Essays about: "Equality Symbol"

Found 5 essays containing the words Equality Symbol.

  1. 1. The Sunshine Necklace : A design inquiry study about digital jewellery and wearable technology for empowerment in sexual harassment situations

    University essay from Södertörns högskola/Medieteknik

    Author : Sepideh Abbaszadeh; [2018]
    Keywords : Digital jewellery; wearable technology; empowerment in design; participatory design; aesthetic values;

    Abstract : This paper addresses a design exploration focusing on interactive jewellery and wearable computing that could affect sexual harassment in social contexts in everyday life. Drawing on a design inquiry study that lead to the creation of an interactive and digital necklace named Sunshine, which is a personal alarm connected to an emergency center, this paper focuses on how a piece of digital jewellery can contribute to women’s empowerment in relation to sexual harassment. READ MORE

  3. 2. Democracy in an era of liberalism : An analysis of the democratization process in Tunisia after the Jasmin Revolution

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Teologiska institutionen

    Author : Malin Jedrom; [2016]
    Keywords : Tunisia; democracy; democratization; liberal democracy; human rights; inclusion; equality; agonistic pluralism; deliberative democracy; Robert A. Dahl; Chantal Mouffe; Seyla Benhabib;

    Abstract : The Jasmin Revolution in Tunisia began at the end of 2010. Mohamed Bouazizi set himself on fire in protest against the corrupt police officials that had forced him to pay bribes in order to run his business. His protest became the symbol for the revolution that followed. READ MORE

  4. 3. What Makes a Happy Marriage? : A Study of Choice in Four Jane Austen Novels

    University essay from Institutionen för kultur och kommunikation

    Author : Gao Yishen; [2010]
    Keywords : ;

    Abstract : The aim of this thesis was to show how important both the outward and inward factors are in decision-making process in relation to marriage in the four novels Sense and Sensibility, Emma, Pride and Prejudice and Mansfield Park. The argument was that all Austen’s novels revolve around the balance of all external and internal factors. READ MORE

  5. 4. Is it all in their heads? : A study of the strategies used in mental arithmetic by Swedish pupils in their last years of the obligatory school and in the upper secondary school

    University essay from Akademin för utbildning, kultur och kommunikation

    Author : Angela Björkström; [2008]
    Keywords : Mathematics; Mental Arithmetic; Number Sense; Equality Symbol; Decimal Numbers;

    Abstract : Competence in mental arithmetic is recognised by many as essential to be active participants in the fast flowing, high technological society we live in today.  Many have noticed pupils’ unwillingness to set their calculators aside and practice this aspect of mathematics when possible. READ MORE

  6. 5. Can Freedom Entitle Oppression?- A Feministic Analysis of the Veil as a Phenomenon in Secular Societies

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Kristina Olsson; [2007]
    Keywords : Feminism; Gender Discrimination; Islam; Secularity; Veil; Political and administrative sciences; Statsvetenskap; förvaltningskunskap; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : Abstract In Europe, equality between men and women is constitutionally protected and the member states of the European Union are obliged to counteract gender discrimination within their states both according to the Treaty of Rome and the European Convention on Human Rights. Over the last years there have been several debates in Europe about whether the Islamic veil is consistent with secularity and whether banning the veil within some institutions would be to violate the freedom of religion or not. READ MORE