Essays about: "Labor Institutions"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 51 essays containing the words Labor Institutions.

1. 1. The Caring Curator : Exploring Conditions for Care in Curatorial Practices

   University essay from Stockholms universitet/Institutionen för kultur och estetik

   Author : Laus Katrine Østergaard; [2023]
   Keywords : Care; curating; cultural work; contemporary art; affective labor; care ethics; work conditions;

   Abstract : The concept of care has recently gained significant attention in cultural institutions and among artists. This trend was particularly evident in 2020, during the COVID-19 pandemic and the Black Lives Matter movement, which contributed to increased public programming focused on caring practices and the concept of care. READ MORE

3. 2. Choices and Rules in Informality : A case study on public policy implementation and obstacles to formalizing the domestic work sector in Argentina

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

   Author : Tilda Rådström; [2023]
   Keywords : Domestic workers; domestic work sector; informal work; public policy implementation; social policy; financial incentives; informal institutions; rational choice theory; Argentina; Trabajadoras domésticas; sector del trabajo doméstico; trabajo informal; implementación de políticas; política social; incentivos financieros; instituciones informales; teoría de la elección racional; Argentina;

   Abstract : This study reviews Rational Choice theory and Informal Institutions theory and uses new data to explain the persistence and scale of Argentina's informal domestic work sector. The domestic work sector in Argentina represents a typical case in Latin America: almost entirely dominated by women and high informality levels. READ MORE

4. 3. “I Belong Nowhere”:Identity Construction and Othering Experience of Second-Generation Immigrants in Japan

   University essay from Stockholms universitet/Institutionen för pedagogik och didaktik

   Author : Sota Ohata; [2023]
   Keywords : Second-generation immigrants; Immigrants; Refugees; Migrant Education; Othering; Identity Construction; Narrative Inquiry; Biographical Methods; Japan;

   Abstract : The increase in international mobility driven by globalization has led to a profound impact on education worldwide, as evidenced by a 26% rise in the number of school-aged children with migrant and refugee backgrounds since 2000. This global trend has presented challenges for educational institutions in both countries with traditionally high immigrant populations and those previously considered homogeneous. READ MORE

5. 4. Connecting Foreign-Born Women and the State – The Role of Civil Society-Municipal Partnerships in Labor Market Integration

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Sociologi

   Author : Alok Sedell; [2023]
   Keywords : state-civil partnerships; civil society-municipal partnerships; civil society organizations; labor market integration; foreign-born women; co-production; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : Among foreign-born women there is a significant employment gap compared to native women as well as foreign-born men. At the same time public institutions have been deemed as unable to deliver labor market integration efforts that are adapted to the needs of foreign-born women, which has been pointed out as a necessity. READ MORE

6. 5. Challenges in women's access to higher education in Pakistan

   University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för pedagogik och specialpedagogik

   Author : Saima Laiqat; [2022-11-25]
   Keywords : Higher Education; Women education in Pakistan; Barriers and Challenges to women education in Pakistan; Women access to higher education;

   Abstract : Aim: Women in Pakistan face many obstacles, challenges, and gender stereotypes in their educational journey. Therefore, the goal of this research is threefold: to examine the factors that female HE students identify as obstacles and hurdles they have had to overcome to establish themselves in HE; to examine what enables some women to overcome them and successfully establish themselves as HE students; and last to address what gender stereotypes female students in HE have encountered in their educational journey and how they have dealt with them. READ MORE