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A Story of Contradictions: Understanding the Impact of Social Norms on Nepalese Men and Boys
Abstract Adolescence has powerful impacts on the capacities of young people, in part because of the physical transformations brought about by puberty and in part because the place of children in their families and in the wider community changes as they approach life. adulthood (Gender and Adolescence: Global Evidence (GAGE) …
Read More »Thoma Bravo completes the acquisition of Instructure
SAN FRANCISCO and SALT LAKE CITY, March 24, 2020 / PRNewswire / – Thoma Bravo, LLC, a leading private equity firm focused on the software and technology services industries, and Instructure today announced that they have completed a transaction in which Thoma Bravo has acquired Instructure in the part of …
Read More »Thoma Bravo Completes Acquisition of Instructure and Appoints Interim CEO, J. Charles Goodman
IBL News | new York Thoma Bravo private equity firm finally owns Instructure (NYSE: INST). Today, the company announced that it has officially completed the acquisition in a cash transaction that valued Instructure at an aggregate equity value of approximately $ 2 billion. As a result, Instructure’s ordinary shares have …
Read More »‘Quarantine Shaming’: US Navigating Radical New Social Norms | Chicago News
In this file photo from March 17, 2020, a marquee outside the Lake Theater & Café in downtown Lake Oswego, Oregon, reminds people to practice social distancing and stay home when sick . (AP Photo/Gillian Flaccus, File) The president of the Arizona Asian Chamber of Commerce didn’t see much of …
Read More »Instructure investor wants $ 2 billion in Thoma Bravo case files
By Rose Krebs (March 20, 2020, 8:13 p.m. EDT) – An Investor in Instructure Inc. filed a lawsuit Thursday evening at Delaware Chancery Court to obtain the company’s records to investigate potential wrongdoing related to private equity firm Thoma Bravo’s $ 2 billion offer to buy the Utah-based education software …
Read More »‘Quarantine shaming’: US navigates sweeping new social norms amid coronavirus
‘Quarantine shame’ – calling those who don’t follow social distancing rules – part of a new and surprising reality for Americans who must navigate a world of rapidly changing social norms in the age of COVID. -19. As schools close and shelter-in-place orders spread across the United States, the divide …
Read More »Navigating new social norms to curb the spread of COVID-19
The president of the Arizona Asian Chamber of Commerce didn’t mind attending a small dinner at a local restaurant to strengthen the business and bring other leaders together to discuss how to help Asian-American restaurants devastated by the coronavirus. That was, at least, until he brought it up on Instagram. …
Read More »US Navigates Radical New Social Norms
There is a new type of social policing that has grown almost as quickly as the viral disease that spurred its arrival. It’s called âmidlife shame,â calling out those who leave home for daily activities or who violate social distancing rules. And it’s part of a new reality for Americans …
Read More »‘The shame of quarantine’: the United States navigates radical new social norms
The president of the Arizona Asian Chamber of Commerce didn’t mind attending a small dinner at a local restaurant to strengthen the business and bring other leaders together to discuss how to help Asian-American restaurants devastated by the coronavirus. That was, at least, until he brought it up on Instagram. …
Read More »How the coronavirus outbreak is changing social norms: ‘quarantine humiliation’ targets those who don’t listen to health experts
Public health experts have expressed the need for Americans to practice social distancing. Those who don’t understand the message – or believe it – might start to face the wrath of those who respect it. Meanwhile, experts talk about why the flattening of the curve is so important, as they …
Read More »Changing social norms in times of pandemic
Source: Katarzyna Modrzejewska / Pixels Hours after planes crashed into the World Trade Center on September 11, the government took swift action. All thefts have been grounded and the President, Police Commissioner and Mayor of New York have issued regular, factual and clear updates. When the airports opened two days …
Read More »Coronavirus: Australia’s new social rules
Australians should stop shaking hands and stay 1.5 meters from each other at all times under tough new rules from the federal government to slow the spread of the coronavirus. Expanded ‘social distancing’ guidelines for handling the pandemic come on top of a legal ban on mass gatherings of 500 …
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