Essays about: "female sex workers"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 24 essays containing the words female sex workers.

  1. 1. Non-governmental organizations preventive work against female genital mutilation in Kenya : a qualitative minor field study

    University essay from Sophiahemmet Högskola

    Author : Matilda Trolin; Törja Ngenge; [2023]
    Keywords : Empowerment; Female genital mutilation; Human rights; Kenya; Egenmakt; Kenya; Kvinnlig könsstympning; Mänskliga rättigheter;

    Abstract : FGM is practiced in around 30 countries, mainly in Africa, The Middle East, and Asia. An estimated 200 million girls and women have been cut anywhere between infancy and 15 years old. This practice is usually linked to traditions, cultures, and sometimes religion, although this seems to be more of a question of how religion is interpreted. READ MORE

  3. 2. Power Relations at the Intersection of Gender, Race and Class Perpetuated in Sex Tourism

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

    Author : Vanessa Pohlmann; [2023]
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    Abstract : Sex tourism is a process whereby most commonly men from the Global North travel to the Global South to gain access to the bodies of women. This process perpetuates inequalities at the intersection of gender, race and class. READ MORE

  4. 3. “Det var en prestation i dagens nu. Det får man tycka!” : en jämförande studie av skogsarbetarkockornas arbete i två olika delar av Norrland

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

    Author : Olivia Forssén; Emma Stridsman; [2022]
    Keywords : skogshistoria; kocka; kvinnor i skogsbruk; Norrland; Norrbotten; Tornedalen; Västernorrland; Jämtland;

    Abstract : During the 1930’s, it was common for female forestry cooks to start cook and clean in the remote logging cabins. The forestry cooks improved the standard for the forest workers when they cooked healthy food and cleaned. READ MORE

  5. 4. Media, Men and Sex Workers : A critical discourse analysis of Swedish media’s portrayal of sex workers and sex buyers in Sweden

    University essay from Linköpings universitet/Tema Genus

    Author : Josefin Bloom; [2021]
    Keywords : Sex work; Sex buyers; Swedish media; Discourse analysis; Intersectionality;

    Abstract : The premise of this thesis was to investigate how one national news outlet (Dagens Nyheter) in Sweden portrayed sex workers and sex buyers in their article series Skuggsidan. The series, published in effect of a famous TV-persona’s sex buying scandal in May of 2020, included interviews with former female sex workers, two case worker from a help organization and one former male sex buyer. READ MORE

  6. 5. Beyond The Frame : A Literature Review of Sex Differences and Female Specific Expressions of Autism Spectrum Disorder

    University essay from Högskolan i Gävle/Socialt arbete

    Author : Samuel Lundström; [2021]
    Keywords : ASD; autism; sex differences; females; female phenotype; gender; gender stereotyping; AST; ASD; Autism; Könsskillnader; Kvinnor; Kvinnlig fenotyp; Könstereotyper; Genus;

    Abstract : Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) is a neuro-developmental diagnosis that occurs around four times more often in males compared to females. Most of what is known about ASD, as well as diagnostic criteria and screening tools are therefore based on male expressions. READ MORE