Essays about: "Mayan women"

Found 5 essays containing the words Mayan women.

  1. 1. "Reencountering our ways": A discourse analysis of indigenous women's work for their individual rights within the Mayan systems in Guatemala.

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för globala studier

    Author : Maya Pérez Aronsson; [2013-10-11]
    Keywords : Human Rights; Women’s Rights; Indigenous Peoples Rights; Legal Pluralism; Latin America; Fairclough; Critical Discourse Analysis; Three-dimensional Model;

    Abstract : Legal pluralism, the co-existence of several legal systems within the same state, exists in most countries in the world. This existence of parallel legal systems can enhance women’s access to justice, for example if these legal institutions are located closer to the women in the rural areas or if the representatives speak the same language as the women. READ MORE

  3. 2. Nejayote produced at household level by Mayan women in Guatemala : is it a threat to aquatic ecosystems or a resource for food security?

    University essay from Sektionen för lärande och miljö

    Author : Luisa Cifuentes de Gramajo; [2011]
    Keywords : Nejayote; Nixtamalization; Mayan women; Pollutant;

    Abstract : The aim of this study was to find out if nejayote produced at household level in Guatemala represents a threat to aquatic ecosystems and, if so, propose sustainable processing, reuse and disposal methods. First, all aspects related to nejayote production were explored. READ MORE

  4. 3. Doing Development Right. Rights-Based Development and the NGO Agenda - a Case Study from Guatemala

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Mänskliga rättigheter; Lunds universitet/Centrum för teologi och religionsvetenskap

    Author : Klara Jamison Gromark; [2009]
    Keywords : Guatemala; SOIR; IM; Indigenous Women´s Rights; Human Rights; Rights-Based Approach RBA ; Development; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : Since the beginning of the new millennium the Rights-Based Approach (RBA) to development has come to influence the international development agenda, challenging the traditional charity model and the Basic Needs Approach (BNA). A large theoretical literature can be found on RBA, as well as training material and handbooks for development practitioners. READ MORE

  5. 4. Femicides in Guatemala - A study of gender based violence and the construction of female identities.

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Anne Gotfredsen; [2008]
    Keywords : femicide; gender; identity; power; conflict; Political and administrative sciences; Statsvetenskap; förvaltningskunskap; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : Femicides, the crime where women are murdered because they are women are increasing in Guatemala. Everyday two women are brutally killed in the country, without almost any efforts to stop it or find the perpetrators. READ MORE

  6. 5. Access to Justice-with the focus on indigenous law

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Juridiska institutionen

    Author : Asa Bjorklund; [2003]
    Keywords : Folkrätt; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : The purpose of this thesis is to explore whether access to justice in Guatemala can be provided for the Mayan population by the use of their own justice system and what the consequences of its application would be. Prohibiting factors are economical, geographical, linguistic, cultural and institutional in nature. READ MORE