Essays about: "feminist foreign policy"
Showing result 21 - 25 of 40 essays containing the words feminist foreign policy.
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21. What Can a Small State Do? : Swedish Leadership in Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights in the United Nations
University essay from Uppsala universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionenAbstract : In the face of a global headwind against sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR), led by the Trump administration, Sweden has worked together with like-minded countries to keep ground in SRHR issues. The purpose of this thesis is to increase the knowledge about what strategies are available for small states to influence global policies in international organizations. READ MORE
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22. Empowering local women in peace processes : A case study on the Swedish Women's Mediation Network
University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för samhällsstudier (SS)Abstract : A variety of research has been done on why it is important to include local women in peace processes to gain a more sustainable peace. Despite this, there is a limited amount of information and research about women mediation networks and their aim to empower local women peacebuilders. READ MORE
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23. Participation vs Protection : A quantitative content analysis of ‘Women, Peace and Security’ in the Swedish statements in the United Nations Security Council 2017-2018
University essay from Uppsala universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionenAbstract : This paper takes its point of departure in the skewed attention towards the ‘protection’ of women rather than the ‘participation’ of women when talking about ‘Women, Peace &Security’ (WPS) in the UN Security Council. Given the centrality of Sweden, as the first country in the world with a feminist foreign policy, this thesis fills a gap in the current research as it investigates whether this skewed attention was reflected during Sweden’s time as a non-permanent member in the UNSC 2017-2018 or not. READ MORE
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24. A Girl Disciplined is A Girl Saved? Child Marriage Discourses in U.S. National, Foreign, and Immigration Policy
University essay from Malmö universitet/Fakulteten för kultur och samhälle (KS)Abstract : Child marriage, usually regarded as an issue pertaining to the non-‘developed’ parts of the world, can still be found in the United States (US), though efforts to combat it shape foreign policy goals. Is child marriage represented as a ‘problem’ in the same way internally as externally, and how do human rights play a role? Using Bacchi’s “What’s the Problem Represented to be?” approach, the problem representations emerge, showing that child marriage functions as a ‘solution’ to welfare ‘problems’ in national policy, as an obstacle to economic prosperity in foreign policy; and as a ‘foreign’ culture ‘problem’ in immigration policy. READ MORE
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25. Normative Gender Power Europe? A critical examination of the European Commission’s construction of inequality and preferred foreign policy approach
University essay from Malmö universitet/Fakulteten för kultur och samhälle (KS)Abstract : Gender equality is one of the fundamental values of the European Union (EU). The EU possesses the ambition as well as the legal obligation to promote equal rights beyond its borders. READ MORE