Essays about: "enhanced gender equality"

Showing result 6 - 9 of 9 essays containing the words enhanced gender equality.

1. 6. Gender Renovation : A case study analysis of the feminist urban development project #UrbanGirlsMovement discussing gender-transformative urban planning techniques as a means for more equal cities

   University essay from Stockholms universitet/Kulturgeografiska institutionen

   Author : Emelie Anneroth; [2019]
   Keywords : #UrbanGirlsMovement; Fittja; gender-transformative urban planning; intersectionality; Million Dwellings Program; participation; territorial stigmatization.;

   Abstract : This thesis is a case study analysis of the feminist urban development project #UrbanGirlsMovement discussing how gender-transformative urban planning techniques impact local girls in the Million Dwellings Program area Fittja south of Stockholm. The thesis draws on a theoretical framework of feminist geography, intersectionality, and territorial stigmatization to analyze narratives from eleven girls participating in #UrbanGirlsMovement. READ MORE

3. 7. Från normblind till medveten : hur Norra Skogsägarna arbetar för jämställdhet

   University essay from SLU/Dept. of Forest Ecology and Management

   Author : Linnea Edwang; Paula Sundkvist; [2018]
   Keywords : kvalitativa intervjuer; fallstudie; könskodning; maktfördelning; skogsbruk;

   Abstract : Jämställdhet är något som borde vara självklart i dagens samhälle och den generella uppfattningen är att Sverige ligger i framkant. Vad gäller jämställdhet i skogssektorn så har vi dock en lång väg kvar att gå då endast 17 % av de yrkesverksamma i den praktiska delen av det storskaliga skogsbruket är kvinnor. READ MORE

4. 8. Child Labor in Rwanda: Perceptions of Post-Genocide Gender Norms

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

   Author : Emily Bradley; Annetta De Vet; [2011]
   Keywords : Rwanda; genocide; gender norm transformation; shifting demographics; institutional reform; transmission of gender role attitudes; enhanced gender equality; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : In 1994, Rwanda was a country ravaged by ethnic violence of an incomprehensible scale as 800,000 people were killed within 100 days. Whilst the abhorrent events of Rwanda’s genocide lack justification, the genocide marked a turning point for women’s position in this traditionally patriarchal society. READ MORE

5. 9. Women on the Corporate Board in Sweden

   University essay from IHH, Företagsekonomi

   Author : Sanja Stojanac; Helena Nguyen; Daniella Baubec; [2010]
   Keywords : corporate board; board´s task and role; female directors; women on the board; gender diversity; charitable activity; monitoring; communication; cohesiveness;

   Abstract : Women are often predominated in so-called "women´s jobs" including nursing, teaching and administration while jobs such as manager, board of director and financier are dominated by men. Hence, the corporate board has been male-dominated. However, in recent decades the number of women entering the boardroom has increased. READ MORE