Sökning: "Gender Disparity"

Visar resultat 11 - 15 av 39 uppsatser innehållade orden Gender Disparity.

  1. 11. Deal or no deal: A qualitative study examining how the entrepreneur's gender affects business angels' willingness to invest during the initial interaction

    C-uppsats, Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för företagande och ledning

    Författare :Emma Dubo; Isabelle Norberg; [2022]
    Nyckelord :Business angel; Equity financing; Gender; Self-disclosure; Signaling;

    Sammanfattning : Securing external equity financing from business angels (BAs) has been considered to be more difficult for female entrepreneurs in comparison to men and the underlying mechanisms for the disparity have been discussed. Some scholars argue that structural dissimilarities serve as one of the possible explanations, while others argue that female founders experience discrimination. LÄS MER

  3. 12. Are Gender Board Quotas Effective? A Synthetic Control Method Analysis of the Italian Case.

    Master-uppsats, Lunds universitet/Ekonomisk-historiska institutionen

    Författare :Maria Letizia Avanzini; [2022]
    Nyckelord :Gender board quota; labour market; inequality.; Business and Economics;

    Sammanfattning : The lack of women in leadership positions in the corporate sector is widespread throughout Europe. In this thesis, I study the efficacy of the Italian Gender Board Quota law no. 120/2011 in reducing such disparity in the Italian context. LÄS MER

  4. 13. Integrating feminist foreign policy and climate resilient development : Case study of socio-cultural configurations in Liberia

    Uppsats för yrkesexamina på avancerad nivå, KTH/Lärande

    Författare :Martin Demmelmaier; [2022]
    Nyckelord :Socio-cultural configurations; Climate resilient development; Feminist foreign policy; Ethnography; Liberia; Informal settlements; Socio-economic disadvantaged communities; Embassy of Sweden; Climate adaptation; Marginalization; Social justice; Ecological masculinities; Environmental feminism; Gender as a social construction; Transforming masculinity norms; State-citizen relations; Female empowerment strategies; Land-ownership; Religious leaders; Sociokulturella konfigurationer; Klimatresilient utveckling; Feministisk utrikespolitik; Etnografi; Liberia; Informella bosättningar; Socioekonomiskt utsatta områden; Svenska ambassaden; Klimatadaptering; Marginalisering; Social rättvisa; Ekologiska maskuliniteter; Miljöinriktad feminism; Kön som en social konstruktion; Förändra maskulinitetsnormer; Stat-medborgare relationer; Strategier för kvinnlig egenmakt; Markägande; Religiösa ledare;

    Sammanfattning : This thesis addresses the socio-cultural configurations in Liberia in relation to climate resilient development and feminist foreign policy carried out by the Embassy of Sweden in Monrovia. It builds on the intention to explore potential points of integration between the feminist foreign policy with the construction of climate adaptation capacity. LÄS MER

  5. 14. GENDER DISPARITY IN EDUCATION

    Master-uppsats, Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för pedagogik och specialpedagogik

    Författare :Oritsema Chidi; [2021-08-18]
    Nyckelord :Gender; School; Girl Child; Gender Inequality; Education; Gender Disparity; Gender Equality; Boys and Women;

    Sammanfattning : Aim: This single case qualitative study addresses the girl child education, focusing on parents' perceptions of the girl child enrolment into elementary school and factors that might have contributed to gender disparity in education which remains a problem in Kano state Nigeria. Theory: In order to understand gender disparity in education, the theoretical lens has feminist epistemology as its point of departure, which focuses on understanding the oppression experienced by women to proffer solutions leading to change in all endeavours of life that leads to equal opportunities for all. LÄS MER

  7. 15. THE PERKS OF BEING ANAFRICAN WOMAN IN ADICHIE’S THE THING AROUND YOUR NECK

    Kandidat-uppsats, Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för språk och litteraturer

    Författare :Makda Yoseph Berhie; [2021-02-02]
    Nyckelord :Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie; Imitation;

    Sammanfattning : Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s contemporary literary works have prominently engaged with diasporic experiences, migration, and gender disparity,among other issues that fit under the umbrella of postcolonial literature. This essay aims to further explorethe representation of ‘the African woman’in three stories found in Adichie’s story collectionThe Thing Around Your Neck,namely ‘Imitation’, ‘The Thing Around Your Neck’, and ‘Jumping Monkey Hill’. LÄS MER