Browsing by Author "Torri, Maria Costanza"

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    A coordinated community response to domestic and intimate partner violence experienced by immigrant and newcomer women in new Brunswick - needs assessment report
    (2016) Holtmann, Catherine; Torri, Maria Costanza; Rickards, Tracey; Matta, Crestina
    This 36 month project aims to improve service responses for immigrant and newcomer women who are victims of domestic and intimate partner violence (D/IPV) in New Brunswick. Through partnerships, a coordinated community response will be developed between provincial government departments, domestic violence support-service providers, immigrant serving organizations and community partners, incorporating the lens of immigrant and newcomer women’s experiences throughout the project. The learnings from this project will be integrated into future provincial strategies to address D/IPV experienced by immigrant and newcomer women.
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    Difficulties and constraints faced by women-led microenterprises in pursuing their desired levels of income and growth :: a primer for peri-urban microenterprise development programmes in Myanmar
    (University of New Brunswick, 2014) Thant, Ye Min; Methven, Ian; Torri, Maria Costanza
    This study of women entrepreneurs (WEs) and their microenterprises (MEs) was conducted in association with the YWCA Wholistic Development Project (YWDP), an ME development programme of the Young Women's Christian Association (YWCA) located in Htawonbe Ward, North Okkalapa Township, Yangon. The research project was designed to identify a comprehensive list of the key difficulties and constraints faced by WEs, and to develop categories and themes for organizing those difficulties and constraints by using the conventional content analysis approach. Data sources included analysis of available project data, review of microenterprise and microfinance literature, and individual interviews with WEs, key informants, YWDP staff, and members of community based organizations. The three most important factors which were found to influence the multiplicity and intensity of ME-difficulties and challenges in Htawonbe Ward include (i) the type/nature of ME, (ii) the business sector in which a given ME operates, and (iii) the poverty status of the ME owner's household.