Essays about: "Västindien"

Found 4 essays containing the word Västindien.

  1. 1. Registered nurses’ experiences of caring for women in Jamaica who have been exposed to intimate partner violence : A qualitative study

    University essay from Marie Cederschiöld högskola/Institutionen för vårdvetenskap

    Author : Nina Achourpour; [2023]
    Keywords : Caring relationship; Intimate partner violence; Jamaica; MFS; Minor field study; Nurses; The West Indies; Violence against women; Våld i nära relation; Våldsutsatta kvinnor; Jamaica; MFS; Minor field study; Sjuksköterskor; Västindien;

    Abstract : Violence against women is an issue affecting women worldwide. Due to the high rates of women exposed to intimate partner violence, it is nearly impossible not to meet them in everyday nursing practice. Intimate partner violence is complex since it concerns physical violence as well as emotional, sexual, financial, and material aspects of abuse. READ MORE

  3. 2. Life after social death : A study of creolisation among enslaved communities in the former Danish West Indies

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för arkeologi och antik historia

    Author : Kajsa Rosén-Wiksten; [2023]
    Keywords : Slavery; transatlantic slave trade; creolisation; social death; material culture; theoretical framework; cultural expression; identity; agency; colonialism; inclusion; Slaveri; transatlantisk slavhandel; kreolisering; social död; materiell kultur; teoretiskt ramverk; kulturella uttryck; identitet; agens; kolonialism; inkludering;

    Abstract : This thesis examines and discusses how creolisation theory has influenced the material culture of enslaved people from former Danish West Indies plantations. The essay contends that creolisation is the theory required to advance slavery studies because it demonstrates how enslaved people created their own identity, belonging, and kept African cultures and customs alive despite being socially dead. READ MORE

  4. 3. Klimatresiliens för lagerbladsolja, en analys av industrin för lagerbladsolja i Samväldet Dominica

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Miljö- och energisystem

    Author : Moa Rosén; [2020]
    Keywords : Bay; Bay Oil; Bay Rum; Pimenta racemosa; Essential Oil; Dominica; Commonwealth of Dominica; Caribbean; Climate Change; Extreme Weather; Hurricane; Hurricane Maria; Tropical Storm Erika; Artisanal Distilleries; Steam Distillation; Technology and Engineering;

    Abstract : Samväldet Dominica är en liten önation i de Små Antillerna i Västindien. Denna studie analyserar och sammanställer konsekvenser som de senaste stormarna och orkanerna haft på den lokalt traditionella industrin för lagerbladsolja. READ MORE

  5. 4. Välfärdseffekter av ett frihandelsavtal : en ekonomisk analys av ett EPA-avtal mellan EU och ESA

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Economics

    Author : Lovisa Reinsson; [2005]
    Keywords : handelsavtal; frihandelsavtal; FTA; ekonomiskt partnerskapsavtal; EPA; välfärd; Afrika; EU; WTO; AVS; Cotonou; jordbruksprodukter;

    Abstract : The EU has had a special agreement with their former colonies in Africa, the Caribbean and the Pacific Islands, the ACP-countries, for almost 30 years. This has granted the ACPs with preferences on the Europen market, which have been excluded from other countries. READ MORE