Essays about: "Muslim women."

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1. 31. Reproducing gendered and orientalist narratives - The representation of Western IS-women in Swedish media

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

   Author : Natasja Bergström; [2020]
   Keywords : media representation; women; gender; political violence; ISIS; Islamic state; postcolonial feminism; narrative; orientalism; neo-orientalism; Law and Political Science; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : Development and international relations discourses have for a long-time represented women through dichotomous portrayals, either as liberated Western women or as oppressed Eastern women. The former being the heroic saviour of the latter. READ MORE

3. 32. Conditional Freedom: Identifying How Orientalism Informs Structural and Cultural Violence Towards Muslim Women in Turkey

   University essay from Malmö universitet/Fakulteten för kultur och samhälle (KS)

   Author : Yousor Akrawi; [2019]
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   Abstract : This thesis aims to point out the ways in which Muslim women who wear the headscarf are subject to cultural and structural violence, and to discuss how that violence is informed by Orientalism. The study answers the following question: How does Orientalism inform structural and cultural violence against the wearing of the headscarf by Muslim women in Turkey? The theoretical framework applied to this study explores Johan Galtung’s different forms of violence: structural and cultural violence. READ MORE

4. 33. A socio-legal study of the Swedish anti-discrimination policy and its implementation in the labour market : Discrimination against immigrants in the labour market and its affect

   University essay from Umeå universitet/Juridiska institutionen

   Author : Ahmedin Osman Ahmedin; [2019]
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   Abstract : Background: The point of departure for this study is that people with immigrant backgrounds are discriminated in the Swedish labour market and they are discriminated on several grounds. Discrimination is violation against human rights and it affects gender equality and integration policy negatively. READ MORE

5. 34. Microcredits and the empowerment of Muslim female entrepreneurs : A comparative study on conventional microcredits and Islamic microcredits in empowering Muslim female entrepreneurs in Tanzania.

   University essay from Linköpings universitet/Företagsekonomi; Linköpings universitet/Filosofiska fakulteten

   Author : Yahye Khalif; Liiban Cabdirisaaq; [2019]
   Keywords : Microfinance; Islamic microfinance; Microcredits; Women empowerment; Resources; Agency; Achievements; Voice; Self-esteem; Self-reliance; Muslim female entrepreneurship; Islamic belief; Interest in Islam; Tanzania;

   Abstract : Previous research has emphasized the importance of promoting female entrepreneurship in developing countries. Women often lack assets, financial history and are disadvantaged in acquiring wage-employment. In Tanzania, female entrepreneurs face these constraints when seeking resources for entrepreneurial purposes. READ MORE

6. 35. Blind to faith: Participation of faith leaders in a gender-based violence prevention project in Liberia

   University essay from Malmö universitet/Fakulteten för kultur och samhälle (KS)

   Author : Alice Keen; [2019]
   Keywords : Freire; participation; liberia; communication for development; faith; Gender; Gender-based violence; christian; muslim; interfaith;

   Abstract : Sexual and gender-based violence against women and girls is a major challenge across the world which requires engaged and sustained action to see change (Abramowitz and Moran, 2012). Communication for Development approaches are often used in GBV-prevention programmes because they provide a means of engaging people at a community-level, whether that is through one-way behaviour-change messages on mass media or through participatory community projects engaging people in dialogue. READ MORE