Essays about: "Feminisation"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 12 essays containing the word Feminisation.

  1. 1. Social Policy Assessment of the Gendered Effects of Conditional Cash Transfers in Argentina on Female Beneficiaries: A critical analysis of empowerment and emancipation.

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Sociologi

    Author : Madeleine Mae Belanger; [2022]
    Keywords : empowerment; emancipation; poverty; feminisation of obligation and responsibility; conditional cash transfers; Argentina; unfavourable inclusion; human capital; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : Conditional cash transfers are a popular social policy across Latin America. Often focused on investments in early childhood education and care, the social policy requires conditionalities such as educational attainment and healthcare to achieve human capital development. READ MORE

  3. 2. Dialling up women farmers’ empowerment vis-à-vis agriculture: Exploring the effects of mobile phones in rural India

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för kulturgeografi och ekonomisk geografi; Lunds universitet/LUMID International Master programme in applied International Development and Management

    Author : Vanessa Berghoff; [2021]
    Keywords : agriculture; agricultural development; agricultural transformation; India; feminisation; farmer; women farmer; gender equality; empowerment; rural livelihoods; rural development; mobile phones; mobiles; smartphones; technology; ICT4D; ICT4Ag; mixed methods; quantitative methods; qualitative methods; case study; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : Despite women being the backbone of the agricultural sector in India, the patriarchal agrarian system poses major obstacles and challenges specific to women farmers with consequences well beyond the individual. This research aims to explore how mobile phones can empower rural women vis-à-vis agriculture. READ MORE

  4. 3. Abuse of Domestic Workers in Hong Kong

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Sociologi

    Author : Caroline Älmeby; [2020]
    Keywords : Hong Kong; Foreign Domestic Worker; Filipino; Caregiving; Abuse; Exploitation; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : Today, an increasing portion of the world's population is moving from one country to another every year to work. In recent years there has been a feminisation of labour migration where women from developing countries respond to shortages in care work in developed countries, as domestic workers. READ MORE

  5. 4. Feminiseringen av veterinäryrket ur ett svenskt perspektiv

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Biomedical Sciences and Veterinary Public Health

    Author : Julia Wlosinska; [2019]
    Keywords : feminisering; veterinäryrket; veterinär; kvinna;

    Abstract : Veterinäryrkets förvandling de senaste 100 åren är ganska unik. Ett yrke som tidigare var helt mansdominerat har på väldigt kort tid kommit att bli helt dominerat av kvinnor. Fenomenet är internationellt. READ MORE

  6. 5. Feminiseringen av veterinäryrket ur ett internationellt perspektiv : processer och olika förklaringsmodeller

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Biomedical Sciences and Veterinary Public Health

    Author : Vendela Gullberg; [2019]
    Keywords : feminisering; veterinäryrket; veterinärmedicin; sociologi; genusvetenskap;

    Abstract : Under de senaste decennierna har veterinäryrket på många platser genomgått en stor förändring i könsfördelning. Från att ha varit ett tydligt mansdominerat område har det skett en helomvändning, till dagens läge där ett stort antal länder rapporterar om kvinnor i majoritet på både veterinärutbildningar och i arbetsmarknaden. READ MORE