Essays about: "thesis on women in politics"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 79 essays containing the words thesis on women in politics.

1. 1. Explaining Gender-Based Political Funding: A quantitative cross-national analysis of the impact of electoral, political, and cultural factors on political funding

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

   Author : Saba Muneer; [2024]
   Keywords : gender targeted public funding; gender quotas; cross national; gender and politics; political; electoral; cultural; regression analysis;

   Abstract : Despite global progress on gender equality, women continue to be underrepresented in politics. One widely debated policy measure aimed at tackling this issue is gendered public funding – which has been adopted in more than 30 countries worldwide yet remains understudied in the literature on gender and politics. READ MORE

3. 2. Keeping Up with the Transition: Sex for Compensation and Women with Asylum and Transgender Experiences in Sweden

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Graduate School; Lunds universitet/Master of Science in Social Studies of Gender

   Author : Ines Anttila; [2023]
   Keywords : sex for compensation; transgender; asylum; gender affirmation; waiting; strategy; tactic.; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : This thesis focuses on the practice of sex for compensation performed by women with transgender and asylum experiences living in Sweden. It aims to explore the complexities of sex for compensation by positioning this practice as both strategy and a tactic for obtaining income used for gender affirmation, considering that gender-affirmative healthcare is not available for asylum seekers in Sweden. READ MORE

4. 3. Vulnerable Victims or Agents of Change? A qualitative content analysis on the representation of women in Nepal's National Adaptation Plan

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

   Author : Alma Pettersson; [2023]
   Keywords : women; representation; climate adaptation policy; Nepal; feminist constructivism; Law and Political Science;

   Abstract : Climate adaptation policies in Nepal have previously depicted women as vulnerable victims. Policy-makers have described women as a weak and voiceless group that needs “saving” in environmental politics. Several studies have emphasized that these simplistic representations perpetuate gender stereotypes and omit proactive roles in climate action. READ MORE

5. 4. PiS-led Government's Opposition to the Istanbul Convention in Poland : An Analysis of the Rhetoric and Tactics used by the Law and Justice Party’s led Government in their Opposition to the Istanbul Convention

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

   Author : Iga Maria Czyż; [2023]
   Keywords : Istanbul Convention; anti-genderism; right-wing populism; Law and Justice party; rhetoric; women’s rights;

   Abstract : The government in Poland led by the Law and Justice party (PiS) and characterized by its anti-genderism and right-wing populist politics, is framing its opposition to the Istanbul Convention in human rights language. This leads to a puzzling occurrence of the women’s rights Convention being opposed with rights rhetoric. READ MORE

6. 5. Who cares? : A qualitative interview study about what hinders and what enables equal division of parental leave

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

   Author : Amanda Lindell; [2023]
   Keywords : gender equality; parental leave; Sweden; gendered ideals;

   Abstract : This thesis addresses the persisting gendered division of parental leave in Sweden, where despite policies promoting equal sharing, women still take 70 % of the leave. Aiming to analyze what hinders and what enables equal division of parental leave, I conduct in-depth interviews with eight parents who equally share leave and six parents who do not. READ MORE