Essays about: "“Third World women”"

Showing result 21 - 25 of 37 essays containing the words “Third World women”.

  1. 21. The livelihoods of female seaweed farmers : A study about women's experiences of old and new techniques of seaweed farming on Zanzibar, Tanzania.

    University essay from Högskolan i Jönköping/HLK, Globala studier

    Author : Veronika Vestling; Viktoria Forsberg; [2018]
    Keywords : Seaweed farming; SEA PoWer; women; gender; livelihoods; feminist political ecology; Zan-zibar; Tanzania; Africa;

    Abstract : Seaweed has been hit hard by climate change around the world. The island of Zanzibar, which is the world’s third biggest exporter of seaweed, is one of the places where seaweed is affected. 80 percent of the seaweed farmers on Zanzibar are women who are directly affected by climate change since they are making a living from seaweed farming. READ MORE

  3. 22. Who run the world? Girls! - A quantitative study of the effect of femvertising on women

    University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för marknadsföring och strategi

    Author : Desirée Hylander; Elin Svanberg; [2016]
    Keywords : Femvertising; Stereotypes; Extended effects; Attitude; Third person effect;

    Abstract : Femvertising is a relatively new concept referring to female empowerment advertising. It has gained not only more attention and exposure within advertising (e.g. Dove's Real Beauty, Always' Like A Girl, and Lindex' Bravolution), but has also proven to be financially effective for firms. READ MORE

  4. 23. Gender-related persecution of refugee women - A feminist analysis of the persecution grounds of the refugee definition

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Juridiska institutionen

    Author : Amanda Hägglund; [2016]
    Keywords : Public international law; folkrätt; Migration law; Migrationsrätt; Refugee definition; Flyktingdefinitionen; Persecution grounds; förföljelse grunderna; 1951 Convention relating to the Status of Refugees; gender-related persecution; könsrelaterad förföljelse; CEDAW; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : Like many other international human rights law instruments, the 1951 Convention relating to the Status of Refugees was written from a male perspective, which has resulted in that the refugee definition of the Convention historically has been interpreted through a framework of male experiences. For this reason, many asylum claims of female applicants have been ignored. READ MORE

  5. 24. Everyday Dialogues in Highland Peru: With and Beyond Development Interventions

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för globala studier

    Author : Natalia Fernanda Munera Parra; [2015-01-15]
    Keywords : Development interventions; Peru; women; Andean farmers; dialogical relations and agency; everyday.;

    Abstract : Development is the enterprise of triggering economic, social and political improvements through policy design and planned interventions and ameliorating negative effects of change. Feminist and anthropological studies of development encounters tend to concentrate on power relations at the same time as they leave only limited room to agency. READ MORE

  6. 25. Företagaren på landsbygden : en kvinna!

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Urban and Rural Development

    Author : Sofia Riedmüller; [2014]
    Keywords : entreprenörskap; företagande; företagande kvinnor; landsbygd;

    Abstract : Entreprenörskap och företagande ses som en viktig komponent för att utveckla det svenska näringslivet. I Sverige drivs fler företag av män än av kvinnor och kvinnor står för bara en tredjedel av alla nystartade företag. Därför avsätter regeringen medel för att främja kvinnors företagande. READ MORE