Essays about: "discourse analysis gender equality"
Showing result 16 - 20 of 123 essays containing the words discourse analysis gender equality.
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16. T HE GENDER EQUALITY CHARADE A Critical Perspective on the Adoption and Implementation of 40/60 Gender Quota in Malawi
University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för kulturvetenskaperAbstract : While gender quotas have been widely adopted by countries around the world as an affirmative action to enhance women’s participation and representation in politics and other public spheres, the impact of the phenomenon continue to vary across national borders. Notably, substantive research suggests that gender quotas promote representational equality and improve women's participation in politics and other spheres of public life. READ MORE
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17. To a Gender Equal Policy Plan and Beyond - Breaking the binary in gender policy making
University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för kulturvetenskaperAbstract : The main aim of this pilot research is to write a set of recommendations aimed at guiding international organisations in making gender equality policy plans following a gender non-binary perspective. The definitions of gender equality used by most organisations and governments - in the past few decades - do not encompass a whole range of people, who take part in society, but are not represented nor protected by reforms and policies. READ MORE
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18. “Smart economics” within Family Planning : An analysis of the framings of Family Planning initiatives and their relation to “smart economics”
University essay from Uppsala universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionenAbstract : This study examines a chosen set of prominent actors within family planning initiatives aimed toward the global South to find out if there are traces of “smart economics” within the framings of the initiatives. The smart economic framework has received critique for instrumentalising women and using gender equality as a tool rather than a goal. READ MORE
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19. A for Effort : A Study of How Organizations That Receive State Funding for Gender Equality Work in Sweden Understand Intersectionality
University essay from Umeå universitet/Umeå centrum för genusstudier (UCGS)Abstract : This thesis, titled A for Effort, examines how three organizations that are granted state funding by the Swedish Gender Equality Agency understand the concept of intersectionality. The understandings are put in relation to previous understandings of the concept, for example the feminist debate of its advantages and disadvantages. READ MORE
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20. 'Men in Grey Suits': Androcentric Language in the House of Commons : A Corpus-Assisted Feminist Critical Discourse Analysis
University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för språk (SPR)Abstract : Whilst the number of women in the British Parliament increases in line with social progress towards gender equality, androcentric language use in the House of Commons prevails and perpetuates a harmful outdated hierarchical order of gender. The aims of this study are two-fold, (1) to gain insight into how androcentric occupational titles are used to negotiate the hierarchical structure of the Chamber, (2) to explore how MPs’ male bias is reflected by their use of androcentric generic nouns. READ MORE
