Essays about: "feminist framing"

Showing result 16 - 20 of 27 essays containing the words feminist framing.

  1. 16. Framing Kurdish Female Fighters : A qualitative content analysis of media representations of female fighters of Kobane in Arabic, Kurdish and Russian Media

    University essay from Södertörns högskola/Journalistik

    Author : Fereshteh Mohammadi; [2019]
    Keywords : Kurdish female fighters; Kobane; IS; Arabic media; Kurdish media; Russian media; media framing; orientalism; feminist theory on militarization and war; war and peace journalism theory;

    Abstract : With the uprising of the Arab Spring in Syria in 2011, a myriad of news articles covering Syrian people' protests were published in the international media. However, it was after the Islamic State’s (IS) attacks on Syria and accordingly, Rojava region ​– the ​Democratic Federation of Northern Syria, de facto Autonomous Region ​– in 2014, that the region became the attention center of the international media. READ MORE

  3. 17. Women and Peacebuilding in Rwanda and Sierra Leone : A comparative study of the impacts of United Nations Resolution 1325

    University essay from Södertörns högskola/Utveckling och internationellt samarbete

    Author : Sara Högberg; [2019]
    Keywords : Empowerment; Gender; Peacebuilding; Rwanda; Sierra Leone; UNSCR 1325; Women;

    Abstract : This study examines and problematizes how the Resolution 1325 has impacted women's inclusion in two developing countries. The study focuses on how the resolution 1325 has affected and increased women's inclusion in peacebuilding since the implementation in Rwanda (2009) and Sierra Leone (2010). READ MORE

  4. 18. Does Women Representation Matter? : A study of women MPs response to feminist demands in Uganda

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Janna Cederquist; [2019]
    Keywords : Uganda; substantive representation of women; gender; gender equality; women movements; MPs;

    Abstract : Scholars have been conflicted whether descriptive representation of women leads to substantive representation. A new way of measuring this relationship is through the relationship between women movements and female parliamentarians. READ MORE

  5. 19. Constructing #MeToo - A Critical Discourse Analysis of the German News Media's Discursive Construction of the #MeToo Movement

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

    Author : Wiebke Eilermann; [2018]
    Keywords : #MeToo; Critical Discourse Analysis; Media Coverage; Fairclough; Hashtag Movement; Feminism; Social Movements; Framing;

    Abstract : Purpose: The purpose of this thesis is to examine how German newspapers discursively constructed the #MeToo movement in order to determine whether the hashtag campaign was legitimized or delegitimized. The ideological construction can be seen as an indication of social change or respectively the upholding of the status quo in regard to gender equality. READ MORE

  6. 20. “Like Machines” in Thailand’s Seafood Industry

    University essay from Lunds universitet/LUMID International Master programme in applied International Development and Management; Lunds universitet/Institutionen för kulturgeografi och ekonomisk geografi

    Author : Matilda Dahlquist; [2017]
    Keywords : globalisation; gender; feminism; productive and reproductive work; social reproduction; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : This thesis seeks to answer the research question: How can we understand the experiences of Burmese female migrants working in Thailand’s seafood-industry through the lens of interdependent reproductive, productive and virtual economies? The purpose is to increase understanding of Burmese female migrants’ experiences, illustrating how these are influenced by complex social relations and power-dynamics. In doing so, this thesis aims to contribute to understanding of globalisation by revealing its uneven and oppressive material-symbolic effects. READ MORE