Essays about: "Meaning of abortion"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 7 essays containing the words Meaning of abortion.

  1. 1. When Symbols Strike : The role of symbols and visual media for online activism, networks, and connection in the Women’s Strike in Poland

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Medie- och kommunikationsvetenskap; Lunds universitet/Institutionen för kommunikation och medier

    Author : Gabriella Gut; [2021]
    Keywords : visuals; symbols; visual media; social movements; online activism; networks; connection; reproductive rights; feminism; solidarity; Women’s Strike; Poland; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : The case study in focus for this research is the Women’s Strike in Poland movement during its articulation in late 2020. This movement was organized to campaign for reproductive rights and women’s rights in Poland after a restrictive abortion law was proposed in 2016, put into motion in 2020, and passed in 2021. READ MORE

  3. 2. Reproductive Rights. A study of pro-choice activists in times of anti-gender ideology in Poland

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Graduate School; Lunds universitet/Master of Science in Social Studies of Gender

    Author : Zuzanna Ewa Gutowska; [2020]
    Keywords : reproductive rights; abortion; activism; social movements; hard-to-reach population; Polish Women’s Strike; pro-choice; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : Reproductive rights are an immanent part of human rights. In this thesis, I have conducted seven semi-structured interviews with Polish pro-choice and pro-abortion activists. READ MORE

  4. 3. Lack of Guidance or Unclear Law? A Study of Abortion in a Policy Process Context in Northern Ireland

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Sara Lykke Madsen; [2017]
    Keywords : abortion; policy process; problem representation; Northern Ireland; Carol Bacchi; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : In 2004, the Department of Health, Social Services and Public Safety in Northern Ireland (the DHSSPS) was ordered by the Court of Appeal to produce guidelines for healthcare professionals on the legal framework surrounding abortion in the region. The process, which came to last eleven long years, has been one characterised by intense struggle over meaning and been the main political battleground where the polarised opinions on abortion have been articulated. READ MORE

  5. 4. Genetic assessment of plant material for studies of the genetic causes to female biased sex ratios in Salix viminalis L.

    University essay from SLU/Department of Plant Biology (from 140101)

    Author : Amela Kujović; [2016]
    Keywords : sex ratio; willows; dioecy; white seeds; homozygosity; inbreeding;

    Abstract : Biased sex ratios are highly common among dioecious plants. Salix viminalis is a dioecious tree or a woody shrub that has an overall female biased sex ratio. READ MORE

  6. 5. The Army of God : An examination of religiously motivated violence from a psychology of religion perspective.

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Religionspsykologi

    Author : Sacharias Wirén; [2016]
    Keywords : Religiously motivated violence; social identity; sacred values; meaning-system; anti-abortion; religious fundamentalism; selective moral disengagement; staircase to terrorism;

    Abstract : The purpose of this qualitative study was to examine psychological processes that can contribute to religiously motivated violence from a psychology of religion perspective in relation to the collective meaning-system of the Christian militant anti-abortion movement the Army of God. The study applied a single-case design and the data was collected through semi-structured interviews with 3 prominent figures within Army of God, as well as through 43 qualitative documents and 4 autobiographical books. READ MORE