Essays about: "Women Left Behind"

Showing result 11 - 14 of 14 essays containing the words Women Left Behind.

  1. 11. Migration, Education and Women’s Empowerment: A Case Study of Sub-Saharan African Women Immigrant in Gothenburg, Sweden

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för socialt arbete

    Author : Epiphanie Mukundiyimana; [2014-02-10]
    Keywords : Sub-Saharan African female migrant; education; gender equality; women’s empowerment;

    Abstract : Migration is a multidimensional phenomenon, which expands the opportunities for productive work and leads to a wider perspective among migrants. Female migration from sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) to Western Europe has gained importance during recent years and has been linked to a variety of factors, including social and economic contexts, the level of poverty, gender equality and political instability in the sending countries. READ MORE

  3. 12. What is behind that closed door?------ Intimate Partner Violence during Pregnancy in China

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Master of Science in Social Studies of Gender

    Author : Xiaojie Yang; [2011]
    Keywords : IPV; pregnancy; feminist perspective; ecological theory; traumatic bonding theory; Landenburger’s coping strategies ; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : The aim of this thesis is to examine intimate partner violence (IPV) towards pregnant women, with the ambition of fulfilling the gap of available knowledge about this complex subject area, in the Chinese context. The specific objects are: 1) to assess the risk factors and forms associated with intimate partner violence during pregnancy 2) to explore the social dynamics and gender power relations that underline intimate partner violence during pregnancy by exploring the perceptions, attitudes and experiences of survivors and professionals about violence during pregnancy, connection of domestic violence and coping strategies of domestic violence survivors. READ MORE

  4. 13. Male Migration and Female Empowerment the Impact of Male Migration on the Women Left Behind in Urban Lebanon

    University essay from Lunds universitet/LUMID International Master programme in applied International Development and Management

    Author : Stephanie Hjorth; [2011]
    Keywords : International Migration; Male Migration; Remittances; Gender; Empowerment; Lebanon; Women Left Behind; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : Women’s empowerment is important for gender equality and development (Sen 1999) and has been recognised by the international society as a Millennium Development Goal (UNDP 2008). This thesis investigated how male migration and remittances affect the empowerment of the women left behind in urban Lebanon. READ MORE

  5. 14. Migration, remittances and the women left behind : A study on how women in Mali are affected by migration and remittances from their migrated husbands

    University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för samhällsvetenskaper, SV

    Author : Åsa Dahlberg; Sofie Ahlin; [2010]
    Keywords : Migration; Remittances; Mali; Sikasso; Kayes; Gender; Empowerment; Women;

    Abstract : The purpose of this study is to find out in which way international migration and remittances influence the role and lives of women in Mali. We look more specifically on whether migration and remittances change existing gender roles and empower women. READ MORE