Essays about: "gender equality"

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  1. 1. WOMEN’S POLITICAL EMPOWERMENT FROM THE INTERNATIONAL ASSISTANCE PERSPECTIVE. A Quantitative Large-N Study of ODA Recipient Countries

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Ana Japaridze; [2021-11-23]
    Keywords : international assistance; bilateral aid; DAC donors; women’s political empowerment;

    Abstract : Promoting gender equality and closing the persisting gender gap is critical for achieving wide-ranging global objectives and sustainable development for all. One of the key domains in achieving gender equality is women’s political empowerment, which shows the least and slowest progress among all domains, even within the European Union. READ MORE

  3. 2. ‘Masculinity, Migration and Marginalization’: How Male Asylum Seekers are Perceived by the Swedish Migration Agency and its Implications for the Asylum Process

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för globala studier

    Author : Jessie Jern; [2021-11-19]
    Keywords : men; asylum; vulnerability; street-level bureaucrats; Swedish Migration Agency; gender mainstreaming; decision-making; masculinities;

    Abstract : This thesis takes a particular interest in the determination of state granted protection needs amongst male asylum seekers in Sweden. Using a mixed research method consisting of textual analysis on official documents by the Swedish Migration Agency (SMA) and semi-structured interviews with SMA officials, along with a feminist post-colonial theoretical framework, this thesis scrutinizes the relationship between masculinity, migration, and vulnerability. READ MORE

  4. 3. GENDER DISPARITY IN EDUCATION

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för pedagogik och specialpedagogik

    Author : Oritsema Chidi; [2021-08-18]
    Keywords : Gender; School; Girl Child; Gender Inequality; Education; Gender Disparity; Gender Equality; Boys and Women;

    Abstract : Aim: This single case qualitative study addresses the girl child education, focusing onparents' perceptions of the girl child enrolment into elementary school and factorsthat might have contributed to gender disparity in education which remains aproblem in Kano state Nigeria.Theory: In order to understand gender disparity in education, the theoretical lens hasfeminist epistemology as its point of departure, which focuses on understandingthe oppression experienced by women to proffer solutions leading to change in allendeavours of life that leads to equal opportunities for all. READ MORE

  5. 4. CHOOSING POLICY OVER VALENCE - A conjoint experiment on vote choice

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Josefine Magnusson; [2021-02-12]
    Keywords : vote choice; trade-offs; valence politics; spatial politics; conjoint experiment;

    Abstract : In a representative democracy elections constitute the main channel for individuals to express their will. In each election voters are typically asked to make a single choice on the basis of multiple political preferences. The nature of this process entails that some voters need to choose between preferences. READ MORE

  6. 5. Why do female entrepreneurs decide to exit their ventures? : A qualitative study on the entrepreneurial exit decisions of female entrepreneurs in Sweden.

    University essay from Umeå universitet/Företagsekonomi

    Author : christa keza; Isabella Larsson; [2021]
    Keywords : Female entrepreneurship; entrepreneurial process; entrepreneurial exit;

    Abstract : There are fewer female entrepreneurs than their male counterparts worldwide. This disparity persists even in countries like Sweden with the highest gender equality index scores and therefore presumed to be more gender equal. Moreover, women are underrepresented in the entrepreneurship literature. READ MORE