Our groups question is: What is the difference between Islam women's access to health care in comparison to non-Islamic women.
Possible Research Methods: I am not sure if what you mean are the research methods we talked about in class or read about. But I believe the best way to do this project would be interviews, online database research and, surveys/questionnaire.
I believe that with are project there are many questions concerning ethics. Considering that our group will be questioning a group of women who are not seen as having the same rights of men in their faith there could be a lot of issues concerning whether or not they will be able to participate. For example are they considered persons with diminished authority because they may not have the authority in their culture to sign a consent form, especially if there is the possibility that if they participate without male consent than the could be physically or mentally harmed? When it comes to Justice, I wonder how you decide who is equal and unequal and who will this cause the least harm too especially when concerning the burdens that could possibly be put onto these women if they participate. Another ethically question is if they will truly be able to comprehend what they are giving permission to considering the possible language barrier...will this be helped?
I guess I just feel that there are possibly a lot of issues my group may need to deal with or there may not be. More research on Islamic communities would help because there maybe very liberal Islams who are willing to participate in our survey.
Wednesday, April 23, 2008
Monday, April 21, 2008
Week 4 Assignment
The question Lauren and I came up with is ,what is the health access for Islamic women compared to non-Islamic women in the Netherlands (Amsterdam specifically).
Some real life examples I found on the Internet was the Dutch Ministry of Foreign affairs. This website explained women's health care and where people go to receive this Health care in various cities in the Netherlands. www.minbuza.nl/en/welcome/netherlands/general.health
Another site I found to be helpful for "physical" research was "Muslim Meds and health care". This article discussed how Muslims view health care. It also discussed an Islamic hospital that is being built in Rotterdam the second largest city in the Netherlands. Maybe we could do some interviews of doctors who are going to work there, or the government planners for the hospital. Also found from this website that 5.5 percent of the dutch population is Muslim and disproportionaly more than half the women in shelters are Muslim women. Shows that Dutch rights are not being accepted by the Muslim community as much as the government would hope this could include health care access.
Another site, US department of State: Showed a poll and statistics concerning women's health care acess and non-Islamic views on health care access.
One polss showed that 70 percent of the non-Islamic population believe that women of the islamic faith are treated unfairly. www.sta/tegov/g/drl/vis/romt/2006/78830.html
Ll of this sites can help in researching in Amsterdam. They gave physical ideas of where to start and what to lookfor when concerning women's access to health care.
Some real life examples I found on the Internet was the Dutch Ministry of Foreign affairs. This website explained women's health care and where people go to receive this Health care in various cities in the Netherlands. www.minbuza.nl/en/welcome/netherlands/general.health
Another site I found to be helpful for "physical" research was "Muslim Meds and health care". This article discussed how Muslims view health care. It also discussed an Islamic hospital that is being built in Rotterdam the second largest city in the Netherlands. Maybe we could do some interviews of doctors who are going to work there, or the government planners for the hospital. Also found from this website that 5.5 percent of the dutch population is Muslim and disproportionaly more than half the women in shelters are Muslim women. Shows that Dutch rights are not being accepted by the Muslim community as much as the government would hope this could include health care access.
Another site, US department of State: Showed a poll and statistics concerning women's health care acess and non-Islamic views on health care access.
One polss showed that 70 percent of the non-Islamic population believe that women of the islamic faith are treated unfairly. www.sta/tegov/g/drl/vis/romt/2006/78830.html
Ll of this sites can help in researching in Amsterdam. They gave physical ideas of where to start and what to lookfor when concerning women's access to health care.
Tuesday, April 15, 2008
Amsterdam project Idea (Women's Issues and Islam)
I felt that I found a lot of information to continue my search for a research area and a research question. Since I am interested in women's issues I decided to look up women's rights and Islam in the Netherlands, abortion, sex education and contraception. I found from reading a few sights that Amsterdam has the leading sex education in the world, the lowest abortion rates, and open contraception. An idea of study from this could be why does the Netherlands have lower teenage pregnancy and abortion rates in comparison to the United States. A good site for this was www.ncbi.nlm.gov/pubmed/7971545
A more interesting subject in Amsterdam is how Islamic women rights are dealt with, considering their faith is not open to sexuality and individual rights such as the government is. How does the Netherlands deal with this in comparison to the United States. www.racematters.com
A more interesting subject in Amsterdam is how Islamic women rights are dealt with, considering their faith is not open to sexuality and individual rights such as the government is. How does the Netherlands deal with this in comparison to the United States. www.racematters.com
Sunday, April 13, 2008
Environmental Behavior (Greenlake Playground)
Description: Observing the children and parents was very interesting at Greenlake playground. All the strollers in the park where on the same side and where all very similar in style (sporty). I was specifically watching the merry-go-round and the swings which were situated in front of the benches we were sitting on. I was most interested in watching the behavior of the parents interaction with their children, children's interaction with each other, parents and children's interaction with people they did not know, and finally and most importantly I was watching the interaction of girls and boys and the gender roles that they were playing even at such a young age.
While watching the merry-go-round I noticed that young boys would push the merry-go-round over girls continually. I also noticed that dad's were more likely to be there with their sons and older children while mothers were there with more girls and smaller children. If a mother and a father were together, the father played the more physical role of playing with the child, pushing the child on the swings or the merry-go-round. But over all more women were their than men. I also payed attention to the clothes that children wore. Pink and blue stilled played an important role by distinguishing between male and female even though most of the children were old enough that you could tell this difference just by looking at them. I also came to discover that the playground was very family oriented. People did not interact with people they did not know, even if their kids were talking to other kids. Parents kept a close watch on their children and were closed off from everyone else unless they seemed to be in the family unit.
With this observation of behavior are group members came up with a question concerning gender roles: What gender roles do young children portray through their appearance and social interactions/ behavior?
I am not sure if I understand all the methods of observation yet I am still reading about their descriptions. After I read up on all of them I will be able to say which one I used. I am thinking environmental behavior? Other group members think that walk around the block might work for this research/ observation project. But I will update it after I finished reading more.
Thinking about Amsterdam..I would love to do a project on gender roles, on women's issues or something of the sort. This is why the question we decided upon as a group could possibly be applied to a project for Amsterdam.
While watching the merry-go-round I noticed that young boys would push the merry-go-round over girls continually. I also noticed that dad's were more likely to be there with their sons and older children while mothers were there with more girls and smaller children. If a mother and a father were together, the father played the more physical role of playing with the child, pushing the child on the swings or the merry-go-round. But over all more women were their than men. I also payed attention to the clothes that children wore. Pink and blue stilled played an important role by distinguishing between male and female even though most of the children were old enough that you could tell this difference just by looking at them. I also came to discover that the playground was very family oriented. People did not interact with people they did not know, even if their kids were talking to other kids. Parents kept a close watch on their children and were closed off from everyone else unless they seemed to be in the family unit.
With this observation of behavior are group members came up with a question concerning gender roles: What gender roles do young children portray through their appearance and social interactions/ behavior?
I am not sure if I understand all the methods of observation yet I am still reading about their descriptions. After I read up on all of them I will be able to say which one I used. I am thinking environmental behavior? Other group members think that walk around the block might work for this research/ observation project. But I will update it after I finished reading more.
Thinking about Amsterdam..I would love to do a project on gender roles, on women's issues or something of the sort. This is why the question we decided upon as a group could possibly be applied to a project for Amsterdam.
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