Essays about: "inequality between men and women"

Showing result 21 - 25 of 74 essays containing the words inequality between men and women.

  1. 21. Is the Glass Ceiling a Motherhood Ceiling After All?

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Ekonomisk-historiska institutionen

    Author : Karolina Jennings; [2019]
    Keywords : gender inequality; gender pay gap; child penalty; fertility; South Korea; Business and Economics;

    Abstract : South Korea has the highest gender pay gap and the lowest fertility rate in the OECD (OECD Data, n.y.). Gender equity theory suggests that there is a link between high gender inequality and low fertility, as women struggle to have both a career and a family. READ MORE

  3. 22. Normative Gender Power Europe? A critical examination of the European Commission’s construction of inequality and preferred foreign policy approach

    University essay from Malmö universitet/Fakulteten för kultur och samhälle (KS)

    Author : Linn Larsson; [2019]
    Keywords : European Union; Foreign Policy; Gender; Liberal Feminism; Radical Feminism;

    Abstract : Gender equality is one of the fundamental values of the European Union (EU). The EU possesses the ambition as well as the legal obligation to promote equal rights beyond its borders. READ MORE

  4. 23. Where’s Waddan? Missing Maps and cross-cultural voluntary engagement in ICT4D initiatives

    University essay from Malmö universitet/Fakulteten för kultur och samhälle (KS)

    Author : Joanna Keenan; [2019]
    Keywords : Communications; Development; ICT4D; Volunteering; Slacktivism; crowdsourcing; data; humanitarian; mapping;

    Abstract : In the wake of the Haiti earthquake response in 2010, crowdsourced humanitarian mapping has taken off, and today is considered an essential tool by many humanitarian agencies providing assistance in disaster-affected and under-resourced countries and contexts. But what happens when there is no information on a map to help agencies decide how to respond? If they cannot find roads to take to get there? If they do not know how many houses are in a village? What if the map is – missing?In response to this all-too-common problem, Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF), American Red Cross, British Red Cross and the Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team (HOT) created and launched Missing Maps in 2014. READ MORE

  5. 24. Is the Glass Ceiling a Motherhood Ceiling After All?

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Ekonomisk-historiska institutionen

    Author : Karolina Jennings; [2019]
    Keywords : gender inequality; gender pay gap; child penalty; fertility; South Korea; Business and Economics;

    Abstract : South Korea has the highest gender pay gap and the lowest fertility rate in the OECD (OECD Data, n.y.). Gender equity theory suggests that there is a link between high gender inequality and low fertility, as women struggle to have both a career and a family. READ MORE

  6. 25. Caring for women with experiences of intimate partner violence : Nurses’ perspectives in Hanoi, Vietnam

    University essay from Ersta Sköndal Bräcke högskola/Institutionen för vårdvetenskap

    Author : Linn Backeström; Ida Olsson; [2019]
    Keywords : Intimate partner violence; Vietnam; nurses; care; caregiving; nurse-patient relation; Våld i nära relationer; Vietnam; sjuksköterskor; vård; omvårdnad; sjuksköterska-patientrelationer;

    Abstract : Background: Intimate partner violence affects 30 percent of women globally and implies physical, sexual or psychological harm to a person, caused by their partner or ex-partner. There exists gender inequality in Vietnam that affects women negatively during their lifetime. READ MORE