Essays about: "Feminist Security Studies"

Showing result 16 - 20 of 22 essays containing the words Feminist Security Studies.

  1. 16. Deconstructing Discourse: Gender and Operational Effectiveness in the Swedish Armed Forces

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen; Lunds universitet/Master of Science in Global Studies; Lunds universitet/Graduate School

    Author : Frida Steen; [2015]
    Keywords : Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : Fifteen years after the adoption of UNSCR 1325, the resolution and its effects remains contested. Sweden, a champion of gender equality, was one of the first countries to adopt a National Action Plan and is now leading the push for worldwide implementation of UNSCR 1325. READ MORE

  3. 17. Practice what you preach- A Critical Discourse Analysis on Gender Implementation Issues of the UN

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Sofia Rubertsson; [2014]
    Keywords : United Nations; Force Intervention Brigade; Feminist Security Studies; Gender Stereotypes; Democratic Republic of the Congo; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : This Bachelor thesis critically studies how women’s identities are constructed in resolutions put together by the United Nations. The thesis focuses on three Resolutions on Democratic Republic of the Congo, (RES/2053(2012))(RES/2098(2013) and (RES/2147(2014) in order to highlight how women are being portrayed in new mandates given to intervention forces. READ MORE

  4. 18. Are Women Not Terrorists?

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen; Lunds universitet/Mänskliga rättigheter

    Author : Caroline Sundberg; [2014]
    Keywords : Gender Stereotypes; Terrorism; Feminist Security Studies; Critical Terrorism Studies; Beautiful Soul; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : This bachelor thesis critically explores and deconstructs the commonplace position that a terrorist is typically a radical man rather than a woman. This stereotypical construction is explored in the context of the United Nations’ (UN) Counter-Terrorism Strategy through the perspective of Feminist Security Studies and Critical Terrorism Studies. READ MORE

  5. 19. Female Maquila Workers in Nicaragua - How can the State Enhance the Women’s Human Security?

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen; Lunds universitet/Master of Science in Global Studies; Lunds universitet/Graduate School

    Author : Mareike Fehling; [2013]
    Keywords : Nicaragua; maquila; female workers; human security; gender; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : This thesis explores the insecurities of female maquila workers in Nicaragua in order to derive policy implications for the Nicaraguan state. These workers are deeply embedded in gendered and neoliberal structures of the global political economy. READ MORE

  6. 20. Gender-based violence in societies under pressure -An analysis of how external conditions and internal relations are connected

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Mänskliga rättigheter

    Author : Joel Borgström; [2008]
    Keywords : Gender-based violence; Security; Structural Violence; Palestine; Tsunami; Nationalism; Gender studies; Genusvetenskap; Human rights; Mänskliga rättigheter; Social Sciences; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : The purpose of this paper is to investigate possible reasons for increased levels of gender-based violence within societies put under pressure. I will carry out this aim through using three theoretical dimensions related to structural violence, feminist critique of traditional perceptions of security and theories concerning gender and nationalism. READ MORE