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Bakgrund: Amning innebär hälsofördelar både för mor och barn. Trots att majoriteten av kvinnor önskar att amma, minskar andelen barn som helammas. Amningsstödet har beskrivits som otillräcklig, med brister inom den postnatala vården. Kvinnor har i tidigare studier lyft fram avsaknaden av fördjupade bedömningar av amningen samt brist på känslomässigt stöd under vårdtiden efter förlossningen. Faktor
This thesis examines how Kukama women in the Peruvian Amazon have mobilized against oil extraction along the Marañón River and how the recognition of the river’s rights can be understood within Peru’s historical and contemporary context of neo-extractivism. Using Feminist Political Ecology as an analytical framework, the study analyzes documents related to the rights-of-nature lawsuit led by Huayn
Efter Rysslands invasion av Ukraina i februari år 2022 blev flera svenska idrottare med kopplingar till ryska klubbar föremål för en intensiv mediebevakning och deras professionella val blev en moralisk och politisk fråga i svenska nyhetsmedier. Studiens syfte är att analysera hur medierna formar problem, orsaker, moraliska ställningstagande och föreslagna handlingsvägar i rapporten om spelarnas b
In the Swedish contemporary media landscape, marked by limited financial resources, many local newspapers are searching for sustainable business models. This reality brings an unprecedented challenge: finding a balance between the market-driven demands of economic efficiency and audience expectations of trustworthy local news. A way of doing this is by writing captivating headlines that appeal to
The drought-prone Eastern Province of Rwanda faces recurring water scarcity that constrains rural livelihoods. This thesis investigates seasonal water use, availability, and impacts in the Lower Akagera catchment by combining household interviews, groundwater monitoring, and remote sensing of dams. A Normalised Water Use Index (NWUI) was developed to capture seasonal groundwater abstraction and l
This study examines how Onlyfans and its content creators are portrayed in Swedish news media in the context of the 2025 amendment to the Swedish Sex Purchase Act (Sexköpslagen). Using a quantitative content analysis, the study analyses 114 newspaper articles published between February and July 2025 in four major Swedish newspapers. The analysis uses theories of stigma, representation and stereoty
Hexagonal ferrites doped with metal oxides have long been used in a variety of fields such as in sensors, actuators and other hardware. They are inherently stable and exhibit different properties, such as the magnetoelectric effect, which can be tuned through choice of structure and dopants. The production of magnetoelectric hexaferrites can be costly and complicated. In this thesis a method base
Sweden has seen a rise of shootings and bombings, investigations of these crimes has shown that a sizable amount has been organised through Crime as a Service (CaaS), where serious violence is outsourced to relatively unconnected actors via anonymised and encrypted communication. Using a qualitative study design this thesis examines four Swedish court judgements involving CaaS and serious violence
Abstract Title: Opportunities and Challenges of Establishing a Startup in Portugal Swedish Startup’s Perceptions of the Business Climate in Lisbon Seminar date: 28th of May 2025 Authors: Vendela Eriksson Supervisor: Tobias Karlsson Keywords: Business climate, business ecosystem, Lisbon, startup, entrepreneur, entrepreneurship Purpose: The purpose of this research is to examine the challenges and o
This paper conducts an analysis of peace agreements that constituted an end to civil conflict, with a specific focus on consociational conflict management in divides societies. Drawing on Arend Lijphart’s theory of consociationalism, and Anna Jastad’s two dimensions (inclusion and decentralization), this study employs a qualitative comparative text analysis of three peace agreements. These are the
When Sweden entered NATO in 2024, 200 years of alliance-freedom was upheaved. Article 5 of the North Atlantic Treaty states that an attack on any of the allied states is to be considered an attack against them all, which means that Swedish soldiers may be deployed in combat on foreign soil. Given that the Swedish Armed Forces have previously only been concerned with protecting their own borders, t
The Hamas terrorist attack on October 7th 2023 constituted an event with great impact on both Israel and the Middle East, and much focus has been given to its effects in terms of the war in Gaza. Simultaneously, settlements in the West Bank have risen to unprecedented levels, and have increasingly been given explicit governmental support. Furthermore, official Israeli sovereignty over the West Ban
The Arctic Council has long been portrayed as an arena for stable and depoliticized cooperation, often referred to as exemplifying the idea of Arctic exceptionalism. Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022, and the following pause in cooperation, did however raise questions about the resilience of the cooperation in the council. This paper presents a discourse analysis of ministerial meeti
The peacekeeping mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) is one of the most extensive and complex missions ever carried out by the United Nations. Amongst the operational adaptation, one challenge has remained consistent; the crisis of Sexual Exploitation and Abuse (SEA) committed by UN peacekeepers against the very civilians they are mandated to protect. This essay aims to explain how t
Den här studien undersöker i vilken utsträckning som Northern Ireland Women’s Coalition (NIWC) bidrog till att göra genus centralt i fredsprocessen i Nordirland under slutet av 1990-talet, samt hur teorin gender centrality av Fionnuala Ní Aoláin kan interpreta fallet. Utgångspunkten i studien är kvinnors historiska exkludering från den Nordirländska politiken och NIWC:s unika roll som kvinnor i fr
The Concept Soft Power was coined toward the end of the Cold War in order to explain the power of attraction, as opposed to coercion. Through the lens of Soft Power, the Beatles and Coca-Cola may be as important as tanks and sanctions in achieving foreign policy goals. Generally, periods in history when the United States cooperates with its allies and prioritises diplomacy over unilateral military
This thesis examines how Qatar has strategically employed cultural soft power to position itself as a functional bridge between the Arab world and the West. Despite its autocratic system, Qatar has emerged as a key diplomatic mediator, maintaining relations with both Western states and their regional adversaries. Drawing on Joseph Nye’s theory of soft power and Jaroslaw Jura’s model of recipient r
I den här studien undersöker vi hur svensk journalistik framställer och ramar in tradwife-fenomenet, samt vilka normer kring kvinnoideal och könsroller som finns. Studien syftar även till att analysera hur medier balanserar mellan kritik och idealisering av kvinnans roll, och på så sätt synliggöra vilka värderingar, normer och ideal kring kvinnlighet och moderskap som reproduceras i journalistiken
