Essays about: "thesis on women stress"

Showing result 21 - 25 of 28 essays containing the words thesis on women stress.

  1. 21. "With this past, you'll never become free": A qualitative interview study of female ex-combatants in Colombia

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Centrum för genusvetenskap

    Author : Anna Sjölander; [2016]
    Keywords : gender; DDR; reintegration; female ex-combatants; militarization; Colombia;

    Abstract : This thesis explores women's experiences from participation in armed groups, and their subsequent reintegration into civil society within the Colombian context. The study is based on two months of fieldwork, and nine interviews with female ex-combatants from the FARC, the ELN and the AUC currently enrolled in the reintegration process. READ MORE

  3. 22. The Effect of Armed Conflict on Modern Contraception Utilisation – the Case of Colombia

    University essay from Stockholms universitet/Sociologiska institutionen

    Author : Signe Svallfors; [2016]
    Keywords : Colombia; armed conflict; modern contraception; family planning; reproductive health;

    Abstract : This MA Thesis explores the effect of the armed conflict on modern contraceptive utilisation in Colombia, using a departmental random-effects logistic regression model on novel cross-sectional data from the Uppsala Peace and Conflict Database Georeferenced Event Data and the Colombian Demographic and Health Surveys from 2000, 2005 and 2010. Reproductive health and rights has enormous consequences for women’s lives, but their relationship to conflict in Colombia has barely been analysed. READ MORE

  4. 23. Mumpreneurs: Motivational factors for Swedish mothers to start their own businesses

    University essay from Högskolan i Jönköping/Internationella Handelshögskolan

    Author : Diana Boneberger; Bogomila Kirilova; [2015]
    Keywords : Mumpreneur; mumpreneurship; female entrepreneurship; children; Sweden;

    Abstract : The presented master thesis is an exploratory study on the motivational factors of the Swedish Mumpreneurs to start a business. Providing a nuanced and detailed review of the evolution of the literature on female entrepreneurship, the phenomenon of ‘Mumpreneurship’ is being introduced as a new, internationally widespread concept. READ MORE

  5. 24. The “defiant but insane look of a species once dominant” – The Problems of Emancipation in Margaret Atwood’s Surfacing

    University essay from Stockholms universitet/Engelska institutionen

    Author : Karl-Johan Skagerström; [2014]
    Keywords : Surfacing; Margaret Atwood; Gender; Hegemonic Masculinity; Emphasized Femininity; Complicity; Male Dominance; Identity; Power; Patriarchy; Feminism; Sexual Division of Labor; The Symbolic; Language;

    Abstract : Margaret Atwood’s novel Surfacing has received considerable critical attention on the issue of “a positive female identity” in a patriarchal society. However, given Atwood’s own stress on the fact that the novel is about the ways both genders work in relation to each other, this criticism has lacked in scrutiny of the novel’s male characters. READ MORE

  6. 25. Farmer's perceptions of agroforestry : A case study about the obstacles and opportunities for agroforestry adoption in Babati, Tanzania

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

    Author : Siri Hillbur; [2012]
    Keywords : Sustainable livelihood approach; capital assets; risk perceptions; risk attitudes; Tanzania;

    Abstract : This thesis deals with the perceptions of agroforestry among farmers in Babati, north- central Tanzania. The focus is on which resources farmers perceive that they need to adopt agroforestry and which risks that are connected with agroforestry adoption. READ MORE