Essays about: "gender equality concept and importance"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 11 essays containing the words gender equality concept and importance.

  1. 1. The Future is Familiar - Young Swedes Imagining Work-life Balance in Their Future Adulthood

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Graduate School

    Author : Franciska Dis Brodersen; [2022]
    Keywords : imagined futures; young people; work-life balance; gender inequality; the second shift; Sweden; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : This thesis explores the imagined futures of young Swedes with a focus on how they envision creating work-life balance and how they aim to divide their time between paid and unpaid work. This is done by analyzing written accounts of 168 upper secondary students from both university preparatory schools (UP) and vocational schools (VO) in a middle-sized town in Sweden. READ MORE

  3. 2. Teaching The Handmaid’s Tale in Upper Secondary School : A literary analysis of theme and character and the novel’s affordances for learning regarding gender equality

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

    Author : Ellinor Boudin; [2022]
    Keywords : Literature; Feminist fiction; Dystopia; Gender equality;

    Abstract : This essay demonstrates what affordances for learning the dystopia The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood has in upper secondary school to promote gender equality. The importance of covering gender equality is evident since Skolverket decided to include the topic in every subject in the Swedish upper secondary school with the start of July 1, 2022. READ MORE

  4. 3. Maternal health in the global south : A study to investigate the empowerment of mHealth initiatives

    University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för samhällsstudier (SS)

    Author : Sara Falk; [2020]
    Keywords : Maternal health; Mobile Phones; Gender; Empowerment;

    Abstract : The fifth SDG aims to achieve gender equality and empower all women and girls. In this research, mHealth, as in mobile phones to improve maternal health outcomes, will be analyzed. In remote areas where healthcare may not provide care to the extent needed, these technological innovations may be of great importance. READ MORE

  5. 4. Understanding racism in Finland : A qualitative study on social workers’  interpretations of racism

    University essay from Umeå universitet/Institutionen för socialt arbete

    Author : Maura Nurmi; [2019]
    Keywords : institutional racism; racialization; anti-racist social work; intersectionality; culture; culturalization; privilege.;

    Abstract : Abstract The thesis examines Finnish social workers’ understandings of racism. The research task is to view how professionals understand racism as a phenomenon, how they perceive social work’s role in relation to racialization and racism and how they understand the complex relationship between race and gender in the Nordic context. READ MORE

  6. 5. Father groups in Burkina Faso – towards changed behaviors and a reconstruction of masculinities?

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Förvaltningshögskolan

    Author : Andrea Hallberg; [2017-06-22]
    Keywords : Africa; Burkina Faso; Nakamtenga; Yennenga Progress; father groups; fatherhood; family life; masculinities; gender roles;

    Abstract : Introduction: The importance of the involvement of men when it comes to increasing quality of life for women and children as well as for men themselves are evident, and has been shown repeatedly in academic research. Women globally are the ones responsible for children and household. READ MORE