Essays about: "Circumcision"

Showing result 16 - 20 of 23 essays containing the word Circumcision.

1. 16. Help or hinder? : Journalists affecting the future of female genital mutilation in a patriarchal society

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Teologiska institutionen

   Author : Sofia Hallonsten; [2016]
   Keywords : Female genital mutilation; female genital cutting; female circumcision; FGM; patriarchy; journalists; media; attitudes; subalternity; double bind; Kvinnlig könsstympning; kvinnlig omskärelse; patriarkat; journalist;

   Abstract : Is it possible to cover an issue as a journalist to the extent that you are practically a human rights activist, and still contribute to its continuation by unconsciously upholding the values causing the issue? This study asks the question if journalists help or hinder the elimination of female genital mutilation (FGM), and puts forth the thesis that journalists as a collective in fact are affecting the development more negatively through their attitudes than positively through their actions. The study consists of a theoretical analysis connecting to patriarchy and post-colonialism, and a field study from Tanzania where journalists are interviewed. READ MORE

3. 17. Why was Paul upset? (Gal. 2.11-14)

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Centrum för teologi och religionsvetenskap

   Author : Luka Hansen; [2014]
   Keywords : Paul; Peter; apostle; Antioch; church; Galatians; Zetterholm; Nanos; Dunn; Martyn; exegesis; Roman; Greek; Judaism; Gospel; new perspective on Paul; radical perspective on Paul; old perspective on Paul; Vestergaard; Philosophy and Religion;

   Abstract : The tension between Jews and Gentiles is a well-recorded and pregnant debate within the field of biblical exegesis today. One of the biblical passages that directly relates to this special situation, often labelled the ‘incident of Antioch’, is Gal 2.11-14. READ MORE

4. 18. When culture harms : A case study on Female Genital Mutilation in Ethiopia and reverberations felt in a wider context from a political and ethical perspective

   University essay from Sektionen för hälsa och samhälle (HOS)

   Author : Petra Spencer; [2012]
   Keywords : law; policy; genital mutilation; circumcision and culture;

   Abstract : Purpose and Questions: The purpose with this thesis is to explore why female genital mutilation (FGM) persist in Ethiopia, and secondly to explore reverberations felt in a wider context from a political and ethical perspective. The aim of this paper is not to argue that traditional female genital mutilation ought to be legalized, but to highlight the double standards of moral involved. READ MORE

5. 19. A religious child or a child of religious parents? : An analysis of the circumcision debate in Sweden

   University essay from Barn- och ungdomsvetenskapliga institutionen

   Author : Emilia Eriksson; [2012]
   Keywords : Circumcision; children’s rights; discourse analysis; categorization; ideological dilemma; interpretative repertoires; omskärelse; barns rättigheter; diskursanalys; kategorisering; ideologiskt dilemma; tolkande repertoarer;

   Abstract : This thesis set out to study the debate on circumcision of boys in Sweden. The study concerns itself with how categories and positions become rhetorical resources in the debate and how categories andpositions thus are made relevant. READ MORE

6. 20. Deomographic, socioecnomic and cultural determinant of HIV in Ethiopia

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Ekonomisk-historiska institutionen

   Author : Tewodros Tsegaye Gezahegn; [2010]
   Keywords : cultural socioeconomic and demographic variables.; logistic regression; sub-Saharan Africa; Key words: HIV AIDS; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : Abstract High prevalence of HIV/AIDS has been the most challenging problem in developing countries, especially in sub-Saharan Africa countries since when the epidemic is identified in the region. Ethiopia is classified in this region, where wide spread of HIV/AIDS currently manifested and hard hit by the epidemic . READ MORE