Essays about: "Discrimination against Women"

Showing result 16 - 20 of 104 essays containing the words Discrimination against Women.

1. 16. The Pink Tax : An investigation of gender-based price discrimination in the Swedish market for personal hygiene products

   University essay from Jönköping University

   Author : Matilda Kardetoft; [2022]
   Keywords : Pink tax; Gender-based price discrimination; Female purchasing power; Male purchasing power; gender equality;

   Abstract : This thesis aims to investigate the phenomenon popularly referred to as the pink tax, otherwise known as gender-based price discrimination in the Swedish hygiene product market. The subject is thoroughly researched in markets like the United States and the United Kingdom, where evidence has been found that a pink tax does exist. READ MORE

3. 17. Discrimination on the labor market towards immigrant women : Is there a different gender wage gap amongst immigrant women compared to natives?

   University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för nationalekonomi och statistik (NS)

   Author : Emina Peric; Rachel Stigh; [2022]
   Keywords : gender wage; native-immigrant wage gap; immigration; discrimination; women; labor market; wage differentials;

   Abstract : The gender inequality in the labor market has long been a discussed and studied topic, and today it is acknowledged that women are discriminated against and face disadvantages in earnings compared to men. This study aims to further investigate if immigrant women face additional earnings differentials due to their ethnicity, more specifically in the Norwegian labor market. READ MORE

4. 18. Human rights versus the traditional family: Implications of the European Court of Human Rights' standard of review in cases concerning Articles 8 and 12

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Juridiska institutionen; Lunds universitet/Juridiska fakulteten

   Author : Assi Eliina Uuskallio; [2022]
   Keywords : traditional family; traditional marriage; LGBTI rights; gender equality; discrimination; Law and Political Science;

   Abstract : Against the background of a conservative push against LGBTI+ and women’s rights, in which courts have already become battlefields, it is important to look at how the European Court of Human Rights, a leading human rights adjudicator both in Europe and globally, would respond to arguments made in the name of human rights but whose real purpose is to limit the rights and freedoms of women and LGBTI+ people. One such argument that has so far been successfully used is the protection of the “traditional family” or “traditional marriage”. READ MORE

5. 19. Building Older Persons’ “Resilience” Through Old-Age Pension Schemes in Georgia

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Juridiska institutionen; Lunds universitet/Juridiska fakulteten

   Author : Diana Davitadze; [2022]
   Keywords : Older Persons; Ageism; Social Security; Human Rights; Vulnerability Theory; Old-age Pensions; Women; Georgia.; Law and Political Science;

   Abstract : Older persons’ rights are increasingly penetrating the Human Rights discourse in response to the surging aging of the world population. Old-age pension schemes are designed to protect older persons against vulnerabilities once they resign from the job market. READ MORE

6. 20. Women’s Education in Afghanistan -Women’s Education in Afghanistan : Disparities in Education Under the Taliban affecting Women’s Capabilities Development

   University essay from Malmö universitet/Institutionen för globala politiska studier (GPS)

   Author : Saira Inayatullah; [2022]
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   Abstract : The endless wars and political turmoil in Afghanistan has left the country teetering on the brink of a collapse. Resultantly, women and other marginalized sections of society are particularly worse off. Discrimination against women's education, under the current regime, is profoundly common. READ MORE