Essays about: "Comfort women"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 23 essays containing the words Comfort women.

  1. 1. Safety in Urban Spaces using Urban Planning: a Comparative Study in Bogotá, Colombia

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för arkitektur och byggd miljö

    Author : Sara Sandefeldt; [2023]
    Keywords : Urban planning; Bogotá; Colombia; safety; urban design; urban spaces; women; gender; fear Stadsplanering; trygghet; publika rum; kvinnor; kön; rädsla; Arts and Architecture;

    Abstract : Many cities around the world are facing the same challenges when it comes to the ability for women to move around and feel safe in public spaces. For women, using public spaces entails fear of sexual violence and of being attacked, which forces them to always be vigilant and reduces their quality of life. READ MORE

  3. 2. Reliability of countermovement jump,and isometric mid-thigh pull measurementafter a cycle ergometer VO2-max test. A pilotstudy within the frame of the Project: Relative Energy Deficit in Swedish Athletes

    University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för idrottsvetenskap (ID)

    Author : Jesper Schiller; [2023]
    Keywords : : Consistency; neuromuscular fatigue; power; strength; test-retest reliability; within session reliability and vertical jump.; Inom sessions reliabilitet; neuromuskulär utmattning; pålitlighet; spänst; styrka; test-retest reliabilitet och vertikalhopp.;

    Abstract : Abstract Introduction In order to evaluate aerobic, power and strength abilities coaches typically has performed all the physical tests at the same testing session. Today there is a lack of instruments tested for reliability in that kind of setting. READ MORE

  4. 3. Comfort through Clothing: North American women’s relationship with clothing through the lens of culture.

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Avdelningen för etnologi

    Author : Kara Tullman; [2023]
    Keywords : comfort; clothing; material culture; habitus; cultural capital; North American women; female consumers; Bourdieu; market research; emotions.; Cultural Sciences;

    Abstract : Through ethnographic analysis, this thesis investigates the ways in which North American women seek and experience different modes of comfort through their clothing. The material is drawn from a market research study that employs qualitative methods with a spectrum of women across the United States and Canada. READ MORE

  5. 4. Women’s experiences of being pregnant and giving birth during COVID-19 pandemic : A descriptive literature review

    University essay from Högskolan i Gävle/Avdelningen för vårdvetenskap

    Author : Xing Chen; Linxia Wu; [2023]
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    Abstract : Background: Pregnancy is a complex and highly coordinated natural physiologicalprocess in which the embryo and fetus grow and develop in the mother's uterus, but itstill brings certain influence and burden to pregnant women. It is important formedical staff to care for pregnant women and increase their comfort during pregnancy,but difficult in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic. READ MORE

  6. 5. Documentary as a Medium to Advance a Public Apology to Comfort Women in a Transitional Justice Context

    University essay from Malmö universitet/Institutionen för konst, kultur och kommunikation (K3)

    Author : Jenny Wang; [2023]
    Keywords : comfort women; cultural trauma; transitional justice reparations; communication for social change; carrier groups; documentary;

    Abstract : This thesis explores how the documentary film The Apology (as a medium) and its filmmaker (as a carrier group) functions as connection points between cultural trauma and transitional justice reparations driving social change. Earlier approaches to bringing justice to comfort women have been based on legal frameworks which this thesis considers restrictive and instead examines justice and reparations from a victim-centred perspective. READ MORE