Essays about: "honor culture"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 7 essays containing the words honor culture.

  1. 1. A comparative discourse analysis of honor-based violence in a Swedish media context

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

    Author : Fredrik Larsson; [2021]
    Keywords : honor-related violence; honor culture; Sweden; majority; minority; violence; honor killings; kvinnomord; hedersvåld; hederskultur; hedersrelaterat våld; hedersmord;

    Abstract : This thesis aims to highlight the complexity of honor-related violence and femicide in Swedish society and how it is represented in media based on who the victim and perpetrator is depending on ethnic and religious backgrounds. The thesis will be based on a comparative discourse analysis of forty Swedish media articles concerning honor killings (hedersmord) and femicide (kvinnomord) in Swedish translated to English. READ MORE

  3. 2. State Responsibility for Eliminating Violence against Women with a Focus on Afghanistan

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Juridiska institutionen

    Author : Marjillah Akbary; [2019]
    Keywords : Women Rights; State Responsibility; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : Violence against women is a serious human rights violation and a major cause of reduced of life, distress, injury and death for female. According to World Health Organization, 1 in 3 women around the world experience physical or sexual violence, mostly by an intimate partner. READ MORE

  4. 3. A Woman's Truth : Four Women's Personal Stories of Being Victims of Honor-Related Violence

    University essay from Institutionen för samhällsstudier (SS)

    Author : Avesta Mirza; [2013]
    Keywords : Honor; violence; patriarchy; women; culture; honor crimes;

    Abstract : Honor related violence has become a recognized abuse all over the world and violence against women carried out by the men in their families is and has always been a resurfacing problem in all societies. This paper will focus on the problems which relate to cultures where honor related violence is a more common practice and will depart from societies where men can take violent actions against women in the name of family honor and hide behind cultural exemptions. READ MORE

  5. 4. Why honor is worth more than a life : A literature review about ’so called’ honor violence

    University essay from Blekinge Tekniska Högskola/Sektionen för hälsa

    Author : Malin Paulusson; [2013]
    Keywords : honor culture; honor; values; honor; violence; honor; killings; collective; society;

    Abstract : Background: In honor culture the family’s honor is valued by the girl’s or the woman’s social and sexual behavior, in her virginity, and is therefore dependent on how well she can manage the deeply rooted traditional norms that describes what is acceptable or not. Anyone who violates these norms and rules must be punished, and the most extreme form is killings, ‘so called’ honor killings, sanctioned by the community. READ MORE

  6. 5. Forced Marriage as it appears in Sweden

    University essay from Högskolan i Gävle/Akademin för hälsa och arbetsliv

    Author : Jenifer Thejls; Marianne Svantesson; [2012]
    Keywords : Forced marriage; Arranged marriage; Honor; Culture; Violence;

    Abstract : The aim of this bachelor essay was to study the phenomenon of forced marriage among women who are living in Sweden with another ethnic and cultural background than Swedes. To investigate different kinds of marriage settings, the honor culture, honor violence and murder in connection to forced marriage. READ MORE