Essays about: "Equality-work"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 38 essays containing the word Equality-work.

  1. 1. Skogsbrukets syn på jämställdheten i yrkesrollen virkesköpare

    University essay from SLU/School for Forest Management

    Author : Leo Pruth; Elin Larsson; [2023]
    Keywords : virkesköpare; jämställdhet; rekrytering;

    Abstract : Skogsbranschen har ofta ansetts ha dålig jämställdhet med en stor andel män. Trots olika arbeten för att öka jämställdheten och få in fler kvinnor, är det fortfarande en lång väg kvar innan jämställdheten är där företagen skulle vilja ha den. READ MORE

  3. 2. Effects of remote work, flextime, and four-day workweek implementation on organizations and employees

    University essay from Mälardalens universitet/Akademin för ekonomi, samhälle och teknik

    Author : Sana Jonsson; Ali Abukar; [2023]
    Keywords : Four-day workweek; flexible work practices; work-life balance; employee wellbeing; increased productivity.;

    Abstract : Research question: Is adopting flextime, remote work, and four-day workweeks advantageous to employees and organizations?  Purpose: Advances in technology and the changing nature of work have led to organizations adopting remote work, flextime, and a four-day workweek. The aim is to comprehend how these could affect employees and organizations, then advise organizations on whether to implement them. READ MORE

  4. 3. A for Effort : A Study of How Organizations That Receive State Funding for Gender Equality Work in Sweden Understand Intersectionality

    University essay from Umeå universitet/Umeå centrum för genusstudier (UCGS)

    Author : Moa Broqvist; [2022]
    Keywords : intersectionality; discourse theory; WPR-approach; feminist organizations;

    Abstract : This thesis, titled A for Effort, examines how three organizations that are granted state funding by the Swedish Gender Equality Agency understand the concept of intersectionality. The understandings are put in relation to previous understandings of the concept, for example the feminist debate of its advantages and disadvantages. READ MORE

  5. 4. CRITICAL EXAMINATION OF THE WORK WITH WOMEN, PEACE AND SECURITY AGENDA IN MYANMAR

    University essay from Umeå universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Ebba Kohl; [2022]
    Keywords : Myanmar; Women Peace and Security; International funding; Gender experts; INGO;

    Abstract : This report analyses the work on implementing the Women Peace and Security(WPS) agenda in Myanmar. As the conflict in the country is excessively complex withmultiple ethnic, indigenous, and linguistic groups we asked the important question:Who gets included/excluded from their implementation of WPS? And where lies thepower to shape gender equality work in the country? We answer this by looking atpower from two perspectives, material resources, and knowledge which both act associally constructive and exclusionary power. READ MORE

  6. 5. Consequences of Corporate Quotas : A quantitative study of the effects of boardroom gender quotas on German companies’ attention to gender equality

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Rebecca Heine; [2022]
    Keywords : gender quotas; female leadership; corporate governance; gender and politics; corporate quotas; workplace policies; difference-in-differences; Germany;

    Abstract : Despite global progress on gender equality, women continue to be underrepresented in politics and business. One widely debated policy measure aimed at tackling this issue is statutory gender quotas for the boards of directors of listed companies – so-called corporate quotas – which have been adopted in more than a dozen countries worldwide, yet remain understudied in the gender and politics literature. READ MORE