Essays about: "women s welfare"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 46 essays containing the words women s welfare.

  1. 1. What Difference Does It Make? : Comparative Panel Data Analysis of the Relationship Between CSR Initiatives and Board Composition in Sweden and the United States

    University essay from Umeå universitet/Handelshögskolan vid Umeå universitet (USBE); Umeå universitet/Företagsekonomi

    Author : Kristina Björling; Viktor Hansson; [2023]
    Keywords : CSR; ESG; Corporate Governance; Gender Diversity; Board Independence; CEO Duality; Inclusion; Board Compositions; Agency Theory; Resource Dependence Theory; Critical Mass Theory; Hofstede’s National Cultural Theory.;

    Abstract : More companies have responded to the call for action, increasing their attention to the 17 Sustainable Development Goals. Corporate governance structures have proven to have an effect on how well companies are able to facilitate a sustainable trajectory, all influenced by values and norms. READ MORE

  3. 2. The bare life in the al-Hol camp in Syria: The case of the Swedish children

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Fadi Azzo; [2022]
    Keywords : Al-Hol camp; Swedish Children; ISIS; Syria; Sweden; Bare Life; State of Exception; Giorgio Agamben; Biopolitics; Political Theory; International Relations.; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : This paper aims to understand the constitution of the al-Hol camp in Syria, where thousands of women and children from 57 different countries are detained in subhuman conditions. I did that by studying the case of the Swedish children, motivated by the contradiction that those children did not get help even though they belong to one of the most liberal welfare states in the world. READ MORE

  4. 3. The Effects of Fertility on Intrahousehold Resource Allocation and Women’s Bargaining Power - Evidence from Nigeria

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Nationalekonomiska institutionen

    Author : Isabella Rego Monteiro; [2022]
    Keywords : fertility; reproductive behavior; female empowerment; bargaining power; development; Business and Economics;

    Abstract : This paper analyzes the impact of reproductive outcomes on women's participation in their family's decision-making and on the share of the household's resources allocated to them. It also examines the effects on labor, time use, and health-related outcomes. READ MORE

  5. 4. Människors inställning till fiskvälfärd

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Animal Environment and Health

    Author : Maria Eriksson; [2022]
    Keywords : attityd; konsumentmakt; djurvälfärd; djurskydd; bedövning; slakt; fiske;

    Abstract : Animal welfare is a question of increasing importance for consumers around the world. Consumers’ attitudes toward animals are important drivers when it comes to safeguarding factors in the welfare of farm animals. Fish is an animal that man benefits from in several ways. READ MORE

  6. 5. Mammisi : A study of factors contributing to women’s childbirth experiences & a conceptual suggestion for a Swedish Birth Center

    University essay from Umeå universitet/Designhögskolan vid Umeå universitet

    Author : Lisa Selin; [2021]
    Keywords : birth center; birth; childbirth; mammisi;

    Abstract : This project has researched why a welfare country like Sweden has a growing number of mothers with negative and traumatic childbirth experiences and aimed to propose a conceptual solution on how design could enhance factors contributing to a positive and empowering childbirth experience.  With close contact to both midwives and mothers the research brought light on the dissonance between the physiological mechanism behind birth and the existing user journey when giving birth at Maternity Wards at hospitals. READ MORE