Essays about: "gendered citizenship"

Showing result 6 - 8 of 8 essays containing the words gendered citizenship.

  1. 6. "Everything is because of my husband"

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen; Lunds universitet/Mänskliga rättigheter

    Author : Annika Skogar; [2013]
    Keywords : Political Representation; Voting behaviour; Women; India; Citizenship; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : The political participation of women is an important indicator of the degree of gender equality in certain country. In India, which is often referred to as the world’s largest democracy, the national parliament consists of only 11 % women. READ MORE

  3. 7. Marrying from 'Asia' to Singapore: gendered and ethnicized citizenship

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Graduate School; Lunds universitet/Master of Science in Social Studies of Gender

    Author : Tingting Chen; [2010]
    Keywords : Economic difficulties; the Nation; Reproduction; Foreign bride; Citizenship; Narrative; Discourse; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : This thesis is to look into media representation on issues that involve female marriage migrants, in particular, in relation to citizenship, in Singapore, one of the most popular destinations of marriage migration in Asia. Categorized and labeled as “foreign brides” in Singapore, these foreign-born women have long suffered from biased or one-dimensional representation in the local media, particularly, when the representation denotes to their citizenships. READ MORE

  4. 8. What are feminist fussing about? : Feminists attempts for full Citizenship

    University essay from IHH, Statsvetenskap

    Author : Ida Claesson; [2008]
    Keywords : Citizenship; Feminism; Gender; Inclusion; Exclusion;

    Abstract : Is citizenship gendered? The answer to this question for most feminist theorists has to be a resounding ‘yes’. For them citizenship has always been gendered in the sense that women and men have stood in different relationship to it, to the disadvantage of women. In recent years citizenship has been combined to gender by a number of feminists. READ MORE