Essays about: "intersectionality"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 329 essays containing the word intersectionality.

  1. 1. AFGHAN WOMEN’S EXPERIENCES OF DISCRIMINATION IN THE SWEDISH LABOUR MARKET

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Mohammad Anil Rasah; [2022-02-11]
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    Abstract : Discrimination matters; this study addresses an old yet existing social problem in the Swedish labour market. Most refugees who came to Sweden are highly educated but face many challenges that problematized their employability, as well as facing employer’s prejudice, especially those who are Muslim. READ MORE

  3. 2. International Involvement to Reduce Gender Based Violence : An Intersectional Feminist Analysis of Post-Conflict Colombia 

    University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för samhällsstudier (SS)

    Author : Felicita Margot Obi; [2022]
    Keywords : Gender based violence; International non-governmental organisations; Intersectional feminist theory; Post-conflict Colombia;

    Abstract : International non-governmental organisations (INGOs) play an important role in tackling gender based violence in many countries. Hundreds of reports have been written and thousands of recommendations made. Yet, rates of gender based violence are known to increase during conflict and post-conflict. READ MORE

  4. 3. Agency in the Warsaw Ghetto : An Intersectional Analysis of the Daily Life, Survival, and Death of Elderly Jews

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Hugo Valentin-centrum

    Author : Janika Raisch; [2022]
    Keywords : Holocaust; Genocide; Warsaw ghetto; Second World War; Nazi; Nazis; Poland; Warsaw; Jews; Polish Jews; Ghettoisation; Ghettoization; Ghetto; Ghettos; Jewish council; Jewish Self-Help; Elderly; Elderly Jews; Old age; Intersectionality; Agency;

    Abstract : In Holocaust research, the study of elderly Jews in Nazi German ghettos remains a blind spot. This thesis begins to fill the research gap by exploring the everyday life of elderly Jews and their agency under the structural conditions of the Warsaw ghetto. READ MORE

  5. 4. “Until I see that I have water, I am never free”: Gendered experiences of water scarcity : A case study from Gburimani, Northern Ghana

    University essay from Södertörns högskola/Institutionen för naturvetenskap, miljö och teknik

    Author : Madeleine Nordström; Isabel Widman; [2022]
    Keywords : Water scarcity; Gender; Feminist Political Ecology; Intersectionality; Decolonial feminism; Ghana;

    Abstract : Access to water is essential for every aspect of human life. Lack of water is a huge burden for people in low- and middle-income countries, directly linked to poverty, and considered a severe violation of human rights. READ MORE

  6. 5. “If we don’t, then who will?” : A qualitative study about Black Afro-Swedish women’s embodied identity experiences in working life

    University essay from Stockholms universitet/Företagsekonomiska institutionen

    Author : Leila Axelsson; Emma Rangdal; [2022]
    Keywords : Afro-Swedish women; embodied identity; identity work; intersectionality; Black feminism; embodied research; collective identity;

    Abstract : Sweden has been celebrated in public discourse for being a major proponent of social justice and anti-racist policies, but the country’s ambiguous history with racism has been replaced by colour-evasive discourses permeating contemporary organisations today. Management and organisation studies have focused on the individual identity work of employees, without further attention to the intersecting social positionings of Black Afro-Swedish women. READ MORE