Essays about: "lima,peru"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 11 essays containing the word lima,peru.

1. 1. Female paid domestic work in Lima : A contemporary case study on informality and changed forms of emploment

   University essay from Stockholms universitet/Nordiska Latinamerikainstitutet

   Author : Inger Magnusson; [2023]
   Keywords : Feminized domestic work; forms of employment; informality; devaluation; female empowerment; autonomy and economic independence; feminist care economy and human capital theory;

   Abstract : The objective of this thesis on the paid feminized domestic work is to describe the two current forms of employment of the live-inside maids and the live-outside domestic workers of paid domestic work in Lima Peru. The live-inside employment, cama adentro is the traditional form of maids living inside the household, and secondly, the live-outside employment, cama afuera, describes the working woman as an independent worker who lives outside the household. READ MORE

3. 2. Let's save the lomas! : exploring the barriers and opportunities for the collective action at Lomas de Pamplona in Lima, Peru

   University essay from Lunds universitet/LUCSUS

   Author : Evelyn Lisseth Salas Alfaro; [2020]
   Keywords : Social-ecological systems; coastal lomas; urban commons; collective action; urban ecosystems; Sustainability Science; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : Urban populations are growing rapidly with several environmental and social effects in the process. At a governance level, resources go from being regulated by federal and state institutions into being considered urban areas governed by the local government. READ MORE

4. 3. Looking across the street : Understanding segregation and marginalization in a district of Lima through the use and treatment of public space

   University essay from KTH/Urbana och regionala studier

   Author : David Ricardo de la Cruz Vega; [2018]
   Keywords : public space; segregation; marginalization; Barranco; gentrification; spatial justice; inequality;

   Abstract : The district of Barranco is the smallest in the city of Lima, Peru, and is marked by the inequality in the socio-economic level of its inhabitants and a differentiated capacity in their access to public spaces. The present study seeks to explore, through an analysis of the public space and its characteristics, the causes, conditions and structural dynamics of inequality that produce and reproduce segregation and marginalization in the district of Barranco. READ MORE

5. 4. The Role of Gender Norms in Preventing Violence against Women: A case study from Lima, Peru

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Master of Science in Development Studies; Lunds universitet/Graduate School; Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

   Author : Anna Luise Krumm; [2014]
   Keywords : Peru; Preventing Violence against Women; Norm theory; Gender Norms; Social Sciences; Law and Political Science;

   Abstract : The third UN Millennium Development Goal promotes “achieving gender equality and the empowerment of women” (UNDP 2013). It reflects the fact that violence against women (VAW) is a problem of global proportions which hinders the achievement of gender equality and at the same time has negative effects on countries’ social and economical well-being. READ MORE

6. 5. Power and interests in conflicts over the use of irrigation channels in an informal settlement : a Peruvian perspective

   University essay from SLU/Dept. of Urban and Rural Development

   Author : Lisa Waselikowski; [2013]
   Keywords : Unplanned Urbanisation; Open-access Resources; Soft Systems Methodology; Informality in Housing; Power in Conflicts;

   Abstract : Rapid and informal urbanisation is a phenomenon which is changing agricultural and natural landscapes into urban areas in an unplanned manner all over the world, especially in the global south. This has many consequences one of which is tension and conflict between traditional land users and urban settlers, leading to struggles over scarce resources. READ MORE