Essays about: "Gender imbalance"

Showing result 11 - 15 of 37 essays containing the words Gender imbalance.

1. 11. Gender and Sexuality on Gethen : A Contemporary Analysis of Ursula K le Guin's The Left Hand of Darkness

   University essay from Karlstads universitet/Institutionen för språk, litteratur och interkultur (from 2013)

   Author : Ellen Andersson; [2020]
   Keywords : gender; sexuality; Ursula K Le Guin; The Left Hand of Darkness; science fiction; kön; sexualitet; Ursula K Le Guin; Mörkrets Vänstra Hand; science fiction;

   Abstract : Ursula K Le Guin wrote The Left Hand of Darkness (1969) because she wanted to explore the limitations of gender and sexuality in a way that reflected the ongoing epistemic changes in her society. She created the Gethenians, an ambisexual, androgynous species that live most of their life without an assigned sex, making their entire society lack the concept of gender. READ MORE

3. 12. Multilingual identification of offensive content in social media

   University essay from Linköpings universitet/Artificiell intelligens och integrerade datorsystem

   Author : Marc Pàmies Massip; [2020]
   Keywords : offensive language; hate speech; twitter; social media; nlp; ai; natural language processing; artificial intelligence; machine learning; bert; text classification;

   Abstract : In today’s society there is a large number of social media users that are free to express their opinion on shared platforms. The socio-cultural differences between the people behind those accounts (in terms of ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, religion, politics, . . . READ MORE

4. 13. Impact of the Botkyrka Project on Gender Equality and Youth Participation : A Capability Approach Perspective on #UrbanGirlsMovement

   University essay from KTH/Hållbar utveckling, miljövetenskap och teknik

   Author : Vittorio Esposito; [2020]
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   Abstract : The #UrbanGirlsMovement Pilot Project in Botkyrka was aimed at implementing feminist urban planning at local level, in order to develop innovative solution to improve socio-economically vulnerable urban areas. By laying its foundation on feminist urban planning practices, co-creation and youth participation, this case study aims at examining the implementation and potential impacts of the Botkyrka Pilot Project and how it could have potentially influenced a transformation in the practices of institutions towards more inclusive urban planning. READ MORE

5. 14. Gender Quotas, Nepotism and Whiskey Clubs: A Qualitative Study of the Swedish Special Sports Federations' Shift Toward Gender Equal Boards

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

   Author : Hannah Stihl; Matilda Olsson; [2020]
   Keywords : Gender equality; Sports governance; Gender quota; Gender equal boards;

   Abstract : Despite having had explicit targets for over 25 years, only 37 of 71 Swedish Special Sports Federations had achieved gender equal representation within their boards in 2016. It was thus decided during the general assembly meeting of the Swedish Sports Confederation in 2017 to implement a gender quota which all Special Sports Federations must adhere to by 2021, or otherwise risk losing their entire financial support. READ MORE

6. 15. Masculinity and Dance : Male Dancers, Gender and Society in Stockholm, Sweden

   University essay from Stockholms universitet/Socialantropologiska institutionen

   Author : Walmsley Walmsley; [2020]
   Keywords : masculinity; gender; dance; embodiment; Sweden;

   Abstract : This thesis examines the conditions for professional and aspiring professional male theatre dancers across two separate field sites in Stockholm, Sweden. By analysing these conditions I aim to discuss how hegemonic masculine social norms inform and affect the lives of these male dancers and the consequences of those norms for the wider male population. READ MORE