Search for dissertations about: "migrant women"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 42 swedish dissertations containing the words migrant women.

  2. 1. Speaking about social suffering? : Subjective understandings and lived experiences of migrant women and therapists

    Author : Mona Lindqvist; Åsa Wettergren; Eva Olsson; Diana Mulinari; Karlstads universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; migrant women; social suffering; belonging; emotions; health therapist psychiatry; emotion work; everyday resistance; Sociologi; Sociology;

    Abstract : This thesis aims to investigate and illuminate lived experiences, cultural representations, and organizational conditions that influence the way therapists in Swedish psychiatry receive and treat migrant women. This overall aim is pursued through two distinct but interlinked part-studies. READ MORE

  4. 2. Living Up to the Ideal of Respectability : Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights Implications for Unmarried Migrant Workers, Single Mothers, and Women in Prostitution in Sri Lanka

    Author : Malin Jordal; Pia Olsson; Birgitta Essén; Ann Öhman; Jeanne Marecek; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : Sexual and reproductive health and rights; Free Trade Zone; gender relations; social navigation; unmarried women; migrant women workers; masculinity; single mothers; women in prostitution; qualitative interviews; Sri Lanka;

    Abstract : This thesis aims to gain a deeper understanding of relationships and sexuality of women at risk of social exclusion in Sri Lanka and the risk of violations of their sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR) that they might face. Individual qualitative interviews with migrant women workers (n=18) and men (n=18) in the Free Trade Zone (FTZ), women facing single motherhood (n=28) and women formerly involved in prostitution (n=15) were conducted. READ MORE

  5. 3. Human development and institutional practices : Women, child care and the Mobile Creches

    Author : Sangeeta Bagga-Gupta; Linköpings universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Child care; Communication; Construction workers; Development; Everyday learning; India; Institutional practices; Literacies; Migration; Mobile Creches; Nongovernmental Organizations; Participant observation; Urbanization; Women; INTERDISCIPLINARY RESEARCH AREAS; TVÄRVETENSKAPLIGA FORSKNINGSOMRÅDEN;

    Abstract : This study presents an analysis of the everyday activities of an Indian Nongovernmental Organization (NGO), the Mobile Creches (MC). NGO' s - societal institutions which have grown in prominence in the post-World War II era - are primarily involved in providing services for marginalized sections of different southern nations. READ MORE

  6. 4. Evil eye or bacteria : Turkish migrant women and Swedish health care

    Author : Lisbeth Sachs; Stockholms universitet; []
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  7. 5. Challenges and opportunities for sexual and reproductive healthcare services for immigrant women in Sweden

    Author : Eva Åkerman; Ragnar Westerling; Knut Lönnroth; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Immigrant; Migrant; Access; Healthcare; Equal; Social capital; Contraceptive counselling; HIV testing; HIV; Sexual and reproductive health and rights; Sweden.; Social Medicine; Socialmedicin; Hälso- och sjukvårdsforskning; Health Care Research;

    Abstract : This thesis aims to obtain an understanding of immigrant women’s access to healthcare services in Sweden in relation to sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR). Data were obtained from three different quantitative cross-sectional studies using self-administrated questionnaires and one qualitative study based on in-depth interviews. READ MORE