Essays about: "role of women in science"

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  1. 11. Europeanization of Social Policy - A Case of Parental Leave in Denmark and EU

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Europastudier

    Author : Emma Emilie Højer Winther; [2020]
    Keywords : European Union; Europeanization; Social policy; legislation; parental leave; norms and values; gender roles; Denmark; European Studies; Languages and Literatures;

    Abstract : This paper examines social policy in the European Union with a specific focus on parental leave, in-cluding earmarked paternity leave. It traces the process of how the legislation of parental leave has gone through a process of Europeanization and through the decision-making process of the European Union, resulted in the Directive 2019/1158. READ MORE

  3. 12. Women’s climate change advocacy in Kiribati: vulnerability, agency and storytelling

    University essay from Malmö universitet/Fakulteten för kultur och samhälle (KS)

    Author : Pippa Haughton; [2020]
    Keywords : communications; development; ComDev; feminism; Climate change; Communications for development; Gender; Kiribati; Pacific islands; Advocacy;

    Abstract : Climate change has hit the Pacific Island nation of Kiribati hard over the past decade, with unreliable weather patterns, drought, flooding and king tides all affecting the homes, health and livelihoods of residents. As the effects of climate change increase, women are rising up as advocates, fighting for action on mitigation and adaptation strategies locally and internationally. READ MORE

  4. 13. Understanding women's stewardship in the Amazon : A decolonial-process-relational perspective

    University essay from Stockholms universitet/Stockholm Resilience Centre

    Author : Taís Gonzalez; [2020]
    Keywords : Gender; Landscapes Stewardship; Process-relational perspective; Decoloniality; Knowledge; Amazon;

    Abstract : The widespread and increasing forest degradation in the Amazon contrasts with a range of individual or collective practices developed by local agents, which have the potential to reconcile conservation and local understanding of the quality of life and economic development. The role of women among these initiatives has been overlooked or not well understood. READ MORE

  5. 14. Cyclical Women : Menstrual Cycle Effects on Mood and Neuro-Cognitive Performance

    University essay from Högskolan i Skövde/Institutionen för biovetenskap

    Author : Juliana Borgström; [2019]
    Keywords : menstrual cycle; estrogen; progesterone; cognition; mood; neuroscience;

    Abstract : During roughly forty years of a woman’s life-span, the fertile female human body prepares itself monthly for the possibility of pregnancy. Science has shown that the fluctuation of the sex steroids progesterone and estrogen have a crucial role in the female body's physiology, determining the menstrual cycle and its general phases. READ MORE

  6. 15. Men, Masculinity and Climate Change : Exploring the Relation Between Masculinity Norms and Climate-Related Political Participation

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Hannah Lundgren; [2019]
    Keywords : climate change; political participation; masculinity; gender; social norms; lifestyle politics;

    Abstract : Studies on climate-related attitudes frequently find that men are less concerned about climate change, less worried about the consequences of climate change, and more skeptical to climate science compared to women. However, few explore if this gender pattern exists also in climate-related behavior. READ MORE