Essays about: "adolescent girls"

Showing result 21 - 25 of 60 essays containing the words adolescent girls.

  1. 21. Concussions amongst youth ice hockey players : A retrospective survey in Västerbotten and Västernorrland amongst teenagers 13-15 years of age

    University essay from Umeå universitet/Avdelningen för idrottsmedicin

    Author : Amanda Mattsson; [2020]
    Keywords : Adolescents; Brain Injury; Hjärntrappan; Questionnaire;

    Abstract : Sports-related concussions are one of the most complex injuries in the sports medicine field since head traumas are hard to recognize, discover and manage. Adolescent brains are under development and therefore more sensitive to concussions. READ MORE

  3. 22. Evaluating how intensive Information and Communication Technology courses can help bridge the Gender Digital Divide

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Innovationsteknik

    Author : Zoë Wyon; Sofia Sundbom; [2019]
    Keywords : Gender Digital Divide; Information and Communication Technology; Evaluation; Evaluation Framework; Tanzania; Technology and Engineering;

    Abstract : Inclusion in the digital society can lead to improved communication and access to information which increases informed decision making and productivity for individuals and businesses. In turn, this has a positive effect on the socio-economic development of a country. READ MORE

  4. 23. Women of the Fäbod : An Ethnological Study of the Swedish Fäbod Culture at the Turn of the 20th Century

    University essay from Stockholms universitet/Institutionen för etnologi, religionshistoria och genusvetenskap

    Author : Stina Gray; [2019]
    Keywords : Womanhood; transhumance; gender; initiation; rite of passage; nordic; Genus; fäbod; fäbodkultur; initiationsrit; fäbodväsen;

    Abstract : The purpose of this study is to explore the meaning of womanhood in relation to the Swedish fäbod culture at the turn of the 20th century. The study is based upon a questionnaire from 1928 and the material is collected from the archives at the Nordic Museum in Stockholm and the Institute for Language and Folklore in Uppsala. READ MORE

  5. 24. Menstruation, Menstrual Cups and School Attendance: Evidence from a Randomized Trial in Uganda

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Nationalekonomiska institutionen

    Author : Sofia Eklöf; [2019]
    Keywords : Menstruation; modern sanitary protection; menstrual cup; barriers to girls´ schooling; school attendance; Business and Economics;

    Abstract : Several organizations claim menstruation and lack of proper sanitary protection to be one reason for lower school attendance in developing countries. These claims are stated to cause lower progression rates to secondary school among girls, and further increase the gender gap in enrollment to higher education. READ MORE

  6. 25. The nexus between child protection and gender-based violence programming; the impact for displaced adolescent girls in Jordan

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Teologiska institutionen

    Author : Anna Victoria Sheppard; [2019]
    Keywords : Humanitarian; Emergency; Displacement; Refugee; Gender; Gender-Based Violence; Child Protection; Adolescents; Rights-Based Programming; Participation; Coordination; United Nations;

    Abstract : Gender-based violence (GBV) and violence against children are pervasive and destructive globally, but the exacerbation of violence in emergency contexts makes addressing them an urgent priority in humanitarian action. However, despite recognition of overlapping risks and intervention opportunities, child protection programming and GBV programming have hitherto followed discrete trajectories, resulting in adolescent (aged between 10 and 19 years) girls falling between the domains, despite their heightened vulnerability to GBV. READ MORE