Essays about: "thesis in women politics"

Showing result 11 - 15 of 90 essays containing the words thesis in women politics.

1. 11. Framing the YPG and YPJ : A Critical Discourse Analysis of Orientalist and Liberal Feminist Portrayals in United States’ Media and Politics

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Kulturgeografiska institutionen

   Author : Råvan Talani; [2022]
   Keywords : YPG; YPJ; Orientalism; Postcolonial Feminism; Jineology; Critical Discourse Analysis;

   Abstract : This thesis analyses media portrayal of the People's Protection Units (YPG) and the Women’s Protection Units (YPJ) in US media by making use of Fairclough’s three-dimensional model of critical discourse analysis. The thesis investigates if these portrayals have been used as a justification by the United States White House to intervene militarily in the conflict in Rojava. READ MORE

3. 12. Language Politics of the Mexican State regarding native languages and the funding of literary production

   University essay from Linköpings universitet/Institutionen för tema; Linköpings universitet/Filosofiska fakulteten

   Author : Lucia Paprckova; [2022]
   Keywords : literature; native languages; indigenous writers; governmental subsidies for literary creation; world literature; decoloniality; colonialism; national literary canon; homogeneity; racism; classism;

   Abstract : This thesis strives to understand the underlying narrative behind the current distribution of the public funding between the writers of the Spanish language and writers of native languages in Mexico, as well as contextualise the policies of the Mexican State that often materialise colonial dynamics. The situation of native women writers is emphasised as they are forced to tackle multiple disadvantages based on unjust social structures. READ MORE

4. 13. Welfare Policies and Women Rights: Case Study of Abortion Act in a Comparative Study of the UK and France

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

   Author : Mathilde Pagnier; [2022]
   Keywords : Law and Political Science;

   Abstract : Donald Trump's time in the White House has done decades of damage to women's rights, especially their right to self-determination. President Trump's appointment of two new Supreme Court justices has allowed the central decision making system on abortion rights to be repealed by making it federal, which has allowed dozens of states to repeal and ban it. READ MORE

5. 14. The Changing Attitudes Towards Traditional Gender Roles vis-à-vis Women of the Somali Diaspora : A Qualitative Analysis of How Migration has Championed for the Empowerment of Somali Diaspora Women Since 1991

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

   Author : Naima Ali; [2022]
   Keywords : political motherhood; somali diaspora; somali women;

   Abstract : Somali women have suffered at the hands of the patriarchy for as long as they have known. It is well established that the civil war in 1991 created irreparable damage to the Somali people. Nevertheless, it opened doors for women to experience autonomy for the first time. READ MORE

6. 15. Consequences of Corporate Quotas : A quantitative study of the effects of boardroom gender quotas on German companies’ attention to gender equality

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

   Author : Rebecca Heine; [2022]
   Keywords : gender quotas; female leadership; corporate governance; gender and politics; corporate quotas; workplace policies; difference-in-differences; Germany;

   Abstract : Despite global progress on gender equality, women continue to be underrepresented in politics and business. One widely debated policy measure aimed at tackling this issue is statutory gender quotas for the boards of directors of listed companies – so-called corporate quotas – which have been adopted in more than a dozen countries worldwide, yet remain understudied in the gender and politics literature. READ MORE