Essays about: "women equal rights"

Showing result 6 - 10 of 56 essays containing the words women equal rights.

1. 6. Abortion Legislation – What’s the problem represented to be? : A critical policy analysis of the US abortion bans and Human Rights

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

   Author : Emma Heinonen; [2023]
   Keywords : Abortion bans; abortion rights; human rights; problem representation; feminist theory;

   Abstract : Since the Supreme Court's decision of overturning Roe v. Wade’s protection of abortion in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization in 2022, multiple states in the U.S. READ MORE

3. 7. Gender roles in households : A case study on gender roles in households in northern Tanzania

   University essay from Jönköping University/HLK, Sustainable Societies (SUS)

   Author : Ottilia Lundh; [2022]
   Keywords : Case study; gender roles; Tarime; northern Tanzania; gender inequality; gender perspectives; Serengeti-Mara Ecosystem Project SEMA ; sustainable livelihoods; oppression; physical violence; female genital multination; household activities; education; gender equality.; Fallstudie; könsroller; Tarime; norra Tanzania; ojämlikhet mellan könen; genusperspektiv; Serengeti-Mara Ecosystem Project SEMA ; hållbar försörjning; förtryck; fysiskt våld; kvinnlig könsstympning; hushållsaktiviteter; utbildning; jämställdhet;

   Abstract : This case study investigates perspectives and changes in gender roles in household activities from a gender (in)equality context in Tarime, northern Tanzania. The participants in this study part-took in a previous project called the Serengeti-Mara Ecosystem Project (SEMA) which aimed to integrate gender perspectives and sustainable livelihoods in rural parts of Tarime. READ MORE

4. 8. Is marriage everything? Understanding shame and culture through bridal kidnapping in Kyrgyzstan

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Mänskliga rättigheter

   Author : Petricia Simone Veile Hansen; [2022]
   Keywords : bride kidnapping; shame-anxiety; victimisation; local; global; motherhood; ala Kachuu; Kyrgyzstan; life-history; qualitative research; ethnography; human rights.; Arts and Architecture;

   Abstract : 'Can it ever be okay to kidnap a wife?’ This thesis combined fieldwork observations with narrative interviews from twenty-two kidnapped women from an ethnographic four- month research stay in Kyrgyzstan. From a starting point, the thesis took a normative framework, understanding that everyone has the right to equal rights. READ MORE

5. 9. Where is the "New Woman"? A study of women characters in The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes and The Hound of the Baskervilles by Arthur Conan Doyle

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Engelska

   Author : Hanna Nilsson; [2022]
   Keywords : Sherlock Holmes; Women; Feminism; Languages and Literatures;

   Abstract : Detective stories are a common part of our society today through literature and television, and the most famous detective of all is undoubtedly Sherlock Holmes. The Sherlock Holmes stories narrate several mysteries set in the late 19th to mid 20th century, and through the mysteries a large number of men and women are presented. READ MORE

6. 10. Female Politicians Claiming their Equal Rights Towards Political Inclusion : A Qualitative Study of hindrances towards women’s political inclusion on a National and Devolved level in Kenya

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

   Author : Maja Otterstedt; [2022]
   Keywords : women’s political inclusion; decentralization; quotas; subnational and national level; Kenya;

   Abstract : This study investigates what factors impede women's ability to be included in politics in Kenya in light of reforms such as decentralization and electoral gender quotas. The Kenyan case highlights a paradox: reforms are progressive in reaching a more gender-balanced representation, including women from more levels of the country in the political sphere. READ MORE