The phenomenon of sedentary lifestyle has become a dangerous issue with serious health consequences in modern time. Modern technology has contributed, in no small measure, to a sedentary lifestyle of many individuals with attendant physical, physiological and social health hazards. As a result of lack of regular exercises, many people are now battling with obesity, diabetes, hypertension and overweight. This paper examines the concept of sedentary lifestyle, reasons for sedentary lifestyle, cons...

Sociology  Sports Science 

Sanitation and hygiene behavior change programs have benefitted from the contribution of volunteers who give their time to improve access to sanitation, particularly in rural communities in Africa. The study aimed to assess factors influencing volunteering among community sanitation volunteers from rural communities in Zambia. Community volunteers who spread awareness on sanitation in their communities as well as reported progress on latrine construction and coverage participated in the study. T...

Sociology 

This study was undertaken to establish the effect of socio-cultural factors on women’s representation in political leadership in Mbale City Councils. In this research socio-cultural factors were regarded as the independent variable, while women’s representation in political leadership was considered as the dependent variable. The study was guided by three research objectives. It employed a descriptive cross-sectional survey research design with both qualitative and quantitative approaches, and d...

Sociology 

For several decades, the world has been wrestling with addressing the root causes of gender-based violence (GBV), particularly against women and girls. In the same discourse, there is sharp disagreement over what constitutes violence against women, some of which were briefly reviewed here. The disagreement exists amid a growing number of attempts to explain why women face violence from men. It has been a polarized dialogue—weakening the “ability to deepen and widen” interventions against GBV. In...

Sociology 

Under the background of New Liberal Arts, college English course needs to change its tendency of overemphasizing instrumentality and try to realize the integration of knowledge transmission, ability development and values guidance through the combination of ideological and political education and the course. The paper first discussed the feasibility, necessity and the connotation of ideological and political education in college English courses. Based on professor Wen Qiufang’s ideological and p...

Sociology 

Voter trends are under the influence of different factors in different societies. In the Presidential and Parliamentary elections held in Turkey in May 2023, the Justice and Development Party and its alliance parties, which have been in power for over 20 years, came to power again. Especially in the region that experienced an earthquake disaster just a few months before the elections, where the political power made serious mistakes and was late in providing aid, the fact that the ruling parties ...

Sociology  Politics  Psychology 

Recent literature has addressed the value and efficacy of foreign aid with the identification of country-specific and non-linear effects on the growth of the foreign-aid relationship. This study addresses these issues utilizing the System Generalized Method of Moments (GMM) and focuses on the functions of institutions in mediating the effectiveness of various aid programs affecting the human development indicators (HDIs) in sub-Saharan Africa, a region facing challenges in achieving the Sustaina...

Sociology  Public Policy 

Development of a generic model for the valuation of Labor Liabilities under the international standards IAS 19 and FASB 87, for defined benefits, generally granted in Latin American countries, following [1]. The contribution of this work is to provide a detailed valuation tool for defined benefits that depend structurally on a salary and creditable service over time. Likewise, assess a defined benefit plan for termination of employment under 2 very similar current approaches, but with different ...

Sociology 

It is evident throughout the literature that unemployment rate among the youth in Rwanda is alarming. The majority of the unemployed young people are the universities and higher learning institutions graduates and one of the root causes is attributed to the lack of job opportunities and experience. This paper therefore examines the contribution of national professional internship programme introduced by Rwanda Development Board (RDB) to the employment opportunities for graduates from higher lear...

Sociology 

Almost three years into the pandemic, COVID-19 continues to have an impact on mobility around the world. Public transport was particularly hindered, since people may perceive it as unsafe and decide to avoid it. Many studies have been conducted on the decline in the use of public transport, but there is no research in the literature related to the use of public transport during the pandemic, according to family income. This study aims to address this gap by focusing on the case of the city of Do...

Sociology