Essays about: "WOMEN POWER"

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1. 1. Messages from the deep: A reception study of Denis Villeneuve's Dune

   University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för kulturvetenskaper

   Author : Sarah R. Kern; [2024-02-06]
   Keywords : Hegemony; Production Reception; Discourse; Dominant Negotiated Oppositional; Dune; Representation; Reception study; convergence culture; science fiction; participation culture; fandom;

   Abstract : This essay uses Pierre Bourdieus habitus, symbolic capital, Social fields, Stuart Halls representation theory and Encoding/Decoding system, as well as Henry Jenkins concept of convergence culture and media convergence, to conduct a reception study of Denis Villeneuves 2021 adaption of the science fiction movie Dune. The material collected for the reception study is collected in the form of reviews and features from experts in cinema, juxtaposed against material collected from YouTube in the form of reviews, reaction videos and video essays from social groups sectioned around cinephiles and science fiction fandom. READ MORE

3. 2. “All we have is this beautiful place. But we don’t have the money”: The effect of foreign direct investment and global power structures on local female entrepreneurship in Coron Town, the Philippines

   University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för globala studier

   Author : Hannah Johansson; [2023-10-25]
   Keywords : Foreign direct investment; female entrepreneurship; global power structures; westernization; feminist economics; capital;

   Abstract : Foreign direct investment (FDI) in the global South indicates both to create and obstruct local entrepreneurship opportunities in host countries. However, foreign business owners' large capitals, and global development policies encouraging FDI in the tourism industry play a significant role in this relation. READ MORE

4. 3. PAY TRANSPARENCY AND BARGAINING POWER: A MIXED-METHODS STUDY.

   University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

   Author : Axèle Arricot; [2023-10-20]
   Keywords : Pay transparency; bargaining power; gender pay gap; social comparison.;

   Abstract : Through a mixed-methods approach consisting of a European-wide survey and qualitative interviews, while using a multinational company as my case study, I explore employees´ perceptions of pay transparency as an effective action to close the gender pay gap. I argue that women´s perceived weaker bargaining power, spurring from gendered social norms, is preventing them from reaching similar pay levels to that of men, as well as managerial positions in which they represent a minority, which participates in upholding the gender pay gap. READ MORE

5. 4. The Support Process Directed to Palestinian Refugee Women Who Are Victims of Gender-based Violence in the Palestinian Refugee Camps in Beirut

   University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för socialt arbete

   Author : Manal Makkieh; [2023-09-22]
   Keywords : Bureaucracy; Intersectionality; Feminist Women Solidarity; Support Process; Victims of Gender-based Violence GBV ;

   Abstract : In 1948, Palestinians were expelled from their homeland Palestine then were forced to seek refuge in multiple countries including Lebanon. During their temporary stay, Palestinian refugee women began to experience serious problems like gender-based violence. READ MORE

6. 5. Evaluation of a twinning project between midwife associations in Sweden and Ghana

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   Author : Hanna Fjellström; Emelie Sandberg; [2023-02-13]
   Keywords : Twinning; midwife associations; implementation science;

   Abstract : Background: Globally, maternal and newborn health is a priority and progress has been made through the United Nations (UN) Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). However, in developing countries millions of women and newborn still have inadequate access to antenatal care, safe abortions and to be able to give birth in a health facility. READ MORE