Experiences of gender-based violence among women in sub-Saharan Africa: identifying evidence for intervention and public health priorities by Lucky Norah Katende-Kyenda, Judith I. Ani

“…Emotional and physical violence were most prevalent in Sierra Leone, while sexual violence was most common in Burundi and the Democratic Republic of Congo.DiscussionThis study highlights the urgent need for targeted interventions for younger women in rural areas and those with limited education. …”
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Strategic foresight framework for addressing agency in sustainability transitions: a co-creation approach by Cristian Matti, Laurent Bontoux, Kathrine Jensen

“…The conclusions and recommendations stress the need for strong government leadership, multilevel coordination, the roll out of systemic policy mixes and a new social contract underpinned by democratic governance. The flexibility of the methodological approach allows adaptation to different institutional contexts through co-creation while maintaining coherence in how agency dealt with. …”
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Foreign experience in ensuring of non-interference in the private life of a person in criminal proceedings by D. V. Simonovych, O. V. Blyshchyk

“…It has been determined that for a long period of time there have been intensive scientific discussions in democratic countries about the extent to which state interference in a person's private life can be allowed, i.e. considered legitimate. …”
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The impact of public hearings on decision making on the merger of municipalities in the Moscow region by E. P. Shitova

“…According to the results of the study, an assessment has made of public hearings as a form of democratic participation of citizens in the implementation of local self-government on the basis of its practical implementation in the Moscow region, and situations have identified in which the opinion of the population is able to correct the intended outcome of the changes. …”
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Factors Associated with HIV Testing Uptake in Cameroon: Data from the 2018 Cameroon Demographic and Health Survey by Buh Nkum C, Nanfak A, Guenou E, Fri Kami R, Murhabazi Bashombwa A, Tchio-Nighie KH, Nangue C, Ateudjieu J

“…SANTE (Meilleur Accès Aux Soins de Santé), Yaounde, Cameroon; 2Department of Public Health, Faculty of Medicine and Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Dschang, Dschang, Cameroon; 3National Public Health Laboratory, Ministry of Public Health, Yaounde, Cameroon; 4Faculty of Medicine, University of Kaziba, Kaziba, Democratic Republic of the Congo; 5Division of Health Operations Research, Ministry of Public Health, Yaounde, CameroonCorrespondence: Augustin Murhabazi Bashombwa, Email amurhabazi@masante-cam.orgBackground: HIV represents a significant public health challenge, contributing to increased mortality and morbidity within the population. …”
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Why EU revenue matters: A case for an EU digital levy by Katerina Pantazatou

“…Whether Pillar One gets adopted or not, the potential introduction of an EU digital levy, ideally by way of an EU tax, could help overcoming several shortcomings of the present tax status quo and could result in an increase of the resources at the disposal of the EU in a fashion compatible with the imperatives of democratic legitimacy.…”
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Evolution of Cluster Policy in Japan by А. V. Belov

“…It identifies the factors contributing to the success of Japanese cluster policy as well as the limitations it faced during the global financial crisis of 2007–2008, the installation of the opposition Democratic government in 2009–2012, and the 2011 disaster alongside subsequent budget constraints. …”
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Changes in public awareness of the social determinants of health over 15 years in Wisconsin, United States by Stephanie A. Robert, Amy Yinan Liu

“…Party identification was the demographic factor that most strongly differentiated responses, with Democrats rating more highly many of the social determinants of health than either Republicans or Independents in both years. …”
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Directions of harmonization of the main principles of domestic administrative and legal science with European integration requirements by O. Yu. Kyrychenko

“…The above-mentioned approaches are aimed at demonstrating to the world community the steady rise of Ukraine as a legal, democratic state, ensuring effective cooperation of state institutions and civil society, guaranteeing commitment to the principles of the rule of law, as well as maintaining the proper level of functioning of the law enforcement mechanism of our country.…”
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Legal regulation of national security in Ukraine: today’s challenges by Ye. V. Kobko

“…Moreover, in recent years, the raised issue is becoming more relevant not only on the territory of Ukraine, but also in the field of lively discussion at the international level, because modern legal, democratic states of the world seek to join forces in this direction. …”
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ISLAM AND NEO-MODERNISM IN INDONESIA: REVISITING NURCHOLISH MADJID AND ABDURRAHMAN WAHID’S THOUGHT ON CIVIL SOCIETY by Dito Alif Pratama

“…Moreover, this paper also argues that both interpretations of Islam and civil society have been constructive for Indonesia in promoting democratic reforms, strengthening the importance of the Pancasila (the five pillars) foundation and state constitution, not religious sectarianism (theocracy), thus refuting the notion that Islam is incompatible with democracy and pluralism and assisting Indonesian society in the productive synthesis of Islamic ideas and modern concepts such as democracy, liberalism, and secularism.…”
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Women Architects and Their Works in the Autonomous Region of Madrid, 1978-2008 by María Elia Gutiérrez Mozo, Sofía Parker San José

“…This paper explores the periphery of the very centre of the architectural system in Spain, considering the work of women architects in the Autonomous Region of Madrid (Comunidad Autónoma de Madrid), the province of its capital, in the period 1978-2008, i. e., between the democratic restoration and the global financial crisis. …”
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Flexibly funding WHO? An analysis of its donors’ voluntary contributions by Andrew Harmer, Jonathan Kennedy, Obichukwu Iwunna

“…As voluntary contributions tend to be earmarked for donor-specified programmes and projects, there are concerns that this trend has diverted focus away from WHO’s strategic priorities, made coordination and attaining coherence more difficult, undermined WHO’s democratic structures and given undue power to a handful of wealthy donors. …”
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Euroscepticism in France: Past and Present by R. I. Blagoveshchenskii

“…In that context the author emphasizes that Euroscepticism is usually associated with far-right and nationalist political forces but in France it is also represented by left-wing parties. For example, a democratic socialist political party ‘La France Insoumise’, led by Jean-Luc Mélenchon, who won an impressive 18 percent of the votes in the last presidential elections, harshly criticizes Brussel and does not rule out the possibility of France leaving the EU. …”
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Problematic issues of the legal regulation of local self-government officials’ remuneration by V. S. Govorov

“…The article examines the essential content and role of wages in a modern democratic, legal state, which in its functioning and development relies on the tools and levers of the market economy, as well as civil society institutions. …”
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The influence of language and culture on a South African corporate by Nirvana Bechan, Ronelda Visser

“…South Africa is now celebrating more than ten years of democracy following the country’s first democratic election in 1994. In the past decade, corporate South Africa has seen an unprecedented cultural diversity in its workforce. …”
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ТРАНСЦЕНДЕНТНОЕ ПРОСТРАНСТВО ГЕНДЕРА by Volodymyr V. Khmel, O. M. Korkh

“…This paper aims to analyze the basic principles of gender philosophy applying methodological tools of communicative pragmatics; to demonstrate how gender construct can provide gender humanism formation as one of the ideals of democratic society; to specify gender glossary terms such as “gender democracy”, “gender equality” and “gender justice”. …”
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Political and Party System of Germany after Elections to the Bundestag (2014-2015) by E. P. Timoshenkova

“…People in these lands are more eager to support social democrats, which was proved by the 2015 elections. …”
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Institute of higher education: the first quarter of a century by Василь Кремень

“…First, the development of higher education stimulated the formation of a young Ukrainian state, ensured the establishment of norms and values characteristic of a democratic state, and the development of the best qualities of human capital in Ukraine. …”
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Inaugural Lecture by Kabale University

“…Michelsen Institute (CMI) Norway, and the Democratic Governance Facility (DGF). He took research residence at University of Antwerp (Belgium), CMI Bergen, University of Bergen, Norway, Steamboat Springs, Colorado US, and Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (CASS) in Beijing. …”
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