Essays about: "Discrimination"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 812 essays containing the word Discrimination.

  1. 1. MASTER SUPPRESSION TECHNIQUES Linguistic Representation in the Movie Script Erin Brockovich

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för språk och litteraturer

    Author : Micaela Nilsson; [2021-02-16]
    Keywords : linguistics; domination techniques;

    Abstract : Master suppression techniques (MSTs) were defined by Ås in the 1970s (Ås,1992). There are seven MSTs; making invisible, ridiculing, withholding information, doublebinding, heap blame or shame, force or threat of force and objectification. READ MORE

  3. 2. THE PERKS OF BEING ANAFRICAN WOMAN IN ADICHIE’S THE THING AROUND YOUR NECK

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för språk och litteraturer

    Author : Makda Yoseph Berhie; [2021-02-02]
    Keywords : Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie; Imitation;

    Abstract : Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s contemporary literary works have prominently engaged with diasporic experiences, migration, and gender disparity,among other issues that fit under the umbrella of postcolonial literature. This essay aims to further explorethe representation of ‘the African woman’in three stories found in Adichie’s story collectionThe Thing Around Your Neck,namely ‘Imitation’, ‘The Thing Around Your Neck’, and ‘Jumping Monkey Hill’. READ MORE

  4. 3. The inclusion of girls depends on women : A study of the inclusion of girls associated with armed forces and armed groups in DDR programs by women mediators in Colombia, the DRC and Somalia

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Teologiska institutionen

    Author : Mikaela Ottosson; [2021]
    Keywords : Child soldiers; Women mediators; GAAFAG; CAAFAG; DDR; Peacebuilding.;

    Abstract : This thesis analyzes the relation between women mediators in peace negotiations and the inclusion of female child soldiers in disarm, demobilize and reintegrate (DDR) processes. Research shows that despite the adoption of UNSCR 1325 and the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women, there is low participation of women in peace processes. READ MORE

  5. 4. Deep Learning for Iceberg Detection in Satellite Images

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för informationsteknologi

    Author : Shuzhi Dong; [2021]
    Keywords : ;

    Abstract : The application of satellite images for ship and iceberg monitoring is essential in many ways in Arctic waters. Even though the detection of ships and icebergs in images is well established using Geoscience techniques, the discrimination between those two target classes still represents a challenge for operational scenarios. READ MORE

  6. 5. Refusing Medical Treatment due to Mental Capacity - A Study of the Concept of a Valid Consent and What the Healthcare Personnel's Obligations are When the Patient has not Given an Informed Consent

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

    Author : Thérèse Bennshagen; [2021]
    Keywords : Healthcare; Mental Capacity; Legal Capacity; Administrative Law; Social and Welfare Law; Public International Law; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : This essay has two purposes: to examine how much the patient has to understand to be able to consent to medical treatment and what the healthcare personnel's obligations are when the consent is not informed. Regarding the first purpose I concluded that there is no explicit requirement of a certain mental capacity to consent but that if one considered an uninformed consent to constitute a forced bodily intervention, which is prohibited in Chapter 2 Section 6 Instrument of the Government, then medical treatment can be refused. READ MORE