Essays about: "Woman and Human rights"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 33 essays containing the words Woman and Human rights.

  1. 1. ”Which way, western woman?” : An Intersectional Multimodal Critical Discourse Analysis on the portrayals of women on YouTube web-TV channel ’Riks’

    University essay from Enskilda Högskolan Stockholm/Avdelningen för mänskliga rättigheter och demokrati

    Author : Maria Kjellgren; [2023]
    Keywords : Digital Nationalism; Intersectionality; Feminism; Critical Multimodal Discourse Analysis; Sweden Democrats; Social Media Studies; YouTube; Human Rights;

    Abstract : In Sweden, the web-TV channel Riks which is a media initiative on YouTube by nationalist political party Sweden Democrats, has gained popularity contributing to the normalization of nationalist discourses. The aim of this study is to analyze how the discursive and visual construction and representation of women on Riks are created in nationalist discourse. READ MORE

  3. 2. Who is “woman”? : A Discourse Analysis of IOC Transgender Recommendations that are Governing Women Bodies in Elite Sport

    University essay from Malmö universitet/Institutionen för globala politiska studier (GPS)

    Author : Nada Parcina; [2023]
    Keywords : transgender; transwomen; International Olympic Committee; IOC transgender policies;

    Abstract : Abstract: The world of sport is a world of sex segregation. This is true both for the elite sport and for amateur sport. Only a handful of sport disciplines defy this norm. Historically, this segregation had roots in discrimination, sexism and chauvinism. READ MORE

  4. 3. Feminist Revolutionary Advocacy in the Afghanistan Conflict Context : A Qualitative Content Analysis of a Political Feminist Organization RAWA’s Documents and Statements

    University essay from Malmö universitet/Institutionen för globala politiska studier (GPS)

    Author : Pinja Suorsa; [2023]
    Keywords : Afghanistan s conflicts; Post-colonial feminism; Third World Women; Orientalism; Qualitative content analysis;

    Abstract : This study explores how feminism and women’s rights as concepts can look in Afghanistan and how a political organization RAWA interprets them. This study focuses on specific armed conflict contexts in Afghanistan, and it was chosen because women’s rights have been violated by many actors in the conflicts. READ MORE

  5. 4. The tale of having no control over your own body: Abortion and sex education in Poland

    University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för statsvetenskap (ST)

    Author : Oliwia Heintze; [2022]
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    Abstract : In November 2020 Constitutional Tribunal announced that it will start working on stricter abortion law in Poland. Poland has already one of the strictest abortion laws in the wholeEurope and this information and Constitutional’s Tribunal announcement created confusionamong the society. READ MORE

  6. 5. ‘The Gaps Between Stories’ : Examining the Gray Area of Sexual Consent in The Handmaid’s Tale

    University essay from Mittuniversitetet/Institutionen för humaniora och samhällsvetenskap

    Author : Paulina Sundqvist; [2022]
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    Abstract : This project’s aim was to examine how the institutionalization of rape and sexual violence becomes problematic if analyzed through the conceptual lens of consent and complicity. After this close reading of consent and sexual violence, the answers are still not clear or easily discerned. READ MORE