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Each year around 3.9 million girls around the world are victims to female genital mutilation/cutting. This custom is often a consequence of traditional, social and cultural norms within a society. In Sweden, female genital mutilation/cutting is illegal and punishable by law, and professionals have obligations to report if there is suspicion that a girl either is, or is at risk of being genitally m

The aim of this study was to examine how school counselors work with honor-related problems among students. The study is based on five qualitative interviews with seven school counselors. The analysis was based on two theories: the theory of the world as a social construction, and the theory of intersection.The interviews were analysed with a thematic analysis method. The result show that honor-re

Syftet med studien var att nå fördjupad förståelse för hur kollo som LSS-insats upplevs av föräldrar till barn med funktionsnedsättning. Föräldrarnas uppfattning om barnets och eventuella syskons upplevelse var också av intresse. Semistrukturerade intervjuer genomfördes med 11 föräldrar till barn med intellektuell funktionsnedsättning och/eller diagnos inom autismspektrat. Data analyserades med te

The aim of this master’s thesis is to examine how fiction authors seek information in their writing, which still is a vastly under-researched subject within Library and Information Science. Why then are there so few of us in this discipline who ask themselves which information behaviour and information needs that exist among the ones writing the literature filling our libraries? This study was car

The aim of this Bachelor thesis was to study the perceived discretion and room for manoeuvre that social workers working with treatment of families and individuals have. The aim was also to draw a comparison of said perceived discretion and room for manoeuvre between social workers currently employed in the public sector with social workers currently employed in the private sector. To research thi

The purpose of our study was to explore unit managers of nursing homes perspective of the different forms of accommodations for elderly couples and their discretion in the work with elderly couples’ requests. We used a qualitative method in this study and performed semi-structured interviews with six different unit managers of nursing homes that operate in three different townships in Skåne, Swede

Studien syftar till att problematisera hur politiska budskap framställs i samhällsengagerande reklam ur ett intersektionellt perspektiv. Det intersektionella synsättet antas med fokus att identifiera diskriminering rörande etnicitet, genus och klass. Perspektivet, som har sin utgångspunkt i postkolonialism och feminism, bidrar med kunskap kring problematiken i att utforma denna typ av reklam. Empi

Volunteer and service user organizations play an important role in order to meet the needs of marginalized people in Sweden. These organizations operate within civil society and are characterized by experiential knowledge and peer support. The purpose of this qualitative study was to gain knowledge on how a service user organization can organize their work as a means to offer support to marginaliz

The purpose of this study was to analyze how second-generation immigrants describe their identity formation in Swedish society, how the social environment influenced the identity formation and how labeling affect the process of identity creation. Our analysis is based on the globalization theory with its relevant theoretical concepts; hybridity, cultural and ethnical belonging and diaspora. The em

Authors: Andréa Porutis & Hanna Ström Title: “In my lap” – Social workers narratives of their work with domestic violence Supervisor: Eva Johnsson Assessor: Anders Östnäs [The aim of this qualitative study was to examine social workers experiences of their work with domestic violence. This was performed by taking part of the social workers narratives about their work through semi - structured

Syfte: Syftet är att utvärdera huruvida den auktoriserade revisorns intressenter har kvar samma förtroende för revisorn trots att den teoretiska utbildningen har minskat. Metod: Uppsatsens metod bygger på en kvalitativ forskningsmetod och det abduktiva tillvägagångssättet används. Insamlande av empiriskt material har skett ifrån 18 stycken artiklar och i form av 16 stycken icke-fysiska intervjuerPurpose: The purpose of the thesis is to evaluate whether the Certified Public Accountant’s stakeholders have the same trust for the accountant even though the theoretical educational qualification has decreased. Methodology: The method of the thesis is based on a qualitative research method and the abductive approach is used. Empirical material has been collected from 18 articles and by 16 non-p

Opening up your home to unaccompanied young refugees : A study about voluntary foster parents, their motives and commitment Migration politics in Sweden has shifted to a more restrictive stance in the past few years. Unaccompanied asylum-seeking minors are an especially vulnerable group that has been affected by this. Many of them find themselves in a difficult position when they turn 18, when th

Denna uppsats undersökte hur psykologer och tolkar upplever samarbetet sinsemellan inom ramen för barn- och ungdomshabilitering samt hur samarbetet kan utvecklas. Utifrån en tolkande hållning i likhet med tolkande fenomenologisk ansats genomfördes en tematisk analys utifrån semistrukturerade intervjuer med fyra legitimerade psykologer och fyra auktoriserade språktolkar. Resultatet sammanfattades iThis empirical study aspired to explore how registered psychologists and authorized interpreters perceived their collaboration in the children and adolescent habilitation center, and how this collaboration could be developed. After interviewing four registered psychologists and four authorized interpreters using semi-structured interviews, a thematic analysis was performed using an interpretative

The aim of the study was to investigate school counselors’ discretion and increase the knowledge of how it can approach and challenges it poses. Four school counselors’ were interviewed. To this study, I used semi-structured interviews. Themes such as large or limited discretion, relationship creation and trust emerged in the analysis. The study was empirically grounded and the results emphasized

The purpose of this study has been to look at four peoples life stories about their experiences of drug use over time as well as to share their individual attitudes, and possible experiences, of drug-related support and treatment. The life stories of these four people were collected through semi structured interviews, after which they were analyzed based on narrative aspects conveyed in their stor

Social adekvans är en rättfärdigande omständighet inom den juridiska disciplinen straffrätt. Den är inte lagstadgad utan har istället skapats av domstolen och vidare utvecklats i doktrinen. Uppsatsens syfte är att utreda definitionen av begreppet social adekvans och undersöka hur det tillämpas i praxis samt hur domstolens argumentation förs. Syftet är även att belysa problemen med begreppet, både

Idag är var tionde art i Sveriges skogar hotad. På Sveriges skogsägare vilar således ett stort ansvar för att bevara landets biologiska mångfald. Svenska Kyrkan har som Sveriges femte största skogsägare och på grund av sina värderingar möjlighet att göra stora insatser i arbetet för att bevara Sveriges skogsarter. I min studie har jag sett att Svenska Kyrkans arbete för att bevara biologisk mångfa

Abstract The purpose of this study is to create an understanding of how radical right-wing parties attract female votes, with a focus on the Swedish Democrats (SD) in Sweden. This party typically takes on a more critical approach against equality and their voters are mostly young, white men, which makes it interesting to study how they attract womens votes. By studying the Swedish Democratic women