Essays about: "sexual slavery"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 16 essays containing the words sexual slavery.

  1. 1. Writing Your Way out of a Cage : Agency and Dehumanization in Colson Whitehead’s The Underground Railroad

    University essay from Karlstads universitet/Institutionen för språk, litteratur och interkultur (from 2013)

    Author : Alberto Ramos Vicario; [2024]
    Keywords : antiracism; slavery; American history; assimilationism; agency; discourse; antirasism; slaveri; amerikansk historia; assimilationism; agency; diskurs;

    Abstract : This thesis analyzes the conceptualization of agency as a form of resistance against dehumanizing slavery discourses present in the narrative The Underground Railroad (2016) by Colson Whitehead. For the historical contextualization and the theoretical background, the scholarly work Stamped from the Beginning by Ibram X. Kendi is used. READ MORE

  3. 2. Human Trafficking : “The Silent Victims”

    University essay from Malmö universitet/Institutionen för globala politiska studier (GPS)

    Author : Ema Miseikaite; [2023]
    Keywords : Human trafficking; Male trafficking victims; Masculinity; Gender roles; Globalization;

    Abstract : Human Trafficking, also known as Trafficking in Persons, or Modern-Day Slavery, is a multibillion-dollar industry that consumes millions of individuals from diverse social, cultural, racial, national, or gender backgrounds. Human trafficking can take many forms: labor, organ, and sex trafficking. READ MORE

  4. 3. Gender-Based Violence in Conflict and Post-conflict Societies : A Case Study of South Sudan

    University essay from Malmö universitet/Institutionen för globala politiska studier (GPS)

    Author : Lathan Yusuf; [2022]
    Keywords : Gender-Based Violence; Human Rights; Conflict; South Sudan;

    Abstract : This thesis focuses on GBV against women and girls in conflict and post-conflict societies with a particular emphasis on South Sudan. It notes that women and girls are disproportionately affected by gender-based violence, and other consequences of war, including displacement and loss of livelihood. READ MORE

  5. 4. The politics of modern global salvery 

    University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för statsvetenskap (ST)

    Author : Hallin Rebecka; [2022]
    Keywords : ;

    Abstract : It is difficult to believe that an outdated term like human slavery is still relevant in today ’s society. The premise is related to the history of colonialism rather than the age of modern developed societies and human rights laws. Unfortunately the concept is more relevant to the modern era than ever before. READ MORE

  6. 5. Unwelcome: a study on the Employees´ Perspective on Sex Trafficking in the Hotel industry in Amsterdam

    University essay from Södertörns högskola/Turismvetenskap

    Author : Eleonora Rossi; [2021]
    Keywords : Sex trafficking; Hotel Industry; Employee´s perspective; Netherlands; Amsterdam;

    Abstract : Sex trafficking is a form of modern slavery which includes the sexual exploitation of individuals for personal gain. It currently affects 4 million people globally, and around 9 thousand in Europe. READ MORE