Essays about: "Gender experts"

Showing result 11 - 15 of 46 essays containing the words Gender experts.

  1. 11. ‘Masculinity, Migration and Marginalization’: How Male Asylum Seekers are Perceived by the Swedish Migration Agency and its Implications for the Asylum Process

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för globala studier

    Author : Jessie Jern; [2021-11-19]
    Keywords : men; asylum; vulnerability; street-level bureaucrats; Swedish Migration Agency; gender mainstreaming; decision-making; masculinities;

    Abstract : This thesis takes a particular interest in the determination of state granted protection needs amongst male asylum seekers in Sweden. Using a mixed research method consisting of textual analysis on official documents by the Swedish Migration Agency (SMA) and semi-structured interviews with SMA officials, along with a feminist post-colonial theoretical framework, this thesis scrutinizes the relationship between masculinity, migration, and vulnerability. READ MORE

  3. 12. Where is Gender in Conflict-Related Gender-Based Violence? An analysis of gendered governance and resistance through problematisations of conflictrelated gender-based violence in German development policy

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

    Author : Britta Wasserloos; [2021]
    Keywords : conflict-related gender-based violence; development policy; continuum of violence; governance; resistance; analysis of discourse; Germany; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : Both development practice and research have paid attention to the issue of sexual and gender-based violence in armed conflict in recent years. However, feminist scholars criticise policies on the issue for reproducing the gendered power relations which are at the root of violence. READ MORE

  4. 13. Applying Similarity Condition Embedding Network to an industrial fashion dataset

    University essay from KTH/Skolan för elektroteknik och datavetenskap (EECS)

    Author : Viktor Törnegren; [2020]
    Keywords : ;

    Abstract : To create a fashionable outfit one needs to take into account several different similarity conditions between clothing items, such as season, colour, what kind of context the outfit is supposed worn in etc. This is of course a hard task for a human to do but an even harder task for a computer to solve. READ MORE

  5. 14. Gender Equality as the Road to Development: The Effectiveness of Smart Economics and Gender Mainstreaming as Growth and Development Policies. A Comparative Analysis.

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Ekonomisk-historiska institutionen

    Author : Ruth Aernout; [2020]
    Keywords : Business and Economics;

    Abstract : Gender equality has been recognized as an important factor on the road to economic development. Smart Economics and Gender Mainstreaming are two gendered development discourses aiming to achieve economic development through reducing gender inequality. This study aims to assess to what extent these discourses have an impact on economic development. READ MORE

  6. 15. Living with climate change : A critical examination of global news agencies and their representations of women in the context of climate change

    University essay from Stockholms universitet/Institutionen för mediestudier

    Author : Veronica Netz; [2020]
    Keywords : Women; Gender; Climate change; Feminist Postcolonialism; Critical Discourse Analysis; Global News Media;

    Abstract : This study strives to provide an insight as to how gender is dealt with by global news agencies within the context of climate change. The capacity to adapt to change is shaped by power relations related to social identities of people and group. Gender is a key element of these identities. READ MORE