Browsing Fakultet for samfunnsvitenskap (SAM) by Subject "Gender"
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Caste – the actual cost of empowerment? : Dalit women & NREGA - a study of the poverty, social exclusion & shame nexus
(Master thesis, 2012)This thesis seeks to examine the lives of rural Dalit women in private as well as public spheres. A theoretical framework of poverty, shame and social exclusion has been used to explore the objectives. The study goes further ... -
Forventninger til fremtiden: Betydningen av innvandrerbakgrunn, kjønn og hatefulle kommentarer for orientering mot høyere utdannelse
(SSA;2019, Master thesis, 2019)Purpose: The purpose of this study has been to investigate the significance of immigrant background on orientation towards higher education in context of gender and socioeconomic background. An additional purpose has ... -
Gender and Globalization of Academic Labor Markets: Research and Teaching Staff at Nordic Universities
(Social Inclusion;Volume 9, Issue 3, Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021-07-21)In this article, we investigate how the globalized academic labor market has changed the composition of teaching and research staff at Swedish, Norwegian, and Finnish universities. We use national statistical data on the ... -
Gender discrimination before mandated quotas? Evidence from Norway: 1989 to 2002
(Scandinavian Journal of Management;31(3), Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2015-07-01)Is the low percentage of women on boards due to discrimination? Discrimination has a time dimension; it is repeated period after period and is thus highly persistent. This persistence is tested with data from Norway before ... -
A gender perspective of poverty, shame, and social exclusion nexus: A case study of Uganda
(Master thesis, 2012)Contemporary studies on poverty have suggested a relationship between poverty, shame and social exclusion. This is increasingly becoming a focal point for contemporary scholars, policy makers and analysts in a bid to fully ... -
Gendered challenges to fieldwork in conflict-affected areas
(The Companion to Peace and Conflict Fieldwork;, Chapter; Peer reviewed, 2021-08-27)This chapter takes a gendered perspective on some of the challenges and opportunities of intervention fieldwork. Based on experiences from fieldwork in Liberia, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and Haiti, I consider ... -
Included, but still not equal? Gender segregation at quota regulated boards
(Peer reviewed; Journal article; Journal article, 2016)In 2003 Norway introduced a new regulation that required at least 40 percent of each gender on company boards. Norway was the first country in the world to introduce such a law, but several countries have since proposed ... -
Knowledge of love: narratives of romance told by 12-year-old children
(Gender and Education;;25 (5), Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2013-05-14)This article reports research on young people's conceptualisations of love and romance through a gender perspective. The data are stories written by 12-year-old girls and boys in Norway who were asked to fantasise about ... -
Sexual Violence against Journalists in Conflict Zones - Gendered Practices and Cultures in the Newsroom
(Peer reviewed; Chapter, 2016)While sexual violence is a threat to both men and women in war and conflict, cases con- cerning male victims are largely absent from public discussion and women’s vulnerability regularly assumed. This paper suggests ... -
Shaping a career in management: the importance of gendered expectations
(Journal of Education and Work;Volume 35, 2022 - Issue 8, Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022-11-11)The study focuses on students in professional bachelor programs, how men and women navigate career opportunities after graduation. The research is based on longitudinal data from 969 Norwegian students. A crucial finding ... -
A Study on the Relationship between Income and Health among Norwegian Adults
(Master thesis, 2023)This study analyses the relationship between income and health among Norwegian adults aged 40-67 years. Its main aim is to assess the effect of individual differences in income on their health status and to better understand ...