Archive for the 'Policy' Category
It is a worrying phenomenon for the research community that research is apparently being put on hold to fund the World Cup, especially given the already dampened global economic climate.
An article by Cornia Pretorius in the July edition of the Mail and Gaurdian’s Higher Learning supplement, states: “The National Research Foundation (NRF) recently canned a [...]
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Tags: 2010, 2010 Fifa World Cup, 2010 World Cup, academics, budget, developmental state, economy, Higher Learning, job creation, legislation, Mail and Gaurdian, National Research Foundation, NRF, Policy, publich funds, recession, Research, researchers, South Africa, Spain
Ironically, even though South Africa will be hosting the 2010 Fifa World Cup in less than a year, physical education is deprioritised in schools across the country. The benefits of sport for one’s well-being are disregarded.
This was the opinion of guests at a colloquium hosted by the Social Transformation Programme of the Department of the Premier, on Thursday [...]
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Tags: 2010, 2010 Fifa World Cup, colloquium, curriculum, DEVELOPMENT WORKS, drugs, education, evaluation, gangs, grassroots, healthy, physical education, Policy, school, soccer, social transformation, Social Transformation Programme, sport, Stars in their Eyes, team, transformation
Women’s “resistance” to traditional gendered roles performed within the family structure, has led to “new” roles of performance in relation to work, marriage and childcare.
Throughout history certain norms were created determining gender roles. Women were perceived as the primary caregiver and men dominated in the workplace. Within the home these norms were learnt and thus [...]
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Tags: autonomy, basic conditions of employment, discrimination, Employment, Family, family responsibility leave, female, feminism, Free, Gender, gendered roles, glass ceiling, Inequality, jobs, maternity leave, Policy, unequal, women, work, working world, workplace
