Essays about: "gender division labour"

Showing result 11 - 15 of 29 essays containing the words gender division labour.

1. 11. The Intersections of Labour Division - An intersectional archaeological and osteological study of labour division, based on the Ljungbacka grave field in Scania, Sweden

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Historisk osteologi

   Author : Theresa Hedenstedt; [2020]
   Keywords : labour; labour division; intersectionality; queer theory; gender theory; corporeality; sex; gender; Iron Age; Viking Age; Scania; History and Archaeology;

   Abstract : This thesis, The intersections of labour division – an intersectional archaeological and osteological study of labour division, based on the Ljungbacka grave field in Scania, Sweden, has been written with the intention of exploring new ways to approach, interpret and understand labour division. This has been done by practically applying intersectional theories to the Ljungbacka grave field, Lockarp parish, Scania by analysing the grave goods in correlation with the osteological results, with a focus on not only biological sex, but also on age, corporeality and status. READ MORE

3. 12. Women’s fuelwood collection and deforestation : Effects on women’s everyday lives and environments in Kabadio, Casamance and Diagane Barka, Sine-Saloum.

   University essay from Högskolan i Jönköping/HLK, Globala studier

   Author : Sofia Tiainen; [2019]
   Keywords : Women; fuelwood collection; forest degradation; livelihoods; feminist political ecology; West Africa; Senegal;

   Abstract : Previous research and literature commonly agree to the fact that women, especially rural women, is the most vulnerable group in society. Many of them tend to be found in the poorest sections of society. READ MORE

4. 13. Sliding into a Gendered Division of Labour

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Sociologi; Lunds universitet/Socialhögskolan; Lunds universitet/Sociologiska institutionen

   Author : Selina Furgler; [2019]
   Keywords : division of labour; gender equality; family policy; couples’ decision-making; gendered master status; transition to parenthood; part-time work; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : In Switzerland the one-and-a-half-earner model where the father is the primary wage-earner working full-time and the woman is the secondary wage-earner working part-time while taking over the majority of care and housework responsibilities is predominant. This is discussed criti-cally as the normative and institutional context incentivises parents to adopt a division of labour that disadvantages women in terms of economic vulnerability and social recognition. READ MORE

5. 14. Analysing gender equality in EU’s work-life balance policy: -What is the problem represented to be?

   University essay from Örebro universitet/Institutionen för humaniora, utbildnings- och samhällsvetenskap

   Author : Neema Sherpa; [2019]
   Keywords : Gender equality; policy analysis; problem representation; work-life reconciliation; work-life balance; childcare; paid work; unpaid responsibilities;

   Abstract : This thesis focuses on work-life balance policy; one of the key field of EU gender equality policies. The purpose of this study was to analyze most recently proposed policy on work-life balance ‘An initiative to support work-life balance for working parents and carers’ that aims to upgrade existing policy and legal frameworks. READ MORE

6. 15. The financial crisis 2008-2009 and economic gender equality in Sweden

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Nationalekonomiska institutionen

   Author : Ellen Böckman; [2017]
   Keywords : Sweden; gender equality; the financial crisis; taste discrimination; the division of labour; Business and Economics;

   Abstract : The purpose of my thesis is to examine if the financial crisis 2008-2009 effects economic gender equality in Sweden during (2008-2009) and after (2010-2015) the crisis and if so, how. The purpose is also to analyse if the outcomes are consistent with Gary S. READ MORE