Essays about: "should women be empowered"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 7 essays containing the words should women be empowered.

1. 1. Empowerment in the Garment Industry : A Study on Home-Based Workers in Delhi, India

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

   Author : Charlotte Hellström; [2020]
   Keywords : Empowerment; global garment industry; home-based work; SEWA;

   Abstract : India is becoming one of the biggest garment producers in the world and at the bottom of the industry women can often be found working from their homes because of norms restricting them what to do and where to go. These women often work under middlemen who take advantage of their disempowerment. READ MORE

3. 2. Empowered Women - Empowered Sales? The Effect of Femvertising on Consumers’ Attitudes towards the Ad, Brand Gender Perception, and Purchase Intention

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Företagsekonomiska institutionen

   Author : Imke van Deest; Bettina van der Stelt; [2019]
   Keywords : femvertising; advertising; brand gender; purchase intention; consumer perception; Business and Economics;

   Abstract : The purpose of this study is (1) to investigate the direct influence of femvertising on female consumers’ attitudes towards the ad, brand gender perception as well as purchase intention and (2) to test the indirect effect of femvertising through attitudes towards the ad and brand gender perception on purchase intention. This study used a random independent group design, assigning the survey respondents into two groups, which were either exposed to a femvertising ad or to a traditional advertising. READ MORE

4. 3. ‘I am luckily not the only one’: Analyzing the readers’ interpretations of texting advice in women’s magazines

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

   Author : Judith Pörschke; [2018]
   Keywords : Women’s magazines; Feminist media theory; Reception study; Decoding; Texting advice; Audience study;

   Abstract : The aim of this master thesis is to contribute to a more profound knowledge of women's magazine reading by giving insights into the readerships’ interpretations of magazine texts. Three different dimensions of interpretation were thereby identified: the relation to the audiences’ own situations in life, the audiences’ reflections on their prior experiences, and the emerging emotions in the interpretation process. READ MORE

5. 4. Educating Roma Women & Girls. Bringing European Standards to the City. Experiences from Suceava & Malmö

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Juridiska institutionen; Lunds universitet/Juridiska fakulteten

   Author : Patricia Iacob; [2017]
   Keywords : Education - minorities - gender rights - Roma - human rights cities - intersectionality - EU Framework for Roma Inclusion - participation in decision-making - local implementation; Law and Political Science;

   Abstract : Since EU’s expansion to incorporate former Communist countries, attempts to solve the so-called “Roma issue” spurred an unprecedented array of policies, interventions and measures at national and transnational level. Instead of the expected positive changes, discrimination and poverty worsened. READ MORE

6. 5. The Effects of Female Genital Mutilation in Cameroon : Case Study: Ejagham Community of Eyumojock sub-division

   University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för samhällsstudier (SS)

   Author : Priscilia Bayen Bessem; [2016]
   Keywords : Female Genital Mutilation; Human Rights; Women; Girls; Violation; CEDAW; WHO; UNICEF; Effects; Harmful; Cameroon; Community;

   Abstract : ABSTRACT Female genital mutilation and circumcision (FGM/C) is an expression that describes social and traditional actions performed for the removal of the clitoris and inner lips; labia minora as well as part of the outer lips; labia majora. The research has addressed the effects of this action on women in Ejagham community of the Southwest region of Cameroon. READ MORE