Essays about: "feminist institutionalism."

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1. 1. Challenging Assumptions: Unveiling the Effects of Political Ideology on the Implementation of the Women, Peace and Security (WPS) Agenda

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för freds- och konfliktforskning

   Author : Daike Möhrle; [2023]
   Keywords : Women; Peace and Security; WPS Implementation; National Action Plans; political ideology; Feminist Institutionalism; institutional norms; gender inequality;

   Abstract : Twenty-three years after the ground-breaking UN Resolution 1325, the goal of worldwide gender equality is still not achieved. This paper investigates how a government's political ideology is related to its Women, Peace and Security (WPS) approach. READ MORE

3. 2. Using Gender Quotas to Legitimise Non-Democracies : A critical discourse analysis of the Algerian gender quota

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

   Author : Cajsa Hemström; [2023]
   Keywords : gender quota; autocratic gender-washing; feminist institutionalism; Algeria; critical discourse analysis; gender reform; WPP;

   Abstract : This thesis examines a gender quota in Algeria to determine if signs can be found that it was adopted to improve the regime’s image, rather than to empower women. Such symbolic gender reforms are also known as autocratic gender-washing and are problematic as they are generally viewed as democratisation efforts but have no such effect. READ MORE

4. 3. The shadow pandemic : a feminist institutional perspective on civil society's work on gender-based violence in post COVID -19 South Africa

   University essay from Enskilda Högskolan Stockholm/Avdelningen för mänskliga rättigheter och demokrati

   Author : Louise Lindfors; [2023]
   Keywords : Gender-based violence; institutional feminism; CSO civil society organizations; grassroot activists; South Africa;

   Abstract : This field study is a thematic and feminist institutionalist analysis on how the civil society and grassroot activists in Gauteng province, South Africa, has been affected and mitigated during and after the COVID -19 pandemic in their work against gender-based violence. The data consist of five semi structured interviews with primary sources, divided in the two sub-groups of activists and formal NGO representatives. READ MORE

5. 4. The Women, Peace and Security Agenda in Sweden and South Korea - A comparison of the Political Process of the WPS agenda and National Action Plans

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Graduate School

   Author : Su Hyeon Lee; [2023]
   Keywords : WPS agenda; National Action Plans; Global North; Feminist Institutionalism; development cooperation; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : The study investigated how the political process of the Women, Peace and Security (WPS) agenda differs between South Korea and Sweden. Through the document analysis and the expert interviews, the research explored the formal and informal institutional dynamics that influence the development and implementation of National Action Plans (NAPs) and the WPS agenda. READ MORE

6. 5. Understanding the non-removal of §219a of the German penal code : A process tracing study of the power struggle over abortion regulation in a confessional/secular government coalition

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

   Author : Joel Svensson; [2022]
   Keywords : Feminist institutionalism; Germany; coalition government; SPD; CDU CSU; Union; abortion law; feminist policy change; policy failure; abtreibung; §219a;

   Abstract : In 2017 an old law recirculated in Germany which illegalized doctors from informing about abortion other than verbally in person. According to previous research on feminist policy change, a removal (liberalization), of the law hinges on: the presence of an autonomous feminist organization, if civil society, norms and a political majority supports the removal. READ MORE