Essays about: "women equal rights"

Showing result 16 - 20 of 56 essays containing the words women equal rights.

  1. 16. Social Change through Daily Life – An Exploratory Study on University Student Opinions on Personal Status Laws in Lebanon

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Centrum för Mellanösternstudier

    Author : Matthew Heinrichs; [2020]
    Keywords : Lebanon – Sectarianism – Personal Status Laws – Social Non-Movement – Youth – Social Change – Women; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : Recent studies have shown the discriminatory and patriarchal nature of personal status laws in Lebanon (Geagea et al. 2015; Mikdashi 2018b). READ MORE

  3. 17. The French politic of the veil in relation to International law : Analyzis of the politic of the veil in France

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

    Author : Akbar Abdul Rasul; [2020]
    Keywords : Islam; veil; niqab; hijab; burka ban; international law;

    Abstract : The Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) and other international conventions have been ratified by many countries, yet the basic freedoms established therein continue to be taken for granted. In recent years, the Islamic veil has been widely debated as an oppressive garment against Muslim women and a threat to Western secular democracy. READ MORE

  4. 18. Towards Positive Change, A Case of the Textile and Garment Industry Bangladesh

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

    Author : Richard Szubinski; [2020]
    Keywords : Textile and Garment Industry;

    Abstract : In 2013, the Rana Plaza Complex in Bangladesh collapsed claiming the lives of 1134 RMGworkers. This event ignited foreign stakeholders applying pressure on factories within the sectorto uphold adequete safety measures and address concerns over labour rights. READ MORE

  5. 19. The abolishment of the Lebanese marriage loophole – article 522. A qualitative social movement study that analyses and explores Lebanese women’s movement advocacy towards legislative changes and social change related to gender equality

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för globala studier

    Author : Donna Maria Maalouf; [2019-08-13]
    Keywords : Globala studier; global studies;

    Abstract : In Lebanon, women have a long history of organizing and working towards equal legislation for all, just as in other countries around the world. After several rounds of advocacy by actors from the Lebanese women's movement, the gender-discriminating article 522 from the penal code was abolished in the year 2017. READ MORE

  6. 20. The Two-Year Trap

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för globala studier

    Author : Regina Mattsson; [2019-08-08]
    Keywords : marriage migration; gendered citizenship; intimate partner violence; structural violence;

    Abstract : Marriage migration contests the normative boundaries of marriage and is therefore becoming object to vast regulations. The Swedish Alien Act’s two-year rule is one such regulation, that is implemented to weed out “fraudulent marriages” among marriage migrants. READ MORE