Search for dissertations about: "hegemonic masculinity"

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2. 16. Experience and Identity : A Historical Account of Class, Caste, and Gender among the Cashew Workers of Kerala, 1930–2000

   Author : Anna Lindberg; Historia; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; cashew factories; cashew workers; experience; identity; effeminization; housewifization; dowry; marriage; breadwinner wages; gender discourses; gender ideologies; trade unions; women; gender; caste; class; Quilon; India; Kerala; Sociology; Sociologi; Social and economic history; Ekonomisk och social historia;

   Abstract : Since the 1930s female cashew workers have constituted a majority of the registered workers in the South Indian State of Kerala and today number some 200,000. This group challenged the stereotypical view of Third World women because they were organized into unions, worked in the formal sector, and were literate. READ MORE

4. 17. Toward an integrated approach in research on interpersonal violence : Conceptual and methodological challenges

   Author : Johanna Simmons; Katarina Swahnberg; Barbro Wijma; Staffan Janson; Östergötlands Läns Landsting; []
   Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Violence; Abuse; intimate partner violence; Poly-victimization; Re-victimization;

   Abstract : Background: There is a growing understanding that different kinds of interpersonal violence are interrelated. Many victims report experiences of cumulative violence, i.e. READ MORE

5. 18. When no-one notices...Studies on suicidal expressions among young people in Nicaragua

   Author : Claudia Obando Medina; Gunnar Kullgren; Kjerstin Dahlblom; Heidi Hjelmeland; Umeå universitet; []
   Keywords : suicidal expressions; adolescents; young people; Nicaragua; Psychiatry; psykiatri; folkhälsa; Public health;

   Abstract : Background Suicidal behaviour among young people is one of the major public health problems in low-income countries; it is estimated that every year 70,000 young people take their lives and maybe 40 times as many attempt suicide. Nicaragua has the highest suicide rate among young people of all Latin and Central American countries. READ MORE

6. 19. Genital fistula among Ugandan women : risk factors, treatment outcomes, and experiences of patients and spouses

   Author : Justus Kafunjo Barageine; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
   Keywords : Genital fistula;

   Abstract : Background: An estimated 2-3 million women globally and majorly in sub-Saharan Africa and Asia, suffer from genital fistula with an annual incidence of 50,000-100,000 women. Uganda like other low-income countries is not an exception and has an estimated fistula prevalence of 2%, with western Uganda having the highest prevalence of 4% among females aged 15-49 years. READ MORE

7. 20. Struggling for clarity : cultural context, gender and a concept of depression in general practice

   Author : Arja Lehti; Anne Hammarström; Bengt Mattson; Birgitta Hovelius; Umeå universitet; []
   Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; depression; gender; ethnicity; qualitative research; general practice; Family medicine; Allmänmedicin; Family Medicine; allmänmedicin;

   Abstract : Many depressed patients attend primary health care, and minority-group patients often see general practitioners for depressive symptoms. The diagnosis and classification criteria of depression and guidelines for management are based on symptoms. READ MORE