Essays about: "herstory"

Found 3 essays containing the word herstory.

  1. 1. Viral Voices. Digital storytelling, women and HIV in Podcast Positivos: Mujeres VIHvas project

    University essay from Linköpings universitet/Forum för genusvetenskap och jämställdhet

    Author : Cristina Arcas Noguera; [2020]
    Keywords : HIV; AIDS; women; silence; voice; disclosure; hegemonic herstory; digital storytelling; performing narratives; intersectionality; cyborg; podcast;

    Abstract : Despite being considered as the most social infection, there is little data on HIV infection in women. Women have not been considered beyond their reproductive role as subjects with a sexuality that transcends the historical mandate of biological reproduction, maintaining a secondary role in the infection. READ MORE

  3. 2. INCLUDING HERSTORY IN HISTORY -A gender-based policy analysis of Participatory Rangeland Management in relation to Participation, Influence and Empowerment

    University essay from Örebro universitet/Institutionen för humaniora, utbildnings- och samhällsvetenskap

    Author : Aila Nilsson; [2020]
    Keywords : Participatory Rangeland Management PRM ; participation; influence; empowerment; women; gender-based WPR; feminist epistemology; development discourse;

    Abstract : This thesis examines how preparatory, policy and review documents of the Participatory Rangeland Management (PRM) in East Africa, problematize and represent the ‘problems’ which resulted in the design of the development program. The focus is on how these problematizations can hinder or facilitate participation, influence and empowerment of women and marginalized groups in decision-making processes. READ MORE

  4. 3. Empowering indigenous women in Guatemala– A qualitative study of the indigenous women’s ability to empowerthemselves in the department of Sololá, Guatemala

    University essay from Linköpings universitet/Nationalekonomi

    Author : Frida Lundström; Elin Morén; [2017]
    Keywords : Guatemala; empowerment; indigenous women; herstory; empowering women.;

    Abstract : Empowerment is a fundamental human right. The indigenous women in Guatemala, however, sufferfrom both gender and racial discrimination, which through history have un-empowered them. READ MORE