Gender equality in the workplace: A comparative review of USA and African Practices

AO Adeniyi, CU Akpuokwe, SS Bakare… - International Journal of …, 2024 - fepbl.com
This Review presents a comparative review of gender equality practices in the workplace,
focusing on both the United States (USA) and various African countries. Gender equality is a …

[HTML][HTML] Developing a framework for radical and incremental social innovation in rural areas

N Vercher, G Bosworth, J Esparcia - Journal of Rural Studies, 2023 - Elsevier
Social innovation (SI) has been championed as an integral feature of community-led rural
development. However, the choice of the term “innovation” prompts a number of questions …

The role of actors in social innovation in rural areas

N Vercher - Land, 2022 - mdpi.com
Social innovation is gaining momentum in academia, policy and practice, as a process by
which local communities generate new social relations and become more capable of …

Social innovation in rural areas of the European Union learnings from neo-endogenous development projects in Italy and Spain

F Navarro-Valverde, M Labianca, E Cejudo-García… - Sustainability, 2022 - mdpi.com
Within the framework of the LEADER approach to rural development applied in rural areas
of the European Union, a high degree of social innovation (SI) has been achieved with the …

[HTML][HTML] Analyzing social innovation as a process in rural areas: Key dimensions and success factors for the revival of the traditional charcoal burning in Slovenia

T Rogelja, A Ludvig, G Weiss, J Prah, M Shannon… - Journal of Rural …, 2023 - Elsevier
In rural areas, the social innovation (SI) process emerges as a response to negative
socioeconomic trends or gets triggered by open windows of opportunity, bringing solutions …

Territorial social innovation and alternative food networks: the case of a new farmers' cooperative on the island of Ibiza (Spain)

N Vercher - Agriculture, 2022 - mdpi.com
Social innovation is gaining attention as a perspective that stresses the relevance of
transforming social relations to promote sustainable territorial development. This paper …

[HTML][HTML] Transformative Social Innovation as a Guideline to Enhance the Sustainable Development Goals' Framework

L Pamplona, M Estellita Lins, A Xavier, M Almeida - Sustainability, 2024 - mdpi.com
To achieve the objectives of reversing ongoing social and environmental degradation, there
is an urgent need to accelerate efforts towards more sustainable and regenerative socio …

What are the impacts of social innovation? A synthetic review and case study of community forestry in the Scottish highlands

C Barlagne, M Melnykovych, D Miller, RJ Hewitt… - Sustainability, 2021 - mdpi.com
In a context of political and economic austerity, social innovation has been presented as a
solution to many social challenges, old and new. It aims to support the introduction of new …

Gendered perception and factors influencing the choice of innovation in the fisheries sector: A case of southern Ghana

EE Onumah, FE Asem, M Dogbey - Ocean & Coastal Management, 2024 - Elsevier
This study seeks to examine the perception of fish workers about fisheries innovation and
factors influencing the choice of innovation in Ghana's Greater Accra and Central regions …

Rural Community Development Click-by-Click. Processes and dynamics of digitally supported social innovations in peripheral rural areas

N Zerrer, A Sept, G Christmann - Raumforschung und Raumordnung …, 2022 - rur.oekom.de
Even before the Covid-19 pandemic, residents in peripheral and structurally weak rural
areas began to move into the digital age. Digital tools are being used and developed to …