrounded female candidates and focused on issues, including controversial topics such opposition to polygamy. Reflecting party campaign strategies media ex...

Within the framework of multiple advocacy theory and elite model, an eclectic approach, the study examined citizens’ participation in public policy making and implementation with specific reference to Ngor Okpala Local Government Area of Imo State 2011-2015, with the aim of indentifying the overall impacts, benefits as well as factors hindering citizens’ participation in public policy making an...

India faces a problem of land degradation due to many misuse practices, deforestation, water erosion, wind salinity, alkalinity, and flooding. The which is not used any type obstruction, whether it cultivable or non-cultivable known as wasteland. Management reclamation this wasteland imperative for meeting the growing needs ever-increasing population country. New technologies, afforestation, de...

Folk literature has many different genres. They are folktales, myths, worships, beliefs, rituals, proverbs, idioms and performing arts. found that the ideas in songs stories presented folk aimed at reconstructing history so they theorized them. The of helps to reconstruct grassroot people advance identity politics. Narrative also have such characteristics but mythological narratives can an impa...