Essays about: "Gender Perspective"
Showing result 6 - 10 of 873 essays containing the words Gender Perspective.
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6. Gender Performativity and Compulsory Heterosexuality in L.M. Montgomery´s Anne of Green Gables
University essay from Högskolan i Halmstad/Akademin för lärande, humaniora och samhälleAbstract : This essay will demonstrate how the character Anne from Anne of Green Gables is open to multiple interpretations. I specifically look at the character Anne from the perspective of gender and queer theory. Anne can be read as someone who has both feminine and masculine traits. READ MORE
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7. Menstrual rights are human rights - a qualitative study about period poverty among homeless Roma in Stockholm
University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för socialt arbeteAbstract : In the past decade, period poverty has gained more attention in international research. However, in Sweden the issue is still neglected which results in a complete absence of scientific research. Period poverty is not exclusively a phenomenon in low-income countries but is present around the globe. READ MORE
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8. Empowering resettled middle Eastern refugees: Exploring information and communication technology for social inclusion, agency and well-being.
University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för pedagogik och specialpedagogikAbstract : Aim: This study aims to investigate the role of information and communication technologies (ICTs) in facilitating the social inclusion of resettled Middle Eastern refugees in Sweden. Through a capability approach lens, the research delves into the ways in which refugees utilize ICTs to enhance their agency, self-reliance, and overall well-being within their new societal context. READ MORE
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9. PAY TRANSPARENCY AND BARGAINING POWER: A MIXED-METHODS STUDY.
University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionenAbstract : Through a mixed-methods approach consisting of a European-wide survey and qualitative interviews, while using a multinational company as my case study, I explore employees´ perceptions of pay transparency as an effective action to close the gender pay gap. I argue that women´s perceived weaker bargaining power, spurring from gendered social norms, is preventing them from reaching similar pay levels to that of men, as well as managerial positions in which they represent a minority, which participates in upholding the gender pay gap. READ MORE
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10. Constructing a civilized wilderness. An intersectional discourse analysis of the Sierra Club 1893-1910
University essay fromAbstract : This study investigates if and how the Sierra Club adapted complex and contradictory rationalizations to legitimize their authority in wilderness and civilization. The study aims thereby to enhance our understanding of the origin narrative of the American preservation and conservation movement at the turn of the twentieth century which depicted white male heroes as discoverers and protectors of a pristine wilderness. READ MORE
