Essays about: "‘femicide’"

Showing result 6 - 10 of 23 essays containing the word ‘femicide’.

  1. 6. Femicide as a Form of Gender-Based Violence Against Women in International Human Rights Law : Critique of Current Regulation and Suggestions for Future Development

    University essay from Örebro universitet/Institutionen för juridik, psykologi och socialt arbete

    Author : Fanny Johansson; [2022]
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  3. 7. The portrayal of femicides in Greek newspapers : A content analysis in a selection of Greek newspapers.

    University essay from Linköpings universitet/Tema Genus

    Author : Athanasia Giagkoudi; [2022]
    Keywords : Femicide; Greek newspapers; Gendered-based violence; content analysis; gender inequality; patriarchy; Greece; femicide articles;

    Abstract : The present study is examining the representation of femicides in a selection of Greek newspapers. The aim of the study is to examine how victims of femicide and their perpetrators are being represented in the selected newspapers, which cases are receiving more attention and if the understanding of femicide as a term and a phenomenon has changed the last two decades. READ MORE

  4. 8. Constructing sexual danger in the Spanish media: A mixed-method analysis of a high-profile, non-intimate femicide case in El País

    University essay from Malmö universitet/Institutionen för konst, kultur och kommunikation (K3)

    Author : Carlota Suros; [2021]
    Keywords : femicide; non-intimate femicide; sexual danger; stranger danger; women; media; Spain; mixed-method analysis; content analysis; frame analysis; journalism ethics; cautionary tales; violence against women; gender violence;

    Abstract : From January 2016 until August 2021, at least 436 women or girls have been deliberately murdered in Spain by men. Non-intimate femicide (and, particularly, murder committed by complete strangers to the victim, to which this study refers as “stranger femicide”) has historically been, and still is, the most covered type of femicide in the media. READ MORE

  5. 9. Femicides in Turkey : Understanding Femicides through the Social, Political, and Gendered Context

    University essay from Linköpings universitet/Institutionen för tema

    Author : Gül Akbal; [2021]
    Keywords : femicides; gender-based violence; discourse theory; critical discourse analysis; intersectionality; Turkey; decoloniality; resistance strategies;

    Abstract : Turkey and its authoritarian policies are in the headlines: the topic of Syrian refugees and the EU – Turkey deal, gross human rights violations, repression against opposition parties, and last but not least the withdrawal from the Istanbul Convention in March 2021. Heavy protests of feminist activist groups are demanding the end of gender-based violence and femicide. READ MORE

  6. 10. A comparative discourse analysis of honor-based violence in a Swedish media context

    University essay from Umeå universitet/Umeå centrum för genusstudier (UCGS)

    Author : Fredrik Larsson; [2021]
    Keywords : honor-related violence; honor culture; Sweden; majority; minority; violence; honor killings; kvinnomord; hedersvåld; hederskultur; hedersrelaterat våld; hedersmord;

    Abstract : This thesis aims to highlight the complexity of honor-related violence and femicide in Swedish society and how it is represented in media based on who the victim and perpetrator is depending on ethnic and religious backgrounds. The thesis will be based on a comparative discourse analysis of forty Swedish media articles concerning honor killings (hedersmord) and femicide (kvinnomord) in Swedish translated to English. READ MORE