Essays about: "gender gap and empowerment"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 23 essays containing the words gender gap and empowerment.

1. 1. Female Former Child Soldiers Perception of Power : Females captured by the LRA's attitudes towards the people in power in the bush and its effects on them as women

   University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för samhällsstudier (SS)

   Author : Ebba Gustafsson; [2023]
   Keywords : Empowerment; female empowerment; gender equality; gender inequality; feminism; child soldier; female former child soldier; SDGs; sustainable development goals; Lord s Resistance army; LRA;

   Abstract : The research aims to understand how female former child soldiers describe the ones who had power over them in the bush of Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) to understand how patriarchal beliefs in a society affect vulnerable women. The researcher wishes to enhance the importance of working against patriarchal beliefs and stopping child abductions for the sake of young women’s empowerment. READ MORE

3. 2. An Evaluation of an ICT Training Carried out as a Field Study in Tanzania : Empowering Women through ICT Skills

   University essay from KTH/Skolan för industriell teknik och management (ITM)

   Author : Kajsa Castor; [2023]
   Keywords : ICT Training; ICT Skills; Interest in ICT; Confidence using ICT; Gender Equality; Employability; IKT-utbildning; IKT-intresse; Självförtroende att använda IKT; Jämställdhet; Anställningsbarhet.;

   Abstract : The United Nations has stated nine targets in the process to reach their sustainable development goal number five: to achieve gender equality in 2030. One of them is to enhance the use of enabling technology, in particular information and communications technology (ICT), to promote the empowerment of women. READ MORE

4. 3. Strengthening and encouraging women everywhere - A Nordic fashion company’s social sustainability vision

   University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Graduate School

   Author : Emmie Erlandsson; Josefin Lidal; [2022-06-21]
   Keywords : Sustainability; Social sustainability; Social sustainability vision; Sustainability integration; Strategy formation; Legitimacy theory; Legitimacy; Gender equality; Women empowerment; Women empowerment norm; Profitability norm;

   Abstract : As time passes, sustainability concerns have increasingly moved up the corporate agenda, making it ‘the talk of the town’ within corporations all over the world. While there is extensive conceptual literature on how companies should or do integrate sustainability into strategy, there is still a lack of empirical studies on how this is done in practice, especially in relation to social issues in comparison to environmental ones. READ MORE

5. 4. EU Development Cooperation in MENA : Mainstreaming Gender In Media Development. Case study: Tunisia

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   Author : Nabila Zayati; [2022]
   Keywords : ;

   Abstract : Following the increasing recognition of the media’s considerable potential to achieve gender equality and women’s empowerment, different media development interventions have been launched to fuel development cooperation efforts structured around a North-South binary. However, the dynamic interplay of forces behind these efforts puts the effectiveness and sustainability of their results into question. READ MORE

6. 5. Tunisia’s Gender Digital Divide: A Case Study of Tunisia’s Gender Gap in Internet Usage and the Role of Demographic and Socioeconomic Factors

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Ekonomisk-historiska institutionen

   Author : Ellen Löfgren; [2022]
   Keywords : Gender digital divide; MENA; ICTs; gender equality; digital transformation; internet; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : Today, the digital transformation provides new avenues for women’s empowerment. Information and communication technologies (ICTs), including the internet, can contribute to greater gender equality by enabling everyone access to the same online resources and opportunities. READ MORE