Search for dissertations about: "Kvinna"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 72 swedish dissertations containing the word Kvinna.

2. 1. Deficient bodies and divine interventions : women, midwives, and the medicalisation of childbirth - a gender perspective

   Author : Agneta Westergren; Monica Christianson; Kerstin Edin; Ingela Lundgren; Umeå universitet; []
   Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Birth experiences; birth plan; birth setting; childbirth; cross-sectional study; femininity; feminism; focused ethnography; gender perspective; intrapartum interventions; medicalisation; midwifery; qualitative methods; women; Barnmorska; feminism; förlossning; förlossningsplan; förlossningsupplevelse; förlossningsvård; genuskonstruktion; genusperspektiv; intervention; kvalitativ metod; kvinna; medikalisering; observation; tvärsnittsstudie;

   Abstract : Background In Sweden, one of the safest countries to give birth and to be born in, there is a trend towards increasing interventions during childbirth, and fewer women than ever give birth without having their labours induced or augmented, epidural analgesia, or caesarean section. While interventions at times are vital for a safe birth, there is a growing body of evidence demonstrating that an overuse of medical and technological interventions may have adverse effects on woman and child. READ MORE

4. 2. Hierarchical Sisterhood : Supporting Women's Peacebuilding through Swedish Aid to Bosnia and Herzegovina 1993-2013

   Author : Sanela Bajramović; Christina Carlsson Wetterberg; Maria Småberg; Henric Bagerius; Gunlög Fur; Örebro universitet; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; sisterhood; Kvinna till Kvinna; international intervention; women; peacebuilding; Sida; local NGOs; Bosnia;

   Abstract : This dissertation examines possibilities and challenges faced by international interveners in a post-socialist and violently divided area. The study object is the Swedish foundation Kvinna till Kvinna, formed in 1993 during the Bosnian war, originating from the peace movement and supported by the Swedish government aid agency Sida. READ MORE

5. 3. Från tonårstjej till ung kvinna : en studie om skapande av mening med icke accepterat tjejbeteende under tonårstiden

   Author : Liisa Hammar; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
   Keywords : Young woman; narrative; Salutogenic; triangulation;

   Abstract : My interest for the meaning of risk behaviour over time was triggered during my job as a social worker. My work environment brought me in contact with young teenage girls who spent time on the streets and in town squares with older boys who often were criminals or drug users. READ MORE

6. 4. Professional and social support for first-time mothers and partners during childbearing

   Author : Caroline Bäckström; Lena Mårtensson; Stina Thorstensson; Marie Golsäter; Ingegerd Hildingsson; Ingela Rådestad; Högskolan i Skövde; []
   Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Pregnancy; Childbirth; Couple Relationship; Parent; Father; Co-mother; Sense of Coherence; Woman; Child and Family WomFam ; Kvinna; barn och familj WomFam ;

   Abstract : Background: Expecting a child and becoming a parent is one of life’s major events, during which the parents’ perspective on life and their couple relationship changes. For some parents, childbearing entails a decrease in parental couple relationship quality. READ MORE

7. 5. Letters of a Learned Lady : Sophia Elisabeth Brenner's Correspondence, with an Edition of her Letters to and from Otto Sperling the Younger

   Author : Elisabet Göransson; Latin; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; eulogies; occasional poetry; letters; professional author; gynaecea; 18th century; correspondence; Otto Sperling the Younger; Sophia Elisabeth Brenner; learned woman; epistolography; Humanities; Humaniora; Latin language; Latinska språket;

   Abstract : Sophia Elisabeth Brenner (1659-1730) was Sweden's first great female poet, writing and publishing her poems over a period of fifty years. She was also, however, a prolific letter writer. The dissertation is based on an inventory of all the preserved letters to and from her written in Latin, Swedish, French and Italian. READ MORE