Search for dissertations about: "women s rights"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 12 swedish dissertations containing the words women s rights.

  2. 1. Making just rights? Mainstreaming Women?s Human Rights and a Gender Perspective

    Author : Sari Kouvo; Göteborgs universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES;

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  4. 2. My house is my husband - A Kenyan Study of Women´s Access to Land and Housing

    Author : Diana Lee-Smith; Institutionen för arkitektur och byggd miljö; []
    Keywords : TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; Urban areas; Surveys; Social structure; Rural housing; Rural areas; Research; Legal aspects; Land use; Land ownership; Land acquisition; Kenya; Income distribution; Housing; Home ownership; Food; Firewood; Family; Domestic labour; Community organization; Data collecting; Urban housing; Urban powerty; Use of dwelling; Water; Women; Architecture; interior design; Arkitektur; inredningsarkitektur;

    Abstract : This thesis explores women’s access to property in Kenya. It consists of three parts. The first gives the Kenyan background, the theoretical and methodological approach. READ MORE

  5. 3. Negotiating Social Membership : Immigrant Claims-Making Contesting Borders and Boundaries in Multi-Ethnic Europe

    Author : Zenia Hellgren; Barbara Hobson; Fiona Williams; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Migration; Immigration; Social Membership; Claims-making; Contentious politics; Sociology; sociologi;

    Abstract : The concept of social membership is the mainframe for this dissertation, which encompasses four independent articles that approach the boundaries of social membership from different perspectives. Empirically, the focus lies on mobilizing groups that demand an extension of rights and/or inclusion for documented and undocumented immigrants in two European immigration countries: Sweden and Spain. READ MORE

  6. 4. Facets of Work–Life Balance across Europe : How the interplay of institutional contexts, work arrangements and individual resources affect capabilities for having a family, and for being involved in family life

    Author : Susanne Fahlén; Barbara Hobson; Livia Sz. Oláh; Chiara Saraceno; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; capability approach; childbearing; family-friendly work; family policies; work–life balance; Sociology; sociologi;

    Abstract : The aim of this dissertation is to explore various dimensions of work–life balance in Europe. I examine the extent to which institutional factors, working conditions and individual resources influence individuals’ capabilities to have a family and engage in family life. READ MORE

  7. 5. Intimate partner violence against women in rural Vietnam : prevalance, risk factors, health effects and suggestions for interventions

    Author : Nguyen Dang Vung; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
    Keywords : Intimate partner violence; domestic violence; prevalence; women s health; gender equality; witnessing interparental violence; health effects; human rights; Vietnam.;

    Abstract : Background: Vietnam has undergone a rapid transition in the past 20 years, moving towards a more equal situation for men and women. However, Confucian doctrine is still strong and little is known about men s violence against women within the Vietnamese family. READ MORE