Essays about: "Female factory workers"

Found 2 essays containing the words Female factory workers.

1. 1. A Seamless City : female textile workers in the urban fabric of Malmö

   University essay from SLU/Dept. of Landscape Architecture, Planning and Management (from 130101)

   Author : Sara Saleh; [2022]
   Keywords : textile industry; autoethnography; industrial landscape; Malmö strumpfabrik AB; Marabou; recreation; factory workers; architecture; urban planning; site analysis; urban history; Malmö; Sundbyberg; landscape architecture; industrial development;

   Abstract : This thesis examines how the historical presence of female textile industry workers can be envisaged in the urban landscape of Malmö. With the background of Malmö’s urban history and transformation from an industrial town to a “City of Knowledge”, and an autoethnographic method based on a framework of Critical Normativity, two case studies are performed. READ MORE

3. 2. The Obedient EPZ-Worker : A case study concerning female EPZ workers' barriers to empowerment in Sri Lanka

   University essay from Södertörns högskola/Institutionen för naturvetenskap, miljö och teknik

   Author : Katarina Lindgren Cortés; [2014]
   Keywords : Export Processing Zones; Female factory workers; Labor rights; Awareness activities; NGOs; Empowerment; False consciousness; Sri Lanka;

   Abstract : This study analyzes and maps barriers preventing Sri Lankan female workers in Export Processing Zones (EPZs) from participating in awareness raising activities by NGOs. These barriers can furthermore be discussed as preventing them from an enhanced empowerment. READ MORE