Essays about: "women’s human rights."

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  1. 41. Can prostitution as sex work ever be compatible with human rights? A feminist and human rights analysis of Thailand's sex industry.

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Juridiska institutionen

    Author : Rachel Kennedy Jarmo; [2013]
    Keywords : Human Rights; International law; Labour Rights; prostitution; sex work; feminism; women s human rights.; Law and Political Science;

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  3. 42. The Effect of Female Education on Human Development and Economic Growth : A Study of Human Capital Formation in developing countries

    University essay from Institutionen för samhällsvetenskaper

    Author : Pegah Jalilian; [2012]
    Keywords : Human Development; Female Education; MDG; Economic growth;

    Abstract : According to the different studies, there is a strong correlation between (GDP) per capita as the index of economic growth and indicators of human development such as life expectancy, infant mortality, adult literacy, political and civil rights. Based on Millennium Development Goals, which is a program made by UN to reduce extreme poverty and improve human development in developing countries, we can find the indicator of which has key role and affect the other goals of human development directly and clearly. READ MORE

  4. 43. Feminist Perspectives on the Egyptian Revolution

    University essay from Teologiska institutionen

    Author : Anna Hellstrand; [2012]
    Keywords : human rights; women s rights; feminism; Egypt; revolution; agency; patriarchy; culture; stereotypes; religion; mänskliga rättigheter; kvinnors rättigheter; feminism; Egypten; revolution; agens; patriarkat; kultur; religion;

    Abstract : The Egyptian Revolution 2011 created a space and opportunity to forward important demands concerning different social and political issues, amongst these matters related to women's status and situations in the society. Feminist and women's rights proponents in Egypt conceptualize the aims of a feminist or women's rights agenda as (women's) human rights and citizen's rights, independence, freedom and choice, though such universal concepts are understood in accordance with particular cultural or individual contexts. READ MORE

  5. 44. Becoming Member, Becoming Sister : Orientating Relationships Between Women in the Soroptimist International Network

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    Author : Ida Maria Börjesson; [2011]
    Keywords : Soroptimist International; International Women s Organization; Service Club; Professional Women; Transnational Advocacy Network; Sisterhood; Solidarity; Affect; Critical Whiteness.;

    Abstract : This thesis examines how the relationships between women, inside and outside the international women's organization for professionally working women – Soroptimist International – is informed by proximity and distance, which orientates the organization in the direction of a multiculturalism informed by imperial feminism. Focus lies on the organizations use of terms such as “sister” and “professional woman”, and the imagined benefits and responsibilities of being a soroptimist. READ MORE

  6. 45. International Human Rights in Land As a Tool to Empower Women in Post-Conflict Countries

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Juridiska institutionen

    Author : Alessandra Pereira Rezende Teixeira; [2011]
    Keywords : Conflict Land Land Rights Post-Conflict War Women Women s Empowerment Feminism Agrarian Reform; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : The nature of warfare is changing in ways that increasingly endanger women and girls. Besides suffering from the general brutality inflicted by violent conflict, women also suffer particular attacks whose form is defined by distinct notions of female sexuality. READ MORE