TY - RPRT A1 - Segueda, Wendpanga Eric T1 - Imported Religions, Colonialism and the Situation of Women in Africa N2 - Women are a key to development, and gender is crucial to development policies. However, Western development organisations often promote gender equality as something valued in the West, or even as a new idea altogether, rather than taking the time to research how it was rooted in African societies. The same holds true for many Africans who frequently argue that gender equality is a Western idea. This paper intents to show that gender equality or complementarity is not an altogether new phenomenon to African societies, but that it existed in pre-colonial Africa. Raising awareness on this within African societies can help to put in place strategies for gender equality and facilitate change from within. N2 - Frauen sind ein Schlüssel zur Entwicklung, und Gender-Aspekte nehmen eine Schlüsselrolle in Entwicklungsstrategien ein. Westliche Entwicklungshilfeorganisationen befördern die Gleichstellung der Geschlechter jedoch oft als Teil des “westlichen” Wertekanons beziehungsweise als grundsätzlich neues Konzept, ohne zu berücksichtigen, wie Gleichstellung in afrikanischen Gesellschaften verankert war. Gleiches gilt für viele afrikanische Vertreter, die die Gleichstellung der Geschlechter als westliches Konzept darstellen. Dieser Beitrag möchte zeigen, dass Gleichberechtigung für afrikanische Gesellschaften kein komplett neues Phänomen ist, sondern bereits im vorkolonialen Afrika existierte. Sensibilisierung für dieses Erbe kann dabei helfen, in afrikanischen Gesellschaften Strategien zur Gleichstellung der Geschlechter zu initiieren und Wandel von innen heraus zu ermöglichen. T3 - Schriftenreihe Junges Afrikazentrum (JAZ) - 3 KW - Afrika KW - Gleichberechtigung KW - Religion KW - Kolonialismus KW - women KW - religion KW - situation of women KW - colonialism KW - Africa Y1 - 2015 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-122400 SN - 2199-4315 ET - 1 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Unser, Alexander A1 - Ziebertz, Hans-Georg T1 - The impact of religion and national origin on attitudes towards refugee rights: an international comparative empirical study JF - Religions N2 - This paper is concerned with the rights of refugees. The refugee issue has been an acutely charged item on the political agenda for several years. Although the great waves of influx have flattened out, people are continually venturing into Europe. Europe’s handling of refugees has been subject to strong criticism, and the accusation that various actions contradict internationally agreed law is particularly serious. It remains a question of how to respond appropriately to the influx of people fearing for their lives. This paper examines empirically how young people from different denominations in Germany (n = 2022) and how Roman Catholics from 10 countries (n = 5363) evaluate refugee rights. It also investigates whether individual religiosity moderates the influence of denomination or national context. The results show that there are no significant differences between respondents from different denominations, but there are significant differences between respondents from different countries. However, religiosity was not found to moderate the influence of denomination or national context. These findings suggest that attitudes towards refugee rights depend more on the national context in which people live rather than on their religious affiliation or individual religiosity. KW - refugees KW - human rights KW - religion KW - comparative empirical research KW - youth Y1 - 2020 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-207923 SN - 2077-1444 VL - 11 IS - 6 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Ghafoor, Hina A1 - Nordbeck, Peter A1 - Ritter, Oliver A1 - Pauli, Paul A1 - Schulz, Stefan M. T1 - Can Religiosity and Social Support Explain Effects of Trait Emotional Intelligence on Health-Related Quality of Life: A Cross-Cultural Study JF - Journal of Religion and Health N2 - Religion and social support along with trait emotional intelligence (EI) help individuals to reduce stress caused by difficult situations. Their implications may vary across cultures in reference to predicting health-related quality of life (HRQoL). A convenience sample of N = 200 chronic heart failure (CHF) patients was recruited at cardiology centers in Germany (n = 100) and Pakistan (n = 100). Results indicated that trait-EI predicted better mental component of HRQoL in Pakistani and German CHF patients. Friends as social support appeared relevant for German patients only. Qualitative data indicate an internal locus of control in German as compared to Pakistani patients. Strengthening the beneficial role of social support in Pakistani patients is one example of how the current findings may inspire culture-specific treatment to empower patients dealing with the detrimental effects of CHF. KW - cross-cultural comparison KW - chronic heart failure KW - religion KW - social support KW - trait emotional intelligence KW - health-related quality of life Y1 - 2022 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-232823 SN - 0022-4197 VL - 61 IS - 1 ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Saundarya, ED - Jetter, Tobias T1 - Food Cultures: Dynamics of Caste, Gender, Religion, and Class in India T2 - Global Cultural Studies? Engaged Scholarship between National and Transnational Frames N2 - No abstract available. KW - Kulturwissenschaften KW - Nahrung KW - Kaste KW - Geschlecht KW - Religion KW - cultural studies KW - food cultures KW - caste system KW - gender KW - religion Y1 - 2023 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-305901 PB - Würzburg University Press CY - Würzburg ER -