Essays about: "abolishment"

Showing result 11 - 15 of 42 essays containing the word abolishment.

  1. 11. The abolishment of the Lebanese marriage loophole – article 522. A qualitative social movement study that analyses and explores Lebanese women’s movement advocacy towards legislative changes and social change related to gender equality

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för globala studier

    Author : Donna Maria Maalouf; [2019-08-13]
    Keywords : Globala studier; global studies;

    Abstract : In Lebanon, women have a long history of organizing and working towards equal legislation for all, just as in other countries around the world. After several rounds of advocacy by actors from the Lebanese women's movement, the gender-discriminating article 522 from the penal code was abolished in the year 2017. READ MORE

  3. 12. Power dynamics and the construction of social categories among matchubes and rimbeh in Nokuta village, The Gambia – A qualitative case study

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Sociologi

    Author : Isabella Sjölander Thunberg; [2019]
    Keywords : social stratification caste; matchube; dimo rimbeh; social categories; categories of difference; descent-based discrimination; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : Like many other West African countries, The Gambia faces challenges regarding discrimination based on descent, which relates to the inherited disadvantage of being born into a specific group (RADDHO & IDSN, 2012). This sociological case study has the analytical purpose of discussing the case of social stratification and descent-based discrimination in the Fulani village of Nokuta in The Gambia. READ MORE

  4. 13. Protection of Women in the Sex Industry- A Comparative Study of Sweden's and Canada's Prostitution Legislations

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

    Author : Emma Fröberg; [2019]
    Keywords : Prostitution; Sweden; Canada; The Sex Purchase Law; Bill C-36; Protection;

    Abstract : The purpose of this thesis is to come to an understanding of the reasoning behind the enactments of Sweden's Sex Purchase law and Canada's Bill C-36. Furthermore, to discuss how the two legislations regarding prostitution have changed the protection for women in the sex industry. READ MORE

  5. 14. The Swedish Housing Market, An Analysis of two Different Policy-Induced Shocks to the Swedish Fundamental House Prices

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Nationalekonomiska institutionen

    Author : Arvid Lodén; Johan Persson; [2019]
    Keywords : Fundamental house prices; macroprudential policies; interest deduction; property tax; Business and Economics;

    Abstract : This paper presents an analysis of two different policy-induced shocks to the Swedish housing market. An abolishment of the interest deduction and a reintroduced property tax. The paper closely follows the methodology presented by Bergman and Sørensen (2016). READ MORE

  6. 15. The Legal Framework Regulating Polygamy in Ethiopia: An Assessment In Light of Liberal Feminist Legal Theory and International Human Rights Law

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Juridiska institutionen; Lunds universitet/Juridiska fakulteten

    Author : Dureti Fulas; [2018]
    Keywords : Polygamy; Ethiopia s legal framework; International Human Rights standards; Liberal feminist legal perspective; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : This thesis examines the Ethiopian laws governing polygamy in light of international human rights law standards and liberal feminist legal perspective. The international human rights law regime calls for the abolishment of polygamy through general comments/recommendations issued by the CEDAW and ICCPR treaty bodies. READ MORE