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  1. 16. Law and Culture in Conflict: A Legal Study of Dowries and Domestic Violence

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Juridiska institutionen

    Author : Sofie Lindholm; [2013]
    Keywords : Ämnesord: komparativ rätt comparative law Nyckelord: dowries; hedervåld; komparativ rätt; kvinnors mänskliga rättigheter; internationella mänskliga rättigheter; kultur; nationell lagstiftning; staters ansvar; våld i hemmet. Keywords: comparative law; culture; domestic violence; domestic legislation; dowries; honour-violence; international human rights; state responsibility; women’s human rights.; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : Våld mot kvinnor är ett av de mest allvarliga brotten mot internationella mänskliga rättigheter i världen. Det bekräftar underordningen av kvinnor, den patriarkatiska normgivningen och den otillräckliga implementationen av mänskliga rättigheter. Det här arbetet utreder vad våld i hemmet består av i Indien och i Sverige. READ MORE

  3. 17. Politics of Reproduction: A Post-Colonial Feminist Analysis of the 'Missing Girl' Phenomenon in India

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Graduate School

    Author : Rini Fernandes; [2013]
    Keywords : missing girls; politics of reproduction; sex-selective abortion; modernity; PNDT Act 1994; New Reproductive Technologies NRTs ; population policy discourse; post-colonial feminism; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : Abstract: The controversial issue of ‘missing girls’ has been a cause of concern since the time of the British rule in India. Most research studies pointed towards a demographic pattern of its occurrence, the Northwestern plains of India saw an alarming scarcity of girl children. READ MORE

  4. 18. "Empowerment is to do things without having to ask for permission" - A study of self-help groups' role in empowering women in the slums of Mumbai

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Socialhögskolan

    Author : Josefine Lennartson; Felicia Svensson; [2012]
    Keywords : Empowerment; India; SHGs; NGOs; women; Mumbai; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : Creating Non-governmental Self-help groups (SHGs) has been a common thing in India since the early 1990’s. Studies show that the SHGs usually empower their members in different ways. READ MORE

  5. 19. Influence of Urban Form on Co-presence in Public Space : A Space Syntax Analysis of Informal Settlements in Pune, India

    University essay from KTH/Urbana och regionala studier

    Author : Joel Hernbäck; [2012]
    Keywords : Urban form; space syntax; public space; informal settlements; slum; unplanned built environment; gender.;

    Abstract : This master thesis is intended as a contribution to the understanding of the influence urban form has on urban life and by extension social structures in society, by focusing on gender relations and their reflections on the use of public space. In addition, the aim of the study is to do so in relation to a comparison between two different types of urban environments; one slum area that can be regarded as formally unplanned with an irregular gradually grown street network and one slum area of more deliberately planned character with a more regular street grid. READ MORE

  6. 20. Getting out of Poverty: An Analysis of Gendered Norms and Practices within Poverty and Their Impact on the Self-Perceptions and Agency of Women in Self-Help Groups in Mumbai

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Centrum för öst- och sydöstasienstudier

    Author : Kathrine Jensen; [2012]
    Keywords : Empowerment; gender; poverty; Mumbai; capital; agency; self-perception; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : This study aims to add new knowledge to our understanding of poverty as a multidimensional phenomenon and focuses on the links between poverty and gender norms and practices. The overall research question that this study is concerned with is about the effect of self-help group participation on women’s self-perceptions of options, their access to social, economic and cultural capital, and subsequently, the women’s abilities to make strategic life choices that has the potential to move then out of poverty by challenging the gendered structures in which they live. READ MORE