International Research Conference of UWU-2019
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Item Challenges and Issues of Women with Disabilities through Mass Media Education(Uva Wellassa University of Sri Lanka, 2019) Johnson, N.Swami Vivekananda has rightly said, “There is no chance for the welfare of the world unless the condition of women is improved, it is not possible for a bird to fly on only one wing.” Therefore, the inclusion of women empowerment is one of the prime goals. Thus, in order to achieve the status of a developed country, India needs to transform its colossal women force into an effective human resource and this is possible only through the empowerment of women through mass media education. This paper discusses the importance on mass media education for Women with disabilities. The major objective of the study is to find out the challenges & issues of women with disabilities. In the present study a sample of 100 women with disabilities in Karaikudi district, Tamil Nadu is taken by adopting random sampling technique. The tool for the data collection was Challenges and issues of women with disabilities (CIWWD) were constructed by the investigator. The findings of the research study reveals that 53% of the women felt Education as the most important Challenges followed by Poverty, Employment, Health & Safety, Professional inequality, Morality & inequality, Participation and access to Decision making & Household inequality. Some of the issues of the women with disabilities identified are lack of education, Gender discrimination, Financial Constraints, Family Responsibility, Social Status, Social representation, Media projection, Sexual harassment, Domestic Violence etc. Mass media are used as channels of mass communication. Mass Media education should be imparted to women with disabilities for national development.Item The Factors Affecting Parents' Leadership Involvement towards Children' Sports Participation(Uva Wellassa University of Sri Lanka, 2019) Amaradasa, D.T.C.; Ramanayaka, A.R.N.D.; Gunawardhana, D.S.R.E.S.This study mainly contributes to the body of knowledge in the field of sport management by identifying the factors affecting to the Parents’ Leadership Involvement towards their Children’ Sports Participation which is considered one of the driven factor in the continuity of sport. As literature shows, Parents play a crucial role in the development of their children's lifestyle and health behaviour. A considerable amount of researches suggests that parents play an important role in youth sports. However, we are often unaware of what motivations drive the parents’ involvement in terms of leadership in the family. This study, it was particularly examined the role of parents’ involvement in the children sports, with reference to continuity participants. A semi inductive approach was taken to accomplish the objectives with the sample of 300 children by selecting sports in Colombo District in Sri Lanka judgmentally. Conceptualization of the questionnaire items was done by qualitatively with the experiences of the pilot study. Exploratory Factor Analysis method was used as an analytical tool to extract the factors of Parental Involvement in Children Sports Participation Finally, this study found out five latent factors of the PL in Children Sports Participation in Sri Lanka. They are 01. Spend time together with their child at the competition venue. 02. Parent's satisfaction with their children's performance. 03. Parental pressure. 04. Parental self-motivation. 05. Children’s perceived satisfaction with parental influence was found. The cumulative variance explained by the factors derived was 75.25%. Each factor is reliable (α=0.71 & KMO = 0.573) to use for further study in this particular as an empirical survey tool. In the case of policymaking regarding sport continuity of school-age children, these findings can be used to articulate the applicable policies.