Search for dissertations about: "Kvinnor"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 569 swedish dissertations containing the word Kvinnor.

2. 1. Women-to-women diplomacy : the pursuit of feminist peace in Georgia and Myanmar

   Author : Magda Cardenas; Elisabeth Olivius; Anna Jarstad; Marjaana Jauhola; Umeå universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Women’s activism; gender equality; feminist peace; agency; bottom-up peacebuilding; Georgia; Myanmar; women-to-women diplomacy; Kvinnors aktivism; jämställdhet; feministisk fred; fredsbyggande på gräsrotsnivå; Georgia; Myanmar; kvinnor-till-kvinnor diplomati; freds- och konfliktforskning; Peace and Conflict Research;

   Abstract : Why and how do women engage in peacebuilding efforts across conflict divides? This dissertation coins a novel concept, women-to-women diplomacy – or W2WD – to explore women’s peace activism in Georgia and Myanmar. W2WD consists of three components: 1) the promotion of women’s agency as a key aspect of mobilisation and peacebuilding practices; 2) women’s own experiences of conflict as a basis for bridging divides; and 3) women’s visions of gender equality as a fundamental part of peace. READ MORE

4. 2. Neck pain in women : effect of tailored treatment and impact of work environment

   Author : Åsa Svedmark; Martin Björklund; Charlotte Häger; Jens Wahlström; Ottar Vasseljen; Umeå universitet; []
   Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; neck pain; neck disability; treatment; work exposure; stress; physiotherapy; fysioterapi;

   Abstract : Introduction: Musculoskeletal pain is a common problem in the working population. In Sweden, 40% of women and 30% of men report suffering from neck and shoulder pain weekly. The underlying cause for neck pain is often not known and the treatment is commonly guided by the individual’s symptoms. READ MORE

5. 3. Ambivalent Ambiguity? : A study of how women with 'atypical' sex development make sense of female embodiment

   Author : Lisa Guntram; Kristin Zeiler; Karin Zetterqvist-Nelson; Cynthia Kraus; Linköpings universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Sex; sex development; ‘atypical’ sex development; female embodiment; adolescence; women; Sweden; uterine and vaginal agenesis; Turner syndrome; intersex; DSD; qualitative methodologies; sense-making; narratives; norms; normality; heteronormativity; resistance; relations; sexual practice; diagnosis; treatment; critique; Kön; könsutveckling; kvinnlig kroppslighet; ”otypisk” könsutveckling; normalitet; tonår; kvinnor; Sverige; MRKH syndrom; uterus och vaginal agenesi; Turner syndrom; intersex; DSD; meningskapande; relationer; kvalitativ metod; narrativ; normalitet; heteronormativitet; sexuell praktik; normer; ifrågasättande; diagnos; behandling; kritik;

   Abstract : Against a backdrop of feminist and social scientific research on sex, female embodiment, and normality this thesis aims to discern how young women, who in adolescence have learned that their bodies are developing in ways considered ‘atypical’ for the female sex, make sense of their bodies and their situation. In focus are the ways in which the women make sense of and negotiate female embodiment; how they, particularly in stories about their interactions with others, position their embodied selves; and how norms and beliefs about sexed embodiment, heterosexual practice, and in/fertility are strengthened and challenged in the interviewees’ sense-making. READ MORE

6. 4. Kvinnor och män märks : könsmärkning av arbete - en dold lärandeprocess = [Gendering of work and knowledge] : [sex-marking - a hidden learning-process]

   Author : Hanna Westberg-Wohlgemuth; Stockholms universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES;

   Abstract : The object of this thesis has been to increase knowledge on how sex marking of job tasks and jobs is constructed, and, based on that knowledge, to find ways and means of reaching real equality between the sexes in the labour market. Different factors are identified whiich are at play in the creation of women's and men's jobs i.e. READ MORE

7. 5. Changing Customary Land Tenure Regimes in Tanzania : The case of women's land rights in matrilineal and patrilineal communities

   Author : Jenesta Aikaeli Elisa Urassa; Jenny Paulsson; John Lupala; Peter Ekbäck; Faustin Maganga; KTH; []
   Keywords : customary land tenure; property rights; legislations; titling; women; sedvanerätt till mark; markrättigheter; lagstiftning; äganderätt; kvinnor; Fastigheter och byggande; Real Estate and Construction Management;

   Abstract : Customary land tenure is a dominant system in agrarian societies and in Africa generally,which is evolving from communal to individual regimes in response to socio-economicissues. Various studies have paid attention to economic incentives of shifting communaltenure into private property, while ignoring social implication of such changes. READ MORE