Essays about: "gender inequality case"

Showing result 21 - 25 of 109 essays containing the words gender inequality case.

1. 21. GENDER DISPARITY IN EDUCATION

   University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för pedagogik och specialpedagogik

   Author : Oritsema Chidi; [2021-08-18]
   Keywords : Gender; School; Girl Child; Gender Inequality; Education; Gender Disparity; Gender Equality; Boys and Women;

   Abstract : Aim: This single case qualitative study addresses the girl child education, focusing on parents' perceptions of the girl child enrolment into elementary school and factors that might have contributed to gender disparity in education which remains a problem in Kano state Nigeria. Theory: In order to understand gender disparity in education, the theoretical lens has feminist epistemology as its point of departure, which focuses on understanding the oppression experienced by women to proffer solutions leading to change in all endeavours of life that leads to equal opportunities for all. READ MORE

3. 22. Perceptions of sexual violence: A discourse analysis of documents from the Peace and Security Council of the African Union 2010-2020

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

   Author : Freya Melin-Higgins; [2021]
   Keywords : Sexual violence; conflict-related sexual violence; African Union; Peace and Security Council; discourse analysis; feminist power theory; Law and Political Science;

   Abstract : This thesis dives into the issue of conflict-related sexual violence through the empirical case of the African Union and its Peace and Security Council (PSC), aiming at understanding how conflict-related sexual violence is constructed within the PSC between 2010-2020. Applying a feminist power theory and through a discourse analysis, the thesis asks four open-ended questions regarding: conflicts, perpetrators, victims and solutions to the materials consisting of meeting documents from the PSC. READ MORE

4. 23. “Accountability and women's empowerment: a case of Microfinance and Grameen Bank”.

   University essay from Umeå universitet/Företagsekonomi

   Author : Sadat Aman Saad; [2021]
   Keywords : ;

   Abstract : Microfinance is the small-scale provision of financial services to poor people, particularly to women. Over the last four decades, the World Bankhas promoted microfinance as a key tool for addressing poverty alleviation and women’s empowerment (Weber, 2016). READ MORE

5. 24. Mobilising for gender equality in (post)conflict Democratic Republic of Congo: The case of the Rien Sans Les Femmes Movement

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

   Author : Yvonne Jila; [2021]
   Keywords : DRC; post-colonial feminism; social movement; RSLF; mobilizing.; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : Over the last few years, there has been a proliferation of different kinds of movements across the globe as citizens agitate for economic, socio-political and environmental change. In the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), where the country has been involved in a series of wars, attention has rather been eschewed towards the rape and sexual violence of women and girls. READ MORE

6. 25. Gender and the 'Tyranny of Urgency' : A qualitative study of gender mainstreaming practices in the field of disaster risk reduction

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

   Author : Lina Hellman; [2021]
   Keywords : disaster risk reduction; gender mainstreaming; disaster; gender;

   Abstract : Gender inequality greatly affects the vulnerability of women in many areas of societal development. Gender mainstreaming is used as a strategy to include a gender perspective in policy and practice to decrease vulnerability. In regular development there is a discrepancy between policy and practice, but especially so in contexts of disaster. READ MORE