The purpose of this media scientific study is to contribute to a better understanding about how blind people?s empowerment and participation may affect their role in the digital society.Earlier international studies in this area have shown that blind people not only need more knowledge then the seeing population about the computer, but also about the technology behind their tools for using Internet. The results from these studies have also shown that Internet increases the blind people?s independents and that those who use Internet feel more involved in the society.A qualitative method was chosen to study the three most common categories from the earlier studies: knowledge of technology, empowerment and participation. Are there differences in the results compared to our study in Sweden 2014?Interviews with eight blind, experienced computer users have shown that knowledge of technology is essential for their use of Internet and that the Internet increases their empowerment and their participation.

Background: Studies that have been made in male-dominated organisations shows that only few women have succeeded in advancing to the higher positions in all businesses. Statistics shows that merely 4 % of the managers in all building companies are female. The manager role has earlier always been classified as most suitable for men resulting in barriers for women who strive for management positions. This problem is now very renowned and is called the glass ceiling. To improve the current situation, both the organization's structure and culture, have to be modernized for more women to succeed and get the courage to get into the industry.

Since time immemorial, nature has been conceived of as a female entity. This ancient concept is also a recurring element in contemporary Swedish horror fiction. The purpose of this thesis is to compare the feature of nature in the selected works of Anders Fager, Andreas Marklund and Frida Arwen Rosesund and in what ways these respective depictions rely on a tradition where nature is gendered female. The theoretical starting-point for this comparative study is ecocriticism and its subcategory ecofeminism, which are modes of literary criticism where the role of nature in general, and its female connotations in particular, are appreciated as significant literary features. For executing an analysis that goes beyond what is explicit, the exploration of these three writers? texts also adopts a psychoanalytical perspective.

The purpose of this qualitative study was to examine male social workers experiences of working in a female dominated work. The aim with this study was to find out how men perceive working with mostly women and how this effects their construction of masculinity. The theories that have been used in this study are a social constructive perspective on gender, Chodorows (1995) Theory of Socialization and Connells (2008) Theory of Masculinities. The method used in this study is qualitative interviews based on the experiences of five male social workers in Sweden.The interviews have been recorded and retailed in text in its full version, to enable analysis out of the above mentioned theories and earlier studies. The result of the study shows that the men in this study experience mostly benefits from working with women and they feel appreciated as being men.

Effects of Menstrual Cycle and Oral Contraceptives on Sport Performance During the menstrual cycle, there is a variation of the female steriod hormones estrogen and progestogen. These hormones has mainly reproduktive functions, but do also affect other physiological systems, which may have an influence on athletic performance. The use of oral contraceptives among female athletes matches the use among the general population. There is a concern among female athletes and there coaches weather oral contraceptives can affect the performance. The purpose of this litterature review is to determine the effect of the menstrual cycle and the use of oral contraceptives on athletic performance.

Syftet med studien är att undersöka hur välfärdsaktörer i olika organisationer upplever de prostituerades livssituation och hur dessa aktörer bedriver empowerment inspirerat socialt arbete i relation till prostituerade som själva anser att de av egen fri vilja säljer sexuella tjänster.De frågeställningar som används i uppsatsen för att besvara studiens syfte är: På vilket sätt kommer empowerment till uttryck i arbetet med prostitution inom de verksamheter aktörerna företräder? Hur upplever välfärdsaktörer i olika organisationer de prostituerades position i samhället? På vilket sätt skulle empowerment inspirerat arbete kunna användas i verksamheterna i arbetet med individer som själva anser att de av egen fri vilja säljer sexuella tjänster?De teoretiska ansatserna som studien vilar på är utifrån ett socailkonstruktivistiskt synsätt med inrikting mot empowerment och stigmatiserings teori. Teori samt tidigare forskning har inhämtats via litteraturstudier och sökning i databaser. Det empiriska materialet har inhämtats via halvstrukturerade livssvärldsintervjuer samt frågeformulär grundade på intervjuguiden. Analysen av materialet har gjorts med hjälp av meningsanalys där tre huvudteman används vid kodningen av materialet; makt, stigmatisering samt empowerment.

AbstractThe purpose of this thesis is to examine the professional female members of a board in listed companies. During the 21st century the issue of female quotation into the executive boards was discussed in both the media and politically due to womens underrepresentation in these contexts.The main purpose of this thesis is to examine the professional female members of boards stories of the role models they have, what characteristics have evolved, the views of others, and the self image. In addition, we want to investigate how women perceive themselves in a male-dominated field to identify how the female identity is created at work.Through a qualitative research in the form of personal interviews, we have gathered empirical material that forms the basis of our results. The answers from the interviews have been analyzed with the help of relevant theories and a social constructionist approach throughout the thesis. For our theoretical approach, we primarily chose symbolic interactionism, identity theories, and concepts such as the glass ceiling and gender strategies to analyze the data.The result of the survey shows that there are many elements that play into how women form their identities.

The aim of this study was to try to identify what young women see as typically female and how this affects them as individuals, focusing on the female body. How free or limited do they consider themselves to respond to prevailing ideals of beauty, to men and other women. Our questions are how young women construct femininity through the body and why? We do this by using a holistic gender perspective and with the help of key theoretical concepts; gender, normative femininity, heteronormativity, performance, freedom/power and the female body,. We have had a qualitative approach and we have done interviews with six girls in secondary school age.

Background: Female representation on boards is an ongoing debate. The European Parliament voted in November 2013 in favour of a proposal that it should be at least 40 percent women on company boards by 2020. Jens Spendrup, president of the Confederation of Swedish Enterprise, was interviewed on Swedish Radio in February 2014 and stated that there are not enough qualified women to recruit to the company boards. The listed companies in Sweden only have 22 percent of women in their company boards and given Jens Spendrup?s statement should they have difficulty reaching up to 40 percent by 2020.

Arbetslösheten bland utrikes födda har ökat de senaste åren och är större jämfört medarbetslösheten hos inrikes födda, läget för utrikesfödda kvinnor är särskilt svårt. Att förstå vad somkrävs för att arbetsmarknaden ska inkludera fler människor är komplext. En liten del kan dock varaatt förstå hur arbetsmarknadsprojekt fungerar, vad de bidrar med och hur de upplevs av de somdeltar. Syftet med studien har därför varit att gå närmare in på ett specifikt arbetsmarknadsprojektoch fråga hur deltagare ser på tiden efter projektet, hur de ser på sin fortsatta etablering påarbetsmarknaden, vad de upplever att medverkan i projektet bidrar med och hur de upplever sinnuvarande yrkesroll. Deltagarna i studien arbetar som kulturtolkar då projektet har som mål attunderlätta kontakten mellan skolan och nyanlända familjer som har barn i skolan.Den här studien har en induktiv ansats eftersom att området är relativt outforskat och det var svårtatt veta vad som skulle komma att hittas.

Studien handlar om långtidssjuka, utlandsfödda kvinnors upplevelser av den arbetslivsinriktade rehabilitering de har fått och huruvida de upplever att den har varit betydelsefull, värdefull och stärkande för dem och i så fall på vilket sätt. Undersökningen har genomförts med en kvalitativ metod och består av fem semistrukturerade intervjuer med kvinnor i åldern 45-52 år, som är födda i Mellanöstern och har bott i Sverige i mer än 20 år. Gemensamt för samtliga informanter är att de har diagnosen fibromyalgi. Studien visar på att kvinnorna i nuläget mår så dåligt att de sannolikt har ett större behov av medicinsk rehabilitering än arbetslivsinriktad rehabilitering. De upplever att sammanhållna rehabiliteringsprogram och samtalsstöd har varit de rehabiliteringsinsatser som har hjälpt dem i störst utsträckning..

Denna uppsats behandlar lesbiskt relationsvåld, och syftet var att undersöka vilka föreställningar socialsekreterare har kring lesbiskt relationsvåld samt hur de ser på förutsättningarna för att utföra ett bra arbete med denna grupp. Vi utgick från följande frågeställningar: Vilka föreställningar har socialsekreterare om dem som utövar våld i lesbiska relationer? Vilka föreställningar har socialsekreterare om dem som blir utsatta för våld i lesbiska relationer? Vilka förklaringsmodeller/teorier utgår socialsekreterare ifrån i sina resonemang kring lesbiskt relationsvåld? Vilka förutsättningar anser sig socialsekreterare ha på sin arbetsplats för att göra ett bra arbete med lesbiska i våldsamma relationer?Vi hade en hermeneutisk ansats, och vi använde en kvalitativ metod. Utifrån fem intervjuer med socialsekreterare undersökte vi vilka föreställningar de hade kring lesbiskt relationsvåld. I analysen användes två teoretiska perspektiv, socialkonstruktivism och empowerment.

AbstractTitle: A gaze says more than a 1000 words ? a study of the portrayal of female celebrities in the photographic material on the online portals of Aftonbladet and Expressen En blick säger mer än 1000 ord - en studie av porträtteringen av kvinnliga kändisar i Aftonbladetsoch Expressens bildmaterial på InternetNumber of pages: 58 (59 including enclosures)Author: Sofie BackmanTutor: Amelie HössjerCourse: Media and Communication Studies DPeriod: Spring 2008University: Division of Media and Communication, Department of Information Science, Uppsala University, SwedenAim: The aim of this essay is to study in what ways female celebrities are portrayed in the photographic material of the Swedish tabloid press. In which situations does she appear? What function does she seem to behold in the pictures? Further the thesis explores whetherthe portrayal of the female celebrity shows signs of stereotyping.Method/Material: The study combines a quantitative and a qualitative method. A picture analysis of photographic material from the online versions of the Swedish tabloids Aftonbladet and Expressen has been conducted.

The purpose of this study is to determine if and how male or female everyday languagesdiffer. The study is based on ten interviews with five men and five women living inHalmstad, who are between the ages of 22-29. The interview results were analyzed andcompared with previous research on the subject. The result shows that there is adifference between the male and female informants use of language. Women laughing,using italics, hedges, the word så ?so? and response signals to a greater degree than men.The reason may be that men and women basically use different conversation styleswhen they communicate, that men prefer a public speech, intended to provideinformation and knowledge.

The movie industry in Sweden is seen as a tight holding cluster where the different entities are being highly dependent on each other. There are also many different barriers to get a movie fully financed, and with the people in charged using arguments such as ?quality?, which is not objective but in fact subjective. The aim of this essay is to investigate how the leadership of five female film producers is being constituted in the film industry, an industry which is both close to the pool art and the pool commerce at the same time at it is male dominant. We have found that female film producers tend to use the strategy to adapt to the surroundings ?shouts? and ?demands?, at the same time as they adapt to their environment by becoming/not becoming entrepreneurs..