Essays about: "VAW"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 11 essays containing the word VAW.

1. 1. “It’s not a compliment! It’s a crime” : How young women in the UKare talking about street harassment

   University essay from Umeå universitet/Umeå centrum för genusstudier (UCGS)

   Author : Mullane Nicole; [2021]
   Keywords : men’s violence against women; street harassment; sexual harassment; public space; fear and safety work; gender relations; feminist phenomenology; collective story telling; Sarah Everard; United Kingdom;

   Abstract : This study explores experiences of public sexual harassment among young women in the UKin light of a renewed focus on violence against women after Sarah Everard was raped andmurdered while walking home during lockdown. Thirteen young women were interviewed while this case dominated British media and public debate. READ MORE

3. 2. Important system updates needed! : Masculinised logics and gendered path dependence in the European Union’s cybercrime institutions

   University essay from Försvarshögskolan

   Author : Felicia Rhedin; [2020]
   Keywords : cybersecurity; cybercrime; European Union; EU; EC3; feminist institutionalism; path dependence; cyber violence; VAW; VAWG; cybersäkerhet; cyberbrottslighet; EU; feministisk institutionalism; stigberoende; cybervåld;

   Abstract : This thesis approaches the EU’s cybersecurity discourse from a feminist angle, using a theoretical perspective based on feminist institutionalism and path dependence. The aim is to explore what conceptual logics make it possible for the EU to conceptualise cybersecurity and -crime “problems” in a genderblind way. READ MORE

4. 3. WOMEN’S CIVIL SOCIETY AND COUNTRIES’ SUPPORT OF SUPRANATIONAL POLICY CONCERNING VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN A quantitative analysis of countries’ ratification of the Istanbul Convention

   University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

   Author : Tove Gustafsson; [2019-08-27]
   Keywords : Violence against women; Women’s participation in civil society; Istanbul Convention;

   Abstract : Violence against women (VAW) is a societal problem and a violation of human rights. It is crucial that governments act on the oppression that women face for being women. There has been a lack of a coherent legal system across Europe on VAW. READ MORE

5. 4. Assessing the Impact of Gender Sensitive Truth Commissions : Comparative analysis of South Africa and Sierra Leone

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för freds- och konfliktforskning

   Author : Masumi Honda; [2019]
   Keywords : transitional justice; truth commission; gender; women s security;

   Abstract : Much has been studied about the impact of transitional justice mechanisms as well as gendered impactof armed conflict. However, less is known about the gendered impact of transitional justice, includingtruth commissions. READ MORE

6. 5. WOMEN’S AWARENESS OF LEGISLATION ON VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN ACROSS THE EUROPEAN UNION: A SECONDARY DATA ANALYSIS OF THE 2012-FRA-VAW SURVEY

   University essay from Malmö universitet/Fakulteten för hälsa och samhälle (HS)

   Author : Sofia Wittmann; [2019]
   Keywords : Legislation; Quantitative Analysis; Violence Against Women; Women’s Awareness; 2012-FRA-VAW-Survey;

   Abstract : Violence against women (VAW) is the most prevalent human rights violation of our time, rooted in women’s unequal status in society. Aim: The present study investigated women´s awareness of preventative and protective legislation on domestic violence and women´s awareness of campaigns against VAW across the EU. READ MORE