Essays about: "women´s self-esteem"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 21 essays containing the words women´s self-esteem.

  1. 1. Is Hair Just Hair? : The Role of Hair in Identity Processes and Contestations of Black Women in Sweden

    University essay from Malmö universitet/Institutionen för globala politiska studier (GPS)

    Author : Daniel Therre; [2022]
    Keywords : social identity theory; Natural Hair Movement; labeling; Sweden; Black women;

    Abstract : This bachelor thesis provides an analysis of hair and its role for the racial and ethnic identity of Black women living in Sweden. This is achieved by analyzing interviews with five women who reside in different urban areas throughout Sweden. READ MORE

  3. 2. Blue Blood and Smooth Skin : Interdependent Relationships Between Feminine Hygiene Product Commercials, Feminism, and Women’s Self-Esteem

    University essay from Malmö universitet/Institutionen för konst, kultur och kommunikation (K3)

    Author : Nina Lotz; Dionne Tilborghs; [2022]
    Keywords : feminism; feminine hygiene products; menstruation; body hair; women´s self-esteem; advertising; binary clean messy ; stigma; normatization;

    Abstract : The portrayal of women in commercials is intertwined with patriarchal structures and power hierarchies found in Western contemporary society, which stem from the Judeo-Christian binary of a ‘clean/messy’ body as introduced by St. Augustine (354 – 430 CE). READ MORE

  4. 3. Blue Blood and Smooth Skin : Interdependent Relationships Between Feminine Hygiene Product Commercials, Feminism, and Women’s Self-Esteem

    University essay from Malmö universitet/Institutionen för konst, kultur och kommunikation (K3)

    Author : Dionne Tilborghs; Nina Lotz; [2022]
    Keywords : feminism - feminine hygiene products - menstruation - body hair - women´s self-esteem - advertising - binary clean messy - stigma - normatization;

    Abstract : The portrayal of women in commercials is intertwined with patriarchal structures and power hierarchies found in Western contemporary society, which stem from the Judeo-Christian binary of a ‘clean/messy’ body as introduced by St. Augustine (354 – 430 CE). READ MORE

  5. 4. The Effects of NAWOU’s Gender Training Programmes : A case study in central and north Uganda

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Kulturgeografiska institutionen

    Author : Kristin Boman; Alida Walfridsson; [2020]
    Keywords : Uganda; gender training; knowledge sharing; women empowerment; equality;

    Abstract : This report investigates how and to what extent knowledge sharing through the NAWOU gender training programmes empower the members, in the central and north region of Uganda, together with examining the members’ experiences from the programmes. Through observations, interviews and a survey during a qualitative case study in Uganda empirical data was collected and by using thematic analysis the data was analysed. READ MORE

  6. 5. Colorism in Zanzibar - A Qualitative Field Study on The Effects of Colorism on Women's Identity and Ethnicity Construction

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

    Author : Feven Tekie; [2020]
    Keywords : Colorism; Zanzibar; Tanzania; Identity; Ethnicity; Skin Color Bias; Internalized Racism; Identity Process Theory;

    Abstract : This paper is a by-product of a minor field study conducted in Zanzibar, Tanzaniaduring eight consecutive weeks in early 2019. The purpose of the study was to examinehow colorism affects women’s identity and ethnicity construction through the researchquestions; how do women in Zanzibar experience colorism in their daily lives and; howdoes colorism affect their self-perception? The data was collected through seven semi-structured interviews with women in Zanzibar and observations. READ MORE