Essays about: "global workers"

Showing result 16 - 20 of 178 essays containing the words global workers.

  1. 16. 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]
    Keywords : ;

    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

  3. 17. Enforcement Against Exploitation, Working Hard or Hardly Working? : Exploring How Canadian Policy Discourse Problematizes the Labour Exploitation of Migrant Workers

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

    Author : Gavin Kierulf; [2023]
    Keywords : Labour Exploitation; un Freedom; Labour Migration; Precarity; Social Harm; Canada; Canadian Labour MIgration;

    Abstract : This thesis aims to outline how the labour exploitation of migrant workers is problematized in contemporary Canadian labour migration policy discourse; the consequences of this problematization(s), and possibilities for creating an alternative critical space for discourse. Using concepts of (social) harm, (un)freedom, and (hyper)precarity as departure points for analysis, this project endeavours to untangle problematizations of migrant worker exploitation from their representations in Canadian policy discourse through a post-structural policy analysis. READ MORE

  4. 18. From Conflict to Crisis : Investigating the long-term effects of conflict on public health and the burden of disease attributable to environmental risks

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för freds- och konfliktforskning

    Author : Cecilia Natalie Strom; [2023]
    Keywords : conflict; conflict impact; public health; burden of disease; environmental risk; WASH;

    Abstract : This thesis investigates, if the exposure to conflict impacts the level of morbidity attributed to environmental risks, while addressing a gap in understanding the triple nexus between conflict, environmental hazards, and public health. Utilizing a subset of the Global Burden of Disease Study dataset, the variation of the rate of disability-adjusted life years (DALY) attributable to unsafe access to water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) due to conflict is examined. READ MORE

  5. 19. Health Care for All : A Qualitative Exploration of Health, Space, and Accessability in Kajiado, Kenya.

    University essay from Malmö universitet/Institutionen för vårdvetenskap (VV)

    Author : Alice Ewing; [2023]
    Keywords : Accessibility; Kenya; Nursing; Spatiality; Universal Health Care.; Allmän hälso- och sjukvård; Kenya; Rumslighet; Tillgänglighet; Omvårdnad.;

    Abstract : Background: Health inaccessibility is a global phenomenon: as of today, askewed distribution of health care can be seen in both low- and high-incomecountries. Mostly affected are however nomadic people in Sub-Saharan Africa. READ MORE

  6. 20. Från expansion och äventyr till revolution och landsflykt : svenska sågverk och sågverksarbetare i norra Ryssland 1898–1925

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

    Author : Ylva Kungsman; [2023]
    Keywords : sågverk; sågverkspatroner; sågverksarbetare; timmerfront; Ryska revolutionen; historiskt källmaterial; intervjuer;

    Abstract : Under den expansiva industriella utvecklingen i Ryssland i början av 1900-talet flyttade flera stora svenska företag sina verksamheter dit. Bland dem fanns LM Ericsson, ASEA, (Electro)Lux och Nobel bröderna. READ MORE