Essays about: "Gender mainstreaming policies"

Showing result 16 - 20 of 37 essays containing the words Gender mainstreaming policies.

1. 16. 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

3. 17. INCLUDING HERSTORY IN HISTORY -A gender-based policy analysis of Participatory Rangeland Management in relation to Participation, Influence and Empowerment

   University essay from Örebro universitet/Institutionen för humaniora, utbildnings- och samhällsvetenskap

   Author : Aila Nilsson; [2020]
   Keywords : Participatory Rangeland Management PRM ; participation; influence; empowerment; women; gender-based WPR; feminist epistemology; development discourse;

   Abstract : This thesis examines how preparatory, policy and review documents of the Participatory Rangeland Management (PRM) in East Africa, problematize and represent the ‘problems’ which resulted in the design of the development program. The focus is on how these problematizations can hinder or facilitate participation, influence and empowerment of women and marginalized groups in decision-making processes. READ MORE

4. 18. Women Empowered in their Vulnerability : An In-depth Case Study about the Framing of Gender in the EU’s Development Cooperation with Ethiopia

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

   Author : Julia Mikkola; [2020]
   Keywords : The EU; Development Cooperation; Gender Equality; Gender Mainstreaming; Ethiopia;

   Abstract : The overall aim of this master’s thesis is to increase our understanding about the framing of gender in EU’s development policies. To reflect to this aim, the thesis examines how gender is framed in EU’s development cooperation with Ethiopia in the governance sector. READ MORE

5. 19. Pursuing Women-Empowerment in the Public Transport System : A case study in Sweden

   University essay from Högskolan i Halmstad/Akademin för hälsa och välfärd

   Author : Leila Emami; [2020]
   Keywords : Gender-empowerment; women mobility; daily travel; public transport; subjective well-being; Sweden;

   Abstract : This case study applies women's empowerment and feminist theories to discuss the transport system's possible link with women empowerment and understand how a gender-responsive transport system based on women's complex needs would empower them and improve their status of health and well-being. The research area is two small urban in Sweden with less than 1500 populations. READ MORE

6. 20. Women Representation in Disaster Risk Reduction : A Critical Discourse Analysis of the UNDRR Frameworks

   University essay from Malmö universitet/Institutionen för globala politiska studier (GPS)

   Author : Juliette Gerbais; [2020]
   Keywords : gender mainstreaming; women participation; social vulnerability; disaster risk reduction; Sendai framework; UNDRR; UN; women representation; international frameworks;

   Abstract : While early relocation is not makeable, disaster risk reduction seems to be the most effective tool to decrease the impact of a disaster. This case study focuses on three UNDRR frameworks as they appear to be the greatest instance of international documents referring to disaster risk reduction (DRR). READ MORE