Essays about: "careers for women"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 43 essays containing the words careers for women.

  1. 1. The strategies and consequences for harassment : The effect on women journalists’ work in Costa Rica

    University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för medier och journalistik (MJ)

    Author : Linnea Söderberg; Alicia Schumacher; [2023]
    Keywords : Interview; gender; media; online violence; self-censorship; Latin America; Intervju; genus; näthat; självcensur; Latinamerika; trakasserier; kvinnor; journalistik;

    Abstract : Violence against women journalists is increasing all over the world, especially online, and previous research shows that journalists develop different strategies to avoid harassment. Costa Rica is the country in Latin America that has the highest level of press freedom but that does not mean that harassment is non-existing. READ MORE

  3. 2. The Overachievers : Female Recruits’ Everyday Experiences of Gender Norms in the Swedish Armed Forces

    University essay from Malmö universitet/Institutionen för globala politiska studier (GPS)

    Author : Selma Riemer; [2023]
    Keywords : Female conscripts; Swedish Armed Forces; Women and military culture; Gender norms and expectations;

    Abstract : The Swedish Armed Forces (SwAF) have been making internal efforts to enrol more women through changes in legislation and mandatory conscription, since the adoption of Resolution 1325 in the Swedish Parliament at the turn of the century. Since the alterations, an upward trend of female recruits as well as women making careers and reaching high ranking positions, has been identified. READ MORE

  4. 3. Womens's Opportunities within the Audit Industry in San José, Costa Rica : an interview study of Costa Rican women's experiences

    University essay from Högskolan i Borås/Akademin för textil, teknik och ekonomi

    Author : Stina Ytterberg; Anna Grimsdal; [2023]
    Keywords : Audit industry; Female career opportunities; Gender discrimination; Glass ceiling; Costa Rica;

    Abstract : The purpose of this study is to fill the gap identified in how women perceive their opportunities to advance in their careers as auditors in San José, Costa Rica. This study also seeks to get answers to what it is like to work as a woman in a male-dominated industry in the chosen country. READ MORE

  5. 4. Female managers in the mining industry : A qualitative study on how work experience and social network affect female career development

    University essay from Umeå universitet/Företagsekonomi

    Author : Josefine Sildeman; Frida Vennström; [2023]
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    Abstract : On average, a person consumes massive amounts of metals and minerals extracted fromthe Swedish mining industry. New technologies and innovations are changing the waythe mining industry operates to become more modern. READ MORE

  6. 5. Resistance from within : the experiences and performances of female Malawian YouTubers

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

    Author : Mercy Malikwa; [2023]
    Keywords : Female Malawian YouTubers; YouTube vlogging; Vlogs; Affective labour; Transgression; Agency; Identities; Patriarchy; Colonialism; Performance; Everyday Life; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : This thesis explored the experiences and performances of female Malawian YouTubers. It is grounded in the understanding of the digital realm as a liberal space in which common people can showcase their own realities without the mediation of the structures of censorship common in traditional media. READ MORE