Essays about: "‘femicide’"

Showing result 21 - 23 of 23 essays containing the word ‘femicide’.

1. 21. Violence against women and femicides: Evaluation of legislation to end it in Guatemala

   University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för globala studier

   Author : Josephine Rubia Johansson; [2014-03-20]
   Keywords : Violence Against Women; Femicides; Legislation; Guatemala;

   Abstract : Currently, Guatemala is after El Salvador the country where most women are being murdered per capita in the world. In 2008, the Guatemalan Congress approved the Law Against Femicide and Other Forms of Violence Against Women (Decree 22-2008). READ MORE

3. 22. Violence against Women and Economic Globalization: Case Study of Ciudad Juarez, Mexico

   University essay from Statsvetenskap; Filosofiska fakulteten

   Author : Verdinand Robertua; [2012]
   Keywords : International Political Economy; Sexual Harassment; Mexico;

   Abstract : This thesis will look at the international political economy of violence against women. The drastic increase of the case women murder (femicide) in Mexico since 1993 has attracted worldwide attention. It will focus on the influence of international economic institutions (e.g. READ MORE

4. 23. Femicides in Guatemala - A study of gender based violence and the construction of female identities.

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

   Author : Anne Gotfredsen; [2008]
   Keywords : femicide; gender; identity; power; conflict; Political and administrative sciences; Statsvetenskap; förvaltningskunskap; Law and Political Science;

   Abstract : Femicides, the crime where women are murdered because they are women are increasing in Guatemala. Everyday two women are brutally killed in the country, without almost any efforts to stop it or find the perpetrators. READ MORE