Essays about: "sexual citizenship"

Showing result 6 - 10 of 13 essays containing the words sexual citizenship.

1. 6. Sex, Love and Moral Control: Exploring the effectiveness and limitations of international and regional human rights law relevant to SOGIESC diverse groups in the quest to invalidate Zimbabwe’s “sodomy” law

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

   Author : Farai Irene Chikwanha; [2019]
   Keywords : Zimbabwe; SOGIESC; sex; same-sex attracted persons; sodomy; carnal intercourse against the order of nature; international human rights law; regional human rights law; comparative law; human rights; privacy; equality; non-discrimination; dignity; consensual; morality; Law and Political Science;

   Abstract : “Only in the most technical sense is this a case about who may penetrate whom where. At a practical and symbolical level it is about the status, moral citizenship and sense of self-worth of a significant section of the community. READ MORE

3. 7. Right to be and act Queer? : A descriptive analysis of how Indian LGBTQI activists framed Section 377 of the Indian Penal Code in order to challenge it, preceding the 2018 Indian Supreme Court verdict to overrule the law

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

   Author : Linn Sjöde; [2019]
   Keywords : India; LGBTQI activism; Section 377; Indian Penal Code; Frame Analysis;

   Abstract : This study aims to contribute to the under-researched area of LGBTQI activism in the ‘Global South’ by performing a case study of LGBTQI activism in India, a country that provides an intriguing setting in which a wide range of sexual expressions has developed over time with attitudes towards them varying alongside. Same-sex activities have since the 1860s been considered a penal offence under Section 377 of the Indian Penal Code but in September 2018, the Indian Supreme Court overruled the law and decriminalized same-sex conduct. READ MORE

4. 8. (Re)Articulating Sexual Citizenship: Between Queering the Urban Space and Subjugating the Queer

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Graduate School; Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen; Lunds universitet/Pedagogik; Lunds universitet/Master of Science in Global Studies

   Author : Onur Kiliç; [2018]
   Keywords : politics of space; globalisation; sexuality; sexual citizenship; discourse theory; consumerism; homonormativity; post-industrial city; entrepreneurial city; creative class; post-structuralism; neoliberalism; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : In today’s post-industrial cities, how urban citizenship is defined and performed have been ambiguously positioned in their relationship with the urban societal space. While the cities become more commodified and privatized with the inter-urban competition, the concept of citizenship is put into a tentative position between being participatory political subjects and passive consumers. READ MORE

5. 9. Is it enough to ‘add homosexual men and stir’? The significance of materialism in HIV prevention in the Global South.

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen; Lunds universitet/Graduate School

   Author : Katharina Jemima Hopp; [2017]
   Keywords : HIV AIDS; homosexual; Uganda; materialism; sexual citizenship; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : Given the HIV/AIDS peak in the 1980s, Uganda has been hailed as a success story after having dramatically decreased the infection rate in the 2000s. However, the country’s HIV/AIDS rate has started to increase again in recent years. READ MORE

6. 10. A Communication Analysis for UNICEF Lebanon - A media landscape of Lebanon, media consumption habits of Syrian refugees and potential C4D interventions to promote social inclusion and child/youth protection for Syrian children and youths in Lebanon

   University essay from Malmö högskola/Fakulteten för kultur och samhälle (KS)

   Author : Yee-Yin Yap; Abigail Leffler; [2017]
   Keywords : Bullying; C4D interventions; child protection inclusion; children youth; communication channels; digital media; early marriage; gender-based violence; interpersonal communication channels; Lebanon; media channels; media consumption habits; media landscape; public service; refugees; sectarianism; sexual harassment; social communication; Syrian refugees; traditional media; UNICEF Lebanon.;

   Abstract : The objective of this study is to put forward informed C4D recommendations to help organizations like UNICEF combat the situation for Syrian refugee children and youths in Lebanon, who through displacement and resettling into the complex Lebanese socio-political landscape may be at risk of becoming a lost generation. This paper focuses on the prevention and elimination of actions such as bullying, sexual harassment, gender-based violence, and early marriage. READ MORE