Essays about: "‘Doing Gender’, Gender and Society"

Showing result 21 - 25 of 31 essays containing the words ‘Doing Gender’, Gender and Society.

1. 21. The Ritual Construction of Fetal Personhood : A Voyage through the Gendering of the Unborn in Peruvian Baby Showers

   University essay from Stockholms universitet/Genusvetenskap

   Author : Cecilia Byström; [2015]
   Keywords : baby shower; rituals; rite of passage; doing gender; fetal personhood; Peru; the Andes; Cusco; baby shower; ritualer; rite of passage; doing gender; fetal personhood; Peru; Anderna; Cusco;

   Abstract : The purpose of this research is to analyse how gender is ‘done’, represented and reproduced in a Peruvian baby shower ritual. The study is situated geographically in the urban Andean setting of Cusco, and theoretically, in a feminist framework combining an ethnomethodological ‘doing gender’ perspective, anchored in social interactions, with a linguistic performativity approach, as formulated by Judith Butler. READ MORE

3. 22. “Yeah but we are doing ok, but it is not enough” : A study on how actors from civil society in Namibia regard the implementation of gender equality

   University essay from Linköpings universitet/Institutionen för samhälls- och välfärdsstudier; Linköpings universitet/Filosofiska fakulteten

   Author : Rebecca Düringer; [2014]
   Keywords : CEDAW; Gender in Equality; Civil Society; Implementation; Women; Men; Namibia;

   Abstract : The purpose of the study is to do research on how selected individuals from civil society in Namibia, working with human rights or democracy, see gender equality in a Namibian context and how they regard their own role in the implementation of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women. Interviews have been carried out and grounded theory has been used to analyse the data. READ MORE

4. 23. Doing Gender, Doing Leadership. A Phenomenological Study of Women in Leadership Positions in Kigali, Rwanda

   University essay from Lunds universitet/LUMID International Master programme in applied International Development and Management

   Author : Karolina Wlodarczyk; [2013]
   Keywords : Social Sciences;

   Abstract : Rwanda is often used as a showcase for promoting gender equality in the context of Sub-Saharan Africa. As a result of the progressive policies of the Rwandan government, women hold many high positions in the public and private sector and constitute the highest proportion in the world in a national parliament. READ MORE

5. 24. Can doing good mean doing well? : A qualitative case study of a Web-based non-profit organization, its clientele and future growth

   University essay from Handelshögskolan vid Umeå universitet (USBE)

   Author : Demet Ergün; Eden Berhane; [2013]
   Keywords : Social Entrepreneurship; Entrepreneurship; Knowledge sharing; Non-profit organizations; Web 2.0; Small business growth;

   Abstract : There are inequalities in terms of gender and ethnicity within the labor market in Sweden. In the past years there have been great developments to equalize and diversify workplaces with qualified employees. READ MORE

6. 25. GENDER, ETHNICITY, AND PLACE Contextualizing Gender and Social Background to the Private and Public livelihoods of African women in the Diaspora (Case study - Gothenburg, Sweden).

   University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för socialt arbete

   Author : Hadijah Mwenyango; [2012-11-27]
   Keywords : Gender; Roles; Public Private; African women; Sweden.;

   Abstract : Human beings in all societies are attributed to a gender that supposedly has/has not certain properties and with high identity-forming significance for the individual. Critical debates show that the magnitude and effect of gender symbolic construction, articulation as well as its dissemination differs for different groups of women depending on society and history. READ MORE