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- Women’s fight for equality in tourism and hospitality; insights from conservative culturesPublication . Ghaderi, Zahed; Bagheri, Fatemeh; Makian, Sarasadat; Sinha, RupaDespite women's robust participation in low- and middle-level roles in tourism and hospitality, their ascent to managerial and executive positions faces considerable challenges. The paucity of empirical studies delving into women's perspectives exacerbates this issue. This study attempts to fill this void by examining the underrepresentation of women in managerial roles across conservative cultures such as India, Iran, and Oman. In-depth interviews were conducted with 35 actively engaged female professionals to elucidate this phenomenon. Employing Gender Schema Theory, our findings uncover the initiation of efforts to dismantle barriers to advancement, yet underscore the enduring influence of societal norms, cultural barriers, and organisational structures in impeding progress towards gender parity in higher managerial echelons. The study concludes by examining the theoretical and practical applications of the findings and proposing directions for future research.
- Self-directed and prosocial wound care, snare removal, and hygiene behaviors amongst the Budongo chimpanzeesPublication . Freymann, Elodie; Hobaiter, Catherine; Huffman, Michael Alan; Klein, Harmonie; Muhumuza, Geresomu; Reynolds, Vernon; Slania, Nora E.; Soldati, Adrian; Yikii, Eguma Robert; Zuberbühler, Klaus; Carvalho, SusanaUnderstanding the cognitive and social foundations of healthcare behaviors in humans requires examining their evolutionary precursors in our closest living relatives. Investigating self-directed and other-directed healthcare in chimpanzees provides crucial insights into the origins of medicinal knowledge, identification of specific medicinal resources used for health maintenance, and the emergence of prosocial healthcare capacities. Here we document and analyze both previously reported and newly observed instances of selfdirected and other-directed wound care, snare removal, and putatively medicinal hygiene behaviors in the Sonso and Waibira chimpanzee communities of the Budongo Forest in Uganda. Reports of these behaviors come from archival records collected from over thirty years of observation at the Budongo Conservation Field Station (BCFS), videos recorded by researchers at the site, and all-occurrence behavioral data collected over two 4-month periods of direct observation. We describe self-directed wound care behaviors such as wound licking, leaf-dabbing, pressing fingers to wounds, and the application of chewed plant material to wounds, as well as a successful self-directed snare removal. We also document self-directed hygiene behaviors including postcoital genital leaf wiping and post-defecation leaf wiping.