Essays about: "institutionalized discrimination"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 6 essays containing the words institutionalized discrimination.

1. 1. Defending the Defenders: International Protection for Local Human Rights Defenders in the Global South

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Juridiska institutionen; Lunds universitet/Juridiska fakulteten

   Author : Timothy Lincoln Reeves Jr; [2022]
   Keywords : Human Rights Defenders Global South International Regional Human Rights Systems Attacks violations Protection; Law and Political Science;

   Abstract : Local human rights defenders play a significant role in the realization and enjoyment of human rights. Working alone or in association with others, they peacefully advocate for and promote fundamental freedoms and human rights for themselves and for their fellow citizens. READ MORE

3. 2. The Swedish exception : A postcolonial analysis of exclusion in the Swedish Covid-19 strategy

   University essay from Södertörns högskola/Institutionen för naturvetenskap, miljö och teknik

   Author : Juan-Carlos Munoz; [2020]
   Keywords : Covid-19; ethnic minorities; structural vulnerability; postcolonial analysis; disaster response; environmental racism; institutionalized discrimination;

   Abstract : This essay seeks to understand the possible reasons behind the high rates of non-white ethnic minorities, such as the Somali-Swedish community among hospitalized Covid-19 patients in Sweden. It interrogates the possibility of a White middle-class bias in the Swedish government and the National Pandemic Group’s management of the covid-19 crisis. READ MORE

4. 3. Equality for all Americans?

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

   Author : Hedwig Lindgren; [2016]
   Keywords : Discrimination; Constitutionality; Disenfranchisement; Equal; African American; Law and Political Science;

   Abstract : The Supreme Court declared §4(b) of the Voting Right Act (1965) unconstitutional in the case of Shelby County v Holder 570 U.S. in 2013. This is a recent decision regarding disenfranchisement towards African Americans which ends up not protecting the civil rights of all American citizens. READ MORE

5. 4. Social Enterprises is a Right Based Approach to Realize the Socio-Economic Rights of Marginalized Women? A case study conducted about ‘Vägen ut! Kooperativen’ in the City of Goteborg, Sweden

   University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för socialt arbete

   Author : Sajjad Ahmad; [2014-02-10]
   Keywords : Vägen ut! kooperativen VuK ; Social Enterprises; Women socio-economic rights; Handicraft;

   Abstract : The ‘VuK’ is a social cooperative in Sweden using handicraft method to achieve financial sustainability for underprivileged women. It is a self-helped organization implementing social and economic rights for underprivileged women. READ MORE

6. 5. Masculinity and privilege - Analyzing corruption in Vietnam

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Graduate School

   Author : Joel Borgström; [2012]
   Keywords : Vietnam; corruption; masculinity; privilege; land; gender; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : The purpose of this thesis is to discuss and analyze how constructions of masculinity and femininity are intertwined with land-related corruption in Vietnam. Drawing on masculinity theory and Nancy Fraser’s conceptualization of institutionalized injustice and participatory parity the thesis examines the relation between kinship systems and corruption and whether corruption leads to increased use of traditional norms for allocating land. READ MORE