Essays about: "Muslim veil"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 10 essays containing the words Muslim veil.

1. 1. Resisting from within : Analysis of intersectional narratives in the "burkini" case in France

   University essay from Linköpings universitet/Tema Genus

   Author : Anne-Lise Denoeud; [2023]
   Keywords : Intersectionality; Burkini; Islamophobia; Muslim women; Gender; Race; White gaze; Anti-racism; Feminism; France; Intersectionnalité; Burkini; Islamophobie; Femmes musulmanes; Genre; Race; Regard blanc; Anti-racisme; Féminisme; France;

   Abstract : Since summer 2016 France has experienced several episodes of “moral panic” about a three-pieces swimsuit worn by Muslim women, the “burkini”, whether on the occasion of attempts to ban it from beaches, or on the opposite to allow it in the swimming pools. These Islamophobic expressions are part of a French history of shaping the figure of “Muslim women”, controlling their bodies through their clothing, from “veil” to “burkini”, and silencing them. READ MORE

3. 2. Silenced Detainees in Repressive Hijab : A Marxist Analysis of the Hijab of Afghan women in Sweden, the patriarchal coercion to veil, and the responsibility of the Swedish government

   University essay from Enskilda Högskolan Stockholm/Avdelningen för mänskliga rättigheter och demokrati

   Author : Alireza Asgari; [2022]
   Keywords : Veil; Sweden; Slöja; Afghan women; repressive Hijab; Muslim women; violations; Human Rights; multiculturalism; patriarchal structure; Marxist feminist; Swedish government;

   Abstract : This empirical research focuses on the subject of Hijab in Sweden. It demonstrates that Afghan (Muslim) women residing in Sweden do not consider the Hijab as an element of their culture/identity. READ MORE

4. 3. The Hijab Debate in Sweden

   University essay from Malmö universitet/Fakulteten för kultur och samhälle (KS)

   Author : Laurenta Kofrc; [2022]
   Keywords : Hijab; ban; Sweden; Muslim; covering; veil.;

   Abstract : The current debates on abolishing hijabs in the European Union have seen many countries absolish headscarves. Nations including France, Belgium, and Austria are among the countries that have banned hijabs in public spaces. However, in Sweden, various bills have been presented in the parliament. READ MORE

5. 4. Veiled Muslim women´s position and situation in the Swedish labor market: A socio-legal study on potential marginalizing structures within the Swedish labor market, and the role of law in facilitating the continued reproduction of these

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Rättssociologiska institutionen

   Author : Sarah Tegborg; [2020]
   Keywords : Social Sciences;

   Abstract : Previous research illustrates that Muslim minorities struggle to establish themselves in the European labor market. Veiled Muslim women appear to be a particularly disadvantaged group. Research regarding veiled Muslim women’s position and situation in the Swedish labor market is almost nonexistent. This study attempted to fill this knowledge gap. READ MORE

6. 5. The French politic of the veil in relation to International law : Analyzis of the politic of the veil in France

   University essay from Enskilda Högskolan Stockholm/Avdelningen för mänskliga rättigheter och demokrati

   Author : Akbar Abdul Rasul; [2020]
   Keywords : Islam; veil; niqab; hijab; burka ban; international law;

   Abstract : The Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) and other international conventions have been ratified by many countries, yet the basic freedoms established therein continue to be taken for granted. In recent years, the Islamic veil has been widely debated as an oppressive garment against Muslim women and a threat to Western secular democracy. READ MORE