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  1. 1. An Evaluation of an ICT Training Carried out as a Field Study in Tanzania : Empowering Women through ICT Skills

    University essay from KTH/Skolan för industriell teknik och management (ITM)

    Author : Kajsa Castor; [2023]
    Keywords : ICT Training; ICT Skills; Interest in ICT; Confidence using ICT; Gender Equality; Employability; IKT-utbildning; IKT-intresse; Självförtroende att använda IKT; Jämställdhet; Anställningsbarhet.;

    Abstract : The United Nations has stated nine targets in the process to reach their sustainable development goal number five: to achieve gender equality in 2030. One of them is to enhance the use of enabling technology, in particular information and communications technology (ICT), to promote the empowerment of women. READ MORE

  3. 2. Design of Smart Wearable Button Interactions for Women’s Street Safety in Stockholm

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

    Author : Maria Campo Woytuk; [2022]
    Keywords : Women s safety; safety button; street harassment; interaction design; Feminist HCI; Kvinnors säkerhet; säkerhetsknapp; kvinnors trakasserier; interaktionsdesign; feministisk HCI;

    Abstract : Women have always been concerned about their safety when walking alone and have taken precautions to protect themselves from harm. With the current advances in technology, women’s safety techniques and devices have drastically changed within the past years, for instance, by introducing the use of safety buttons. READ MORE

  4. 3. Investment Banks in Sweden : Careers in a gendered organization culture

    University essay from KTH/Industriell ekonomi och organisation (Inst.)

    Author : Marit Annink; [2021]
    Keywords : Gendered Organization; Diversity and Inclusion; Gender Equality; Homosociality; Investment Banking; Könsmärkta Organisationer; Jämställdhet och Mångfald; Homosocialitet; Investment Banker;

    Abstract : Gender equality is a much-debated topic today with e.g., EU putting pressure on the labour market through Sustainable Financial Disclosure Regulations (SFDR) and the UN through their Sustainable Development Goals (SDG). READ MORE

  5. 4. ”Frågan är inte om vi ska göra det, utan hur” : en studie om jämställdhetsintegrering i ÅVS-processen på Trafikverket

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Landscape Architecture, Planning and Management (from 130101)

    Author : Ellen Lycke; Julia Nyberg; [2021]
    Keywords : ÅVS; åtgärdsvalsstudie; jämställdhetsintegrering; jämställdhet; transportsystemet; transportplanering; problemrepresentation; hållbar utveckling; social hållbarhet;

    Abstract : Transportplanering har traditionellt sett grundats i maskulina normer som premierat mäns behov, medan kvinnors behov förbisetts (se Levy 2013; Dymén 2014; Joelsson & Lindkvist Scholten 2019). Trafikverket ansvarar för trafikplanering i Sverige och har därmed möjlighet att påverka hur transportsystemet tillgodoser människors behov. READ MORE

  6. 5. Soft Robotics for Young People's Menstrual Health

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

    Author : Kristin Lilja; Johanna Lundkvist; [2020]
    Keywords : Soft robotics; Menstruation; Human-Computer Interaction; Women s health; Technology; Innovation; Soft robotics; Menstruation; Människa-Data Integration; Kvinnohälsa; Teknik; Innovation;

    Abstract : Research within the fields of women’s health and specifically women’s menstrual health and technology is limited. As of today, problems associated with menstrual health, such as pain, discomfort, cramps, bloating, anxiousness and irregular period are resolved by using contraceptive pills or painkillers. READ MORE