Essays about: "Kristina Olsson"

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  1. 6. Can Freedom Entitle Oppression?- A Feministic Analysis of the Veil as a Phenomenon in Secular Societies

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Kristina Olsson; [2007]
    Keywords : Feminism; Gender Discrimination; Islam; Secularity; Veil; Political and administrative sciences; Statsvetenskap; förvaltningskunskap; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : Abstract In Europe, equality between men and women is constitutionally protected and the member states of the European Union are obliged to counteract gender discrimination within their states both according to the Treaty of Rome and the European Convention on Human Rights. Over the last years there have been several debates in Europe about whether the Islamic veil is consistent with secularity and whether banning the veil within some institutions would be to violate the freedom of religion or not. READ MORE