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Olatunji, Taiwo Isaac; Tola-Adewumi, Oladunni Tolu – New Directions for Adult and Continuing Education, 2023
Intimate partner violence (IPV) against Nigerian nurses in the US is a complex issue intersecting gender, occupation, culture, economics, and migration. This study adopts an intersectional feminist and adult learning framework to explore the causes and potential solutions. Drawing on a thematic analysis of ten media reports and commentaries on…
Descriptors: Nurses, Family Violence, Gender Differences, Interpersonal Relationship
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Lips, Hilary M. – New Directions for Adult and Continuing Education, 2007
Women and men are still segregated into different occupations. There has been a marked underrepresentation of women in science and technology fields for many years, despite some increases in the number of women earning undergraduate and graduate degrees in science. The notion of possible selves can be applied broadly to the problem of why the…
Descriptors: Self Concept, Gender Issues, Disproportionate Representation, Adult Education