Essays about: "what are the gender power relations"

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  1. 1. Female Former Child Soldiers Perception of Power : Females captured by the LRA's attitudes towards the people in power in the bush and its effects on them as women

    University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för samhällsstudier (SS)

    Author : Ebba Gustafsson; [2023]
    Keywords : Empowerment; female empowerment; gender equality; gender inequality; feminism; child soldier; female former child soldier; SDGs; sustainable development goals; Lord s Resistance army; LRA;

    Abstract : The research aims to understand how female former child soldiers describe the ones who had power over them in the bush of Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) to understand how patriarchal beliefs in a society affect vulnerable women. The researcher wishes to enhance the importance of working against patriarchal beliefs and stopping child abductions for the sake of young women’s empowerment. READ MORE

  2. 2. Power Relations at the Intersection of Gender, Race and Class Perpetuated in Sex Tourism

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

    Author : Vanessa Pohlmann; [2023]
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    Abstract : Sex tourism is a process whereby most commonly men from the Global North travel to the Global South to gain access to the bodies of women. This process perpetuates inequalities at the intersection of gender, race and class. READ MORE

  3. 3. Looking into the black box: The roles of development workers in enhancing climate resilience and gender equality for ethnic minority women through the EmPower project in Vietnam

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för globala studier

    Author : Hong Hanh Nguyen; [2022-01-18]
    Keywords : feminist political ecology; development workers; climate change; gender equality; ethnic minorities; Vietnam;

    Abstract : The climate change-gender nexus has increasingly become the arena in which adaptation interventions take place. One such intervention is the EmPower program in the Asia-Pacific region by UN Women and UNEP. This research is a case study on how one program component on women’s renewable energy entrepreneurship is implemented in Vietnam. READ MORE

  4. 4. Is gender equality real or a vision? : A case study of Bangladesh and SDG 5 in relation to Steven Lukes's three dimensions of power.

    University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för samhällsstudier (SS)

    Author : Madeleine Karlsson; [2022]
    Keywords : Sustainable Development Goals; Development; Gender equality; Steven Lukes; Power; Power dimensions;

    Abstract : In some aspect gender equality could be considered threatened by a growing backlash all around the world and without commitment to achieve what has been agreed so far it will continue to remain an unachievable goal. The objective of this research is to look into the fifth of the Sustainable Developmental Goals, which strives to promote gender equality and empowerment of women and girls. READ MORE

  5. 5. Shaping Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights for Persons with Disabilities: A Policy Discourse Analysis of SRHR Policies from the African Union

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för kulturgeografi och ekonomisk geografi; Lunds universitet/LUMID International Master programme in applied International Development and Management

    Author : Jeanna Isacson; [2021]
    Keywords : African Union; discourse; power; policy analysis; problematisation; subjects; SRHR; women with disabilities; WPR approach; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights (SRHR) is suggested to be solved by policies and action plans. However, post-structural scholars argue that discourses shape policies, and their solutions. The policy discourse on women with disabilities’ SRHR needs has not been given much attention, especially in the context of Africa. READ MORE