Essays about: "Post colonial feminist theory"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 8 essays containing the words Post colonial feminist theory.

1. 1. Gender-based violence against Women with Disabilities in Uganda - A qualitative study about how local organizations are working with the issue

   University essay from Lunds universitet/LUMID International Master programme in applied International Development and Management

   Author : Klara Bengtsson; [2023]
   Keywords : Social Sciences;

   Abstract : Gender-based violence (GBV) is both a human right violation, a threat to develop-ment and a global health issue. Women with disabilities (WWD) are a group more exposed to GBV. However, research has been scarce about WWD and GBV, espe-cially in the Global South. READ MORE

3. 2. Feminist Revolutionary Advocacy in the Afghanistan Conflict Context : A Qualitative Content Analysis of a Political Feminist Organization RAWA’s Documents and Statements

   University essay from Malmö universitet/Institutionen för globala politiska studier (GPS)

   Author : Pinja Suorsa; [2023]
   Keywords : Afghanistan s conflicts; Post-colonial feminism; Third World Women; Orientalism; Qualitative content analysis;

   Abstract : This study explores how feminism and women’s rights as concepts can look in Afghanistan and how a political organization RAWA interprets them. This study focuses on specific armed conflict contexts in Afghanistan, and it was chosen because women’s rights have been violated by many actors in the conflicts. READ MORE

4. 3. The Meaning of Gender Issues as Narrated and Negotiated by Activists in Mozambique

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Mänskliga rättigheter

   Author : Karina Squiassi; [2022]
   Keywords : Civil society in Mozambique; Civil society in Africa; post-colonial feminism; feminist participatory democracy; gender relations; women’s human rights; rights communication.; Law and Political Science;

   Abstract : Feminist activism in Mozambique has suffered dramatic changes throughout the many socio-political processes the country has encountered. Consequently, the activists in civil society still struggle to fight against patriarchal oppression, political repression, and socio-cultural norms that hinder women's full realization of their rights. READ MORE

5. 4. Representation of the “Other” - Discourse of female circumcision in the Journal for Midwives

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

   Author : Anna-Kaisa Dele; [2020]
   Keywords : female genital mutilation cutting; FGM FGC; postcolonialism; midwifery; critical discourse analysis; representation; female circumcision;

   Abstract : This thesis studied the representation of female circumcision by analysing 32 articles published during the 21st century in The Journal for Midwives, the union journal of the Federation of Finnish Midwives. With critical discourse analysis, through post-colonial feminist theory, the thesis researched the ways the journal is contributing to the creation of readers’ bias regarding circumcised women and their sexuality. READ MORE

6. 5. “I Try to be Modern” – Identity Formation Between Tradition and Modernity Among Young Women in Hanoi

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Graduate School; Lunds universitet/Master of Science in Development Studies; Lunds universitet/Institutionen för kulturgeografi och ekonomisk geografi

   Author : Alma Wallengren; [2017]
   Keywords : Modernity; Globalization; Development; Post-colonialism; Vietnam; Identity; Women’s Role; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : Since 1986, the Vietnamese socialist state has gradually opened towards the global market. Subsequently, socialist modernity may increasingly be outrivaled by the individualistic culture associated with global capitalism which is now gaining ground in Vietnam, especially among the urban middle-class who can easily access it. READ MORE