Essays about: "women’s communities"
Showing result 1 - 5 of 20 essays containing the words women’s communities.
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1. "Life is better when you girlboss together" : Building a Safe Space Within the Digital Sphere, a Case Study
University essay from Malmö universitet/Institutionen för konst, kultur och kommunikation (K3)Abstract : The study is located in feminist studies through the lens of cultural theory, more specifically in the area of "Girlhood studies", developed in the 1990s. The development of the field correlates with the rise of cultural goods targeted at girls: movies, music, and magazines as well as the development of teenagehood as an identity of its own right. READ MORE
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2. The impact of multicultural festivals on women's empowerment in Uppsala : A case of immigrant women
University essay from Södertörns högskola/Institutionen för samhällsvetenskaperAbstract : Empowerment is a process or a mechanism of individuals, organizations and communitiesacquiring control over their lives (Rappaport (1987), and there is a sustained effort by nationsand the international communities across the globe in search of pragmatic agendas and policyframework in achieving women’s empowerment. The purpose of this study was to understandthe experiences of immigrant women who participate in multicultural festivals, and how suchexperiences impact their empowerment. READ MORE
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3. Gender-responsive peacebuilding in a changing climate : A qualitative content analysis of strengths and weaknesses in National Action Plans.
University essay from Malmö universitet/Institutionen för globala politiska studier (GPS)Abstract : Climate change can exacerbate violent conflict, create risks to human security, and prevent conflict recovery and peacebuilding in different contexts. Climate change nor conflict is rarely fair and have been argued to have different impacts on gender. READ MORE
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4. 'The world has changed; these days, women are the ones who are keeping their families'. Gender norms, women's economic empowerment and male capture in the rural Tanzanian poultry value-chain
University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för geovetenskaperAbstract : The study presented in this thesis aimed to explore how gender norms in four rural districts in Kilimanjaro and Lindi Region of Tanzania might influence rural women chicken farmers' economic empowerment when an urban vendor introduces an improved breed of chicken. More specifically, the following aims were explored: the normative expectations for husbands and wives in the communities researched, and how these expectations may influence intra-household negotiation processes following a market-led intervention within the Tanzanian poultry value-chain; if and how intra-household resource allocation may be changed if profits were to increase within a women-led business. READ MORE
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5. Women's empowerment in Neo-Paganism : A study of power and gender and what we can learn about women’s empowerment in Neo- Paganism.
University essay from Uppsala universitet/Teologiska institutionenAbstract : Too often women have a secondary place in religious institutions, with no possibility to influence or come into leading positions. This thesis aims to understand women’s empowerment by searching for such examples in Neo-Paganism, a growing New Religious Movement (NRM) in the west. READ MORE
