Essays about: "Women adaptation"

Showing result 21 - 25 of 63 essays containing the words Women adaptation.

  1. 21. Flex square : a robust and flexible square for today’s contemporary dilemmas Stora torget, Falköping

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

    Author : Josefine Ögren; [2021]
    Keywords : public urban spaces; urban spaces; square; robust city; covid-19; climate change; landscape architecture; design; urban design;

    Abstract : The year 2020 will be remembered as a year that both shook and changed our society completely when the COVID-19 pandemic spread and affected people all around the world. Never before in modern times have green urban public spaces been as important for both the citizens and for the environment. READ MORE

  3. 22. Beyond Climate Victims and Climate Saviours : Shifting the Debate on Migration-As-Adaptation Narratives

    University essay from Linköpings universitet/Avdelningen för migration, etnicitet och samhälle (REMESO)

    Author : Kenna Lorraine Sim; [2021]
    Keywords : climate migration; climate refugees; climate change adaptation; resilience; gender mainstreaming; migration management; decoloniality; sustainable development;

    Abstract : The nexus between migration and climate change is a topic that has received growing attention in both policymaking and mainstream media. While it has long been acknowledged that gender shapes the migratory process and the impacts of climate change are gendered, most discussions concerning migration and climate change have failed to incorporate a gender perspective into their analysis. READ MORE

  4. 23. Russian-speaking female immigrants in the Swedish society: acculturation strategies and the role of spiritual practices.

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Teologiska institutionen

    Author : Yulia Ustinova; [2021]
    Keywords : immigration; acculturation; Russian; Orthodox; female immigrants;

    Abstract : This study aims to test the acculturation theory by researching the case of Russian-speaking female immigrants in Sweden. Special attention is given to the role of religious and spiritual practices in the acculturation and adaptation processes. READ MORE

  5. 24. Always there culture : Home office and the struggle of Mexican women for work/life balance in the context of the Covid-19 pandemic

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Medie- och kommunikationsvetenskap; Lunds universitet/Institutionen för kommunikation och medier

    Author : Alia Felix Guerrero; [2021]
    Keywords : Work life balance; Telework; ICT s; Phenomenology; Gender; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : Working Mexican mothers have been experiencing drastic changes in their way of life due to the forced adaptation of their office work into a ‘Home office’ mode. The reason of this sudden change was brought by the Covid-19 pandemic which prompted governments and companies to enforce lockdowns and social distancing as measures to prevent the contagion. READ MORE

  6. 25. A climate of difference: gender, farming, and climate variability : an investigation into the varied experience of gender vulnerability and agency among small-scale farmers in Ky Anh district, Central Vietnam

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för kulturgeografi och ekonomisk geografi; Lunds universitet/LUMID International Master programme in applied International Development and Management

    Author : Eoin O'Dwyer; [2020]
    Keywords : Gender; Climate Variability; Differentiated Vulnerability; Agency; Intersectionality; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : This study explores gender identity, vulnerability, and agency in the lives of smallholder farmers, within the context of climate variability in Ky Anh, Central Vietnam. The study first explores how gender identity and power is constructed within everyday rural practices. READ MORE