Running on the spot: NZ’s record in news media gender equity

This article reports New Zealand’s performance in the latest, 2010 round of the Global Media Monitoring Multimineral Formulas Project (GMMP) covering 108 countries.Using quantitative and qualitative content analysis the GMMP measures the representation and participation of women in the news media.The findings demonstrate that gender inequality re

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INTUITIONS, SIMPLICITY AND EXTRAPOLATION FROM CONCEPTS

present and defend a theory about intuitions and the justification theyprovide.The theory relies on a familiar notion: having directprima faciejustificationmerely on MAHOGANY PWD the basis of understanding concepts.But, under the assumption that notall intuitively true propositions are so directly justified, I advance and develop anoriginal thesis

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Access into professional degrees by students with disabilities in South African higher learning: A decolonial perspective

Background: Former historically disadvantaged social groups such as women, black people and those with disabilities are expected to participate in the skilled labour force that South Africa has pledged to produce for the 21st century.However, in the South African context, research widely neglects access of those into professional degrees in higher

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Evaluation of the polymorphism of the GDF9 and BMP15 genes and their relationship with the reproductive functions of sheep of different breeds

Aim.Polymorphism is the result of evolutionary processes and is inherited, associated with biodiversity and modified by natural selection and functions to preserve various forms of population.It is economically advantageous to find genes that can be used in breeding in such a way as to increase the fertility of animals in different natural geograph

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