Essays about: "CEDAW"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 46 essays containing the word CEDAW.

  1. 1. ”CEDAW IS OUR HOLY TEXT, OUR HOLY BOOK” Combating gender-based violence in a de facto state: The case of Iraqi Kurdistan

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Såma Salih; [2023-08-31]
    Keywords : ;

    Abstract : The Kurdistan region in Iraq, also known as KRI, has gained semi-independence over the decades and is today recognized in the Iraqi constitution as an autonomous part of the federal country. While still belonging to Iraq, it has been declared that the KRI performs better than its parent state in terms of security, stability and promoting international norms such as gender equality. READ MORE

  3. 2. Addressing the Gap : Examining the Inadequacy of International Legal Frameworks in Protecting Women from Discrimination during Armed Conflicts.

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Teologiska institutionen

    Author : Bitota Mudibu Sparf; [2023]
    Keywords : DRC; Gender-based violence; Gender performativity; Structural discrimination; CEDAW;

    Abstract : This study examines sexual violence against women in armed conflict settings as a form of discrimination within the framework of CEDAW. Informed by Judith Butler's theory of Gender Performativity emphasizes that gender is socially constructed. READ MORE

  4. 3. Artificial Intelligence and Gender Equality: A Study on Legal Scholars’ Understanding of Gender Discrimination and Suggested Solutions

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Juridiska institutionen; Lunds universitet/Juridiska fakulteten

    Author : Elsa Alkan Olsson; [2022]
    Keywords : Artificial Intelligence; Gender-based discrimination; Human Rights; CEDAW; Substantive Equality; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : The thesis aims to identify the dominant narrative within the legal research field of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and discuss the merit of the prevalent solutions offered by scholars in relation to substantive gender equality. The thesis finds the solutions from a systematic legal literature review covering AI and gender. READ MORE

  5. 4. 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

  6. 5. The impact of Framing the laws of President Mahmoud Abbas and its relation to the Palestinian woman : A discourse study on banners in photographs published on the ضد اتفاقیة سیداو ‘Against CEDAW Convention’ Facebook page regarding the Framing of President Mahmoud Abbas’ laws

    University essay from Stockholms universitet/Institutionen för Asien- och Mellanösternstudier (IAM)

    Author : Nour Albobali; [2022]
    Keywords : CEDAW; Islam; Woman; Palestine;

    Abstract : The aim of this study is to investigate the Framing which appears on the banners which were used in two protests in west bank / Palestine 12 October 2020 and 31 August 2020, and which appeared in photographs published in ضد اتفاقیة ضد اتفاقیة سیداو ‘Against CEDAW Convention’ [My translation] Facebook page. (From the hereon, these will refer to as ‘the banners’) The banners targeted the draft of The Family Protection Laws. READ MORE