Essays about: "strategic gender interests"

Found 3 essays containing the words strategic gender interests.

  1. 1. "We became sisters, not of blood but of pain" : Women's experiences of organization and empowerment in relation to enforced disappearances in Mexico

    University essay from Stockholms universitet/Latinamerikainstitutet

    Author : Karin Bender; [2017]
    Keywords : Women s empowerment; women s organization; enforced disappearances; Mexico; power; critical consciousness; feminist research;

    Abstract : Enforced disappearances has been used as a repressive strategy by numerous Latin American states against tens of thousands of presumed political opponents and adversaries, starting in the 1960’s in Guatemala. In contemporary Latin America, Mexico holds the record for disappearances, both politically and non-politically motivated, with more than 30 000 cases reported since the beginning of the drug war in 2006. READ MORE

  3. 2. Union women organizing towards a gender perspective at Frente Auténtico del Trabajo (FAT) in Mexico City: A study on their strategies, obstacles, and the inclusion of men

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för globala studier

    Author : Carolien Westra; [2015-12-10]
    Keywords : Globalization; neoliberalism; machismo; gender interests; gender equality; women and citizenship; women’s movements; independent labor unions; Mexico;

    Abstract : This thesis takes the stance that globalization and neoliberalism have dramatically altered gender relations in Mexico. Women’s increased access to the paid labor force has caused conflicts and a demand for the revision of traditional gender relations. READ MORE

  4. 3. Why Now? : Analyzing Processes for Gender Empowerment in Contemporary India and Morocco

    University essay from Institutionen för samhällsstudier (SS)

    Author : Alexandra Nörby; [2014]
    Keywords : : structural change; India; Morocco; gender empowerment; Abrahamsson; strategic gender interests;

    Abstract : This bachelor's thesis has been conducted based on an interest in the women's empowerment processes taking place in India after the 2012 Delhi gang rape,  and after the suicide of Amina Filali in Morocco in 2012. The goal of the study is to analyze whether there are similarities in the way the processes unfold, based on Hans Abrahamsson's (2003) work on structural change, and to analyze how far the processes of change have advanced. READ MORE