Essays about: "civil society oppression"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 11 essays containing the words civil society oppression.

  1. 1. Woven from Hundreds of Flowers : Religion, Conflict, and Collective Memory in Nepal as Seen Through Deepak Rauniyar’s Film White Sun

    University essay from

    Author : Zara Luna Hjelm; [2023]
    Keywords : Nepal; Nepali Civil War; Religion; Gender; Film; Film Theory;

    Abstract : This thesis examines how religious traditions, collective memory, and conflict are represented in the Nepali film White Sun (2016), which was co-written and directed by Deepak Rauniyar. The film focuses on an anti-regime partisan who returns home to the rural areas of Nepal to bury his father. READ MORE

  3. 2. ”Maybe one day, the spark will ignite:” A Cultural Analysis of the Historical and Contemporary Living Conditions of Roma People in Sweden

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Avdelningen för etnologi

    Author : Johanna Rundgren; [2023]
    Keywords : Roma ethnicity; discursive antiziganism; recognition; stigma; myths; legends; prejudice and stereotypes; discrimination; national minorities; Cultural Sciences;

    Abstract : For over five hundred years, the Roma people have been a part of Swedish society. During these five centuries their subsistence has been subjected to oppression, both institutional and civil. 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. 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

  6. 5. Act 140 as a securitization measure: A study on the shift from integration to repatriation in the Danish asylum system

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Rättssociologiska institutionen

    Author : Daljit Kaur Singh; [2019]
    Keywords : Asylum and Refugee Rights; the Refugee Convention; Nationalism; Securitization; Social Integration; Repatriation; Political Communities; Critical Discourse Analysis; Othering Narrative; Assimilation; Multiculturalism; Parliamentary Debates; Socio-Legal Research; Human Rights; Civil Rights; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : The Danish asylum system has experienced radical changes during 2019 in regards to asylum and refugee rights with the right-wing governing coalition’s introduction of Act 140. Central to Act 140 is the repatriation philosophy that is carried out in practice with an increased focus on temporary residency of refugees within the Danish asylum system as opposed to permanency. READ MORE