Essays about: "Gender embeddedness"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 7 essays containing the words Gender embeddedness.

  1. 1. Female Migrants in Search of Jobs: The Role of Social Capital in Labor Market Integration

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Sociologi

    Author : Lisen Löwstedt; [2022]
    Keywords : migration; integration; social capital; Sweden; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : The labor market integration of immigrants in general, and female migrants in particular, remains a central developmental objective for counteracting inequalities within societies across Europe. Previous studies put forth the concept of social capital, the resources linked to an individual's network of social connections, to explain immigrants’ diverging labor market trajectories. READ MORE

  3. 2. Migrant women entrepreneurship in Sweden: A life-course approach to contextualize gendered career trajectories.

    University essay from Stockholms universitet/Kulturgeografiska institutionen

    Author : Chloé Bouleau; [2020]
    Keywords : Context; gender; life-course; migration; entrepreneurship; social changes; career trajectories;

    Abstract : Emerging from discussions within gender, contextual embeddedness, and migration, this research addresses the issue of the labor market integration of highly educated migrant women in Sweden. The thesis seeks to broaden the understanding of the gender gap in entrepreneurship by contextualizing the decisions of starting a business, analyzing the different strategies employed by migrant women to develop their businesses as well as the role of entrepreneurship in their lives in relation to gender norms. READ MORE

  4. 3. The Labour-market Experiences of Skilled African Women in Sweden : The Case of Kenyan Women

    University essay from Linköpings universitet/Institutionen för kultur och samhälle

    Author : Fortune Chanelle Mugororoka; [2020]
    Keywords : Labor market segmentation; migrant women; uncertainty; precarious work; highly skilled; intersectionality; dualism.;

    Abstract : The study sought to understand the labour-market experiences of Kenyan women living in Swedenfrom a precarity standpoint. Specifically, from the point of view of uncertainty and vulnerability ofAfrican migrants workers in the labor market. READ MORE

  5. 4. Safe Spaces - A Qualitative Study About the Barriers to Female Growth-Oriented Entrepreneurship and How These Can Be Mitigated by Business Support Programs in Kampala, Uganda

    University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för företagande och ledning; Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för marknadsföring och strategi

    Author : Olivia Fabreschi; Amanda Tivenius; [2020]
    Keywords : Growth-oriented entrepreneurs; Business Support Programs; Barriers to female entrepreneurship; Gender embeddedness; Developing countries;

    Abstract : Growth-oriented businesses are those that have the potential to create jobs, support communities, and achieve higher productivity (Olafsen and Cook, 2016; Schoar, 2010), thus contributing to a nation's economic development. Female-growth oriented entrepreneurs, however, are largely neglected in research, particularly in developing economies. READ MORE

  6. 5. Missing Link of Power: Conceptualization of Empowerment within the Context of Reparations for Conflict Related Sexual Violence

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Juridiska institutionen

    Author : Marita Kutchava; [2016]
    Keywords : Reparations; conflict related sexual violence. Empowerment. Power.; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : Intersection between gender and armed conflict has been overlooked for centuries. There was little to no understanding of gendered harm the conflict brings to women’s lives and means to redress it. READ MORE