Essays about: "gender division labour"

Showing result 21 - 25 of 29 essays containing the words gender division labour.

1. 21. Social and economic effects of commuting : A case study on commuting households within Umeå enlarged local labour market region

   University essay from Umeå universitet/Kulturgeografi

   Author : Jonatan Mårtensson; [2015]
   Keywords : Commuting; Commuting time; Commuting distance; Social effects; Economic effects; Household resposibility; Gender roles;

   Abstract : The geographical distance between home and workplace is present and increases within modern society. Along with changing economic structures and technological developments it has increased the spatial division of labour and changed the pressure on global, regional and local markets. READ MORE

3. 22. What Choice of Equality for Workers with Family Responsibilities?

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Juridiska institutionen

   Author : Heleen Jääger; [2015]
   Keywords : international labour law; formal equality; substantive equality; equality of treatment; equality of opportunity; equality of results; family responsibilities discrimination; workers with family responsibilities; gender stereotypes; transformative equality; parental leave; Estonia; social partners; Law and Political Science;

   Abstract : Gone are the days when women were exclusively confined to care work in the private sphere and men dominated in the public sphere. Still, the increase in the number of women in gainful employment has not engendered a more equitable division of family responsibilities inside the family unit. READ MORE

4. 23. Migration, Education and Women’s Empowerment: A Case Study of Sub-Saharan African Women Immigrant in Gothenburg, Sweden

   University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för socialt arbete

   Author : Epiphanie Mukundiyimana; [2014-02-10]
   Keywords : Sub-Saharan African female migrant; education; gender equality; women’s empowerment;

   Abstract : Migration is a multidimensional phenomenon, which expands the opportunities for productive work and leads to a wider perspective among migrants. Female migration from sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) to Western Europe has gained importance during recent years and has been linked to a variety of factors, including social and economic contexts, the level of poverty, gender equality and political instability in the sending countries. READ MORE

5. 24. Land, Life and Women’s lack of Power - A field study based on two divorced women in Bwiam, Gambia.

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Humanekologi

   Author : Filippa Wickenberg; [2014]
   Keywords : traditional societies; women and poverty; land access; traditional farming; rural household; female-headed household; farming division of labour; female farming; Gambia; Bwiam; polygamous marriages; customary land laws; human ecology; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : This is a fieldwork following the daily life during two months of two divorced women in the village Bwiam, Gambia. It is a study focusing on females in a patriarchal society and how they are bound by the social structures to be married, often into polygamous households, how they farm the land by traditional methods, learnt over generations, to support their families and how they sell their produce at the market. READ MORE

6. 25. The Creation of Hegemonic Masculinity in the Working Class in Malmö

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Graduate School; Lunds universitet/Master of Science in Social Studies of Gender; Lunds universitet/Sociologiska institutionen

   Author : Björn Karlsson; [2013]
   Keywords : Masculinity; working class; postoperaism; Malmö; hegemonic masculinity; men; postfordism; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : Abstract Author: Björn Karlsson Title: The Creation of Hegemonic Masculinity in the Working Class in Malmö SIMV2130 credits Supervisor: Mats Beronius Lund University Department of Sociology Division; Sociology Spring, 2013 Problems/background: This paper revolves around understanding how hegemonic masculinity is created. It aims to develop theoretical tools to further understand masculinity and class. READ MORE