Essays about: "importance of women in our society"

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  1. 1. ‘So long as our SEWA is with us, we can win any fight’ - A social movement organisation’s framing of the COVID-19 crisis and its impact on informal women workers in India

    University essay from Lunds universitet/LUMID International Master programme in applied International Development and Management; Lunds universitet/Institutionen för kulturgeografi och ekonomisk geografi

    Author : Josefine Nilsson; [2022]
    Keywords : COVID-19; Crisis; Civil Society; Women Informal Workers; SEWA; Social Movement Framing; India; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : The COVID-19 pandemic has disrupted our lives and created wide-reaching impacts. Societies worldwide have confronted the crisis with grassroots mobilisation and social resilience. Civil society uncovers injustices by actively participating in the local decentralised pandemic response. READ MORE

  3. 2. “IF WE HAVE THE SEX PURCHASE LAW, WE MUST BE PREPARED TO HELP” - How some of Sweden’s social services work with youths having sex for compensation

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Graduate School; Lunds universitet/Socialhögskolan; Lunds universitet/Master of Science in Social Studies of Gender

    Author : Klara Wefer; [2020]
    Keywords : Social Sciences;

    Abstract : This thesis aims to look into how some social workers in Sweden view their work with youths having sex for compensation with regards to the feminist ideas that the law on buying sex expresses. Swedish studies have shown that most of the youths having sex for compensation started when they were 13-14 years old. READ MORE

  4. 3. Does family support decrease suicide rates? A panel data analysis of contemporary Europe

    University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för nationalekonomi

    Author : Felix Garcia Medina; Lukas Källén; [2019]
    Keywords : Suicide; Social Support; Fixed Effects;

    Abstract : This thesis examines the suicide rates of 11 European countries from 2001 and 2017 to investigate a potential relationship between the level of family support and suicide rates. Age-group and gender-specific suicide rates are employed. READ MORE

  5. 4. "The Sibyl was safe in her jar, no one could touch her, she wanted to die" : Possessing Culture and Passion in A.S. Byatt's Possession

    University essay from Högskolan i Halmstad/Akademin för lärande, humaniora och samhälle

    Author : Maria Jackson; [2017]
    Keywords : social constructivism; gender identity development; romance novels; self-possession; reader-response theory; Pierre Bourdieu; John Fiske; A.S. Byatt; Possession: a Romance.;

    Abstract : The purpose of the essay is to discuss the power narration has over our gender roles. John Fiske and Pierre Bourdieu´s theoretical texts have been used to discuss the connection between power and culture in A.S. Byatt’s novel Possession: A Romance. READ MORE

  6. 5. Gendered spaces : a socio-spatial study in the informal settlement Dharavi in Mumbai

    University essay from Blekinge Tekniska Högskola/Sektionen för planering och mediedesign

    Author : Helena Ohlsson; [2013]
    Keywords : Slum; informal settlements; urban planning; use of space; gender; urban form; hierarchy of spaces; gender-sensitive urban design; India; Dharavi.;

    Abstract : This thesis explores the relation between built form and sociocultural relationships with Dharavi in Mumbai as a case. The study explores gender segregation and the relation between use of space and urban form and in what way the built structure and its functions influence the everyday life. READ MORE