Essays about: "intersectional perspective"
Showing result 21 - 25 of 115 essays containing the words intersectional perspective.
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21. The Multiple Burdens of Joyce : An Intersectional Feminist Analysis of Joyce’s Life in Crossing the River
University essay from Högskolan i Gävle/Avdelningen för humanioraAbstract : This essay analyses the life of Joyce, the protagonist in “Somewhere in England”, the fourth section of Crossing the River by Caryl Phillips, using an intersectional feminist perspective. It attempts to show how patriarchy, classism, and racism intersect to shape Joyce’s life and to limit her possibilities. READ MORE
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22. CRITICAL EXAMINATION OF THE WORK WITH WOMEN, PEACE AND SECURITY AGENDA IN MYANMAR
University essay from Umeå universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionenAbstract : This report analyses the work on implementing the Women Peace and Security(WPS) agenda in Myanmar. As the conflict in the country is excessively complex withmultiple ethnic, indigenous, and linguistic groups we asked the important question:Who gets included/excluded from their implementation of WPS? And where lies thepower to shape gender equality work in the country? We answer this by looking atpower from two perspectives, material resources, and knowledge which both act associally constructive and exclusionary power. READ MORE
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23. The Journey Towards Global Implementation of Holistic Sexuality Education : A Comparative Case Study of Sexuality Education Guidelines from UNESCO (Global), WHO (Europe), and SIECUS (USA)
University essay from Stockholms universitet/Institutionen för pedagogik och didaktikAbstract : Sexuality education is a fundamental children's right, women’s right and overall human right that has not been successfully implemented in primary, secondary, or higher education throughout the globe. Sexuality education promotes children, adolescents, and teenagers safety exploring their sexuality and developing their attitudes, values, and skills. READ MORE
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24. Including a Vulnerability Centred Adaptation Perspective in Urban Climate Assessment : The Case of International Women in the Malmö Lund Region
University essay from Malmö universitet/Institutionen för Urbana Studier (US)Abstract : The topic of climate adaptation has gained momentum in the last decade as a response to the increasing rate at which global climate is changing. There are two leading discourses to climate adaptation, Climate Change Adaptation (CCA) perspectives, which focuses on adapting to specific climate hazards and scenarios, and Vulnerability Centred Adaptation (VCA), which focuses on the socio-economic and environmental factors that compound climate impacts. READ MORE
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25. Challenges of Intersectionality in terms of Honour-Related Violence
University essay from Linköpings universitet/Institutionen för temaAbstract : This study illustrates how postcolonial researchers and activists who deal with the issue of honour-related violence from an intersectional feminist perspective have experienced a hard treatment by researchers, activists and other actors based on some other discourses on honourbased violence issues. Moreover, it is discussed whether polarization in debates between the cultural and intersectional perspectives on honour-related violence has been increased in Sweden following the growth of negative attitudes and polarization in public opinion towards refugees, diversity and immigration - and especially towards groups coming from Islamic countries. READ MORE
