Essays about: "Women’s Empowerment."
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16. Breaking the Bell Jar: Teaching Sylvia Plath’s The Bell Jar and Feminist Literary Criticism to Upper Secondary School Students
University essay from Lunds universitet/EngelskaAbstract : This paper studies how Sylva Plath’s The Bell Jar can be read from a feminist perspective and, in turn, what some possible benefits and potential risks of teaching the novel and feminist literary criticism to upper secondary school students of English in Sweden are. This paper also discusses how the novel can be a means to discuss the fundamental values of upper secondary school, in terms of equality, but also the topic of mental health. READ MORE
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17. The challenges to women's empowerment within the context of menstrual seclusion : A minor field study in Nepal
University essay from Stockholms universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionenAbstract : This research paper examines how an empowerment perspective can provide insight into women’s citizenship in the context of menstrual seclusion. Within the field of development, the goal of many civil society actors is to empower women through their intervention efforts. READ MORE
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18. "Factors Affecting Women's Participation in Politics: A ComparativeStudy of Kenya, Rwanda, South Africa, and Uganda"
University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för samhällsstudier (SS)Abstract : This paper is a non-experimental descriptive comparative study of factors that affectwomen's representation in politics at the national level and also covers four countries: Kenya,Rwanda, South Africa, and Uganda. The study's primary purpose was to examine andunderstand factors within each case that affect women's political participation at the nationallevel based on why in some countries, women's political participation is seen as the leader inadvocating for gender equality. READ MORE
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19. Exploring Roma CSO’s Work on Empowering Reproductive Choices among Roma Women and Girls in Serbia
University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för kulturgeografi och ekonomisk geografi; Lunds universitet/LUMID International Master programme in applied International Development and ManagementAbstract : Reproductive choice, one’s ability to make informed decisions regarding sexual relations, contraceptive use, and reproductive health care, is not a given. Empowerment is considered a tool for improving women’s ability to make reproductive choices. However, it is a very context-specific approach needing contextual pathways of change. READ MORE
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20. Decentralization - a route towards gender balance in municipal politics? Decentralization and wider women representation in municipal assemblies: evidence across countries
University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionenAbstract : This paper explores the relationship between the level of decentralization and women's political participation in local politics. Using the OLS regression analysis I ask whether fiscal decentralization fosters more gender-balanced politics at the municipal level and whether the quality of public service serves as a mechanism through which the relationship works. READ MORE
