Essays about: "female in the military"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 24 essays containing the words female in the military.

1. 1. PERFORMING NEW FEMININITIES : Representations of YPJ female Kurdish fighters in the British news and in pro-Kurdish online media platforms.

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

   Author : STAVROULA TERZIDOU; [2023]
   Keywords : Kurdish women; YPJ; media; liberation struggle; identity; performativity; militarism; Democratic Confederalism;

   Abstract : The Syrian civil war has been one of the most complex armed confrontations in modern era. In thiscontext, the military participation of Kurdish female fighters of the YPJ Units has received globalmedia coverage. READ MORE

3. 2. The Overachievers : Female Recruits’ Everyday Experiences of Gender Norms in the Swedish Armed Forces

   University essay from Malmö universitet/Institutionen för globala politiska studier (GPS)

   Author : Selma Riemer; [2023]
   Keywords : Female conscripts; Swedish Armed Forces; Women and military culture; Gender norms and expectations;

   Abstract : The Swedish Armed Forces (SwAF) have been making internal efforts to enrol more women through changes in legislation and mandatory conscription, since the adoption of Resolution 1325 in the Swedish Parliament at the turn of the century. Since the alterations, an upward trend of female recruits as well as women making careers and reaching high ranking positions, has been identified. READ MORE

4. 3. An authentic military in general

   University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för företagande och ledning

   Author : Maria Lindholm; Agnes Munthe-Kaas; [2023]
   Keywords : Gender; Authentic Leadership; Military; Leadership; Norms;

   Abstract : The Swedish Armed Forces was the last ever organization in the history of the Swedish labor market to terminate a male occupational monopoly. Even though women have had the same opportunity as men to join the organization since 2017, they still constitute a vast minority. READ MORE

5. 4. Gender-Based Violence in Resettlement Camps: the Internally Displaced People of Northern Mozambique

   University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för samhällsstudier (SS)

   Author : Marta Pinhal Rocha; [2022]
   Keywords : Gender-Based Violence; Internally Displaced Girls and Women; Resettlement Camps; Mozambique; Cabo Delgado;

   Abstract : Gender-based violence has been widely used by various actors against the most vulnerable individuals in conflict-affected settings. Internally displaced girls and women are especially susceptible to suffer from this type of violence; nevertheless, they frequently choose not to report it. READ MORE

6. 5. Introducing women's political representation as an explanatory variable for aid utilization : An analysis of the influence of women's political representation on the utilization of foreign assistance

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

   Author : Ruth Björklöv; [2021]
   Keywords : Women ́s political representation; foreign aid; government expenditure; healthcare expenditure; education expenditure; military expenditure;

   Abstract : This thesis investigates how women's political representation influences foreign aid utilization. While recent contributions show that the impact of foreign aid is highly dependent on the recipient government, there is still limited research on the relationship between women's political representation and aid utilization. READ MORE