Essays about: "domestic workers"

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  1. 1. Bringing human rights due diligence into law: Addressing modern slavery or business as usual? : A postcolonial assessment of the UK Modern Slavery Act’s compliance with the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Teologiska institutionen

    Author : Isabelle Kämpe; [2023]
    Keywords : UK Modern Slavery Act; MSA; UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights; UNGP; modern slavery; human rights due diligence; HRDD; supply chain; transparency; postcolonialism; neo-colonialism; dependency theory;

    Abstract : Operating through complex supply chains and multiple jurisdictions, today’s business enterprises can outsource manufacturing to different parts of the world where they can take advantage of low labour- and production costs. In the global quest for businesses to maximise their profits, deteriorating working conditions for offshore labour workers are increasing the risks of human rights abuses. READ MORE

  3. 2. The third way in Hungary between 1945 and 1956

    University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för kulturvetenskaper (KV)

    Author : Andras Bölöni; [2023]
    Keywords : 1956 revolution; Hungarian politics; third way idea; Wilhelm Röpke; socialism; Soviet Union; Eastern Bloc; conflict of ideologies; Stalinism; new phase policy; workers’ councils;

    Abstract : This thesis introduces the concept of the third way in politics, why focusing on how the idea was present in the political sphere in Hungary between 1945 and 1956. The time frame was chosen as in both years Hungarians saw a complete turmoil in their country, which could have been a chance to introduce a completely new system. READ MORE

  4. 3. Unseen but Not Unheard: A Qualitative Study on Social Workers in Illinois, USA, That Work with Children Who Witness Domestic Violence

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Socialhögskolan

    Author : Mei Johnson Petri; [2023]
    Keywords : Domestic Violence; Children Witnessing Violence; Social Work; Human Needs; Coping; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : According to a previous study on domestic violence, in homes where violence occurs, 90 percent of children witness the abuse that takes place. The aim of this study is to understand how witnessing domestic violence affects children. READ MORE

  5. 4. The Permanent Hotel : A machine-made landscape with a man-made culture

    University essay from Umeå universitet/Arkitekthögskolan vid Umeå universitet

    Author : Oskar Häggström Germann; [2023]
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    Abstract : Architecture should strive to become an architectural prototype that brings forth collective value and culture through community cohesion, bringing together different groups of people and cultures. Thus, preventing the dilemma of gaps between the different interests, the reason for divided communities. READ MORE

  6. 5. Everyone wants to integrate immigrant women but not many are willing to put the work into it : A qualitative study about foreign born women’s integration into the labour market in the Swedish municipality of Jönköping

    University essay from Jönköping University/Högskolan för lärande och kommunikation; Jönköping University/HLK, Globala studier

    Author : Allison Trejos; Nora Wengland; [2023]
    Keywords : Integration; arbetsmarknad; kvinnor;

    Abstract : The process of integration has been shown to be intricate and particularly detrimental to immigrant women. In examining the Swedish labour market more closely, it is evident that immigrant women are disproportionately affected by unemployment. READ MORE