Social and Economic Motivations of Women's work and their results

Woman has struggled for a long time through Liberation Movements and Women Associations to achieve her freedom and the equality with men to get some of her rights, and among these rights there's the right to work or work outside the home, previously women's work was only at home with some handwork and agricultural works, and here it must be pointed out that seeking women to work was the result of several motives of social and economic reasons, which led to several results that reflected on woman, family and community life.

Invitation Strategies Used by Syrian Graduates of English

This research aims to investigate the strategies of invitations made by Syrian graduates of English within the framework of Penelope Brown and Stephen Levinson’s politeness theory (1987). This theory is based on the concept of “face” as a self-image that speakers want to protect. Two types of face are identified negative and positive, and each type has its own saving-strategies from acts that are inherently threatening.

Some Factors affecting the Farmers’ Post - harvest Treatment Knowledge in Wady Zabied – Hodaidah Province (Yemen)

The aim of this study was to investigate knowledge of farmers on postharvest treatment in al-Hussainiah district, in order to determine the factors affecting this knowledge. A pre-test questionnaire used for data collection during January 2002 when 50 framers (35% of population) were interviewed. Frequencies, percentage Pearsonian correlation were used for data presentation and analysis. The result could be summarized as following: The degree of knowledge of farmers about the post-harvest processing was weak. There were significant differences (p<0.01) between the degree of knowledge of farmers about post-harvest processing and the following factors: age, social status, agricultural experience, size of agricultural land used, other occupation, percentage of agricultural reliance, extension agent in area, number of extension agent visits to farmers, source of information, perceptive production problems, and training needs in agricultural marketing. There was a significant difference (p<0.05) between the degree of knowledge of farmers about post-harvest processing and educational status.