Essays about: "women’s mobilization"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 7 essays containing the words women’s mobilization.

  1. 1. WE WILL NOT BE SILENCED : How International Actors Bolster Women’s Movements’ Push for Strong Gender Provisions

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för freds- och konfliktforskning

    Author : Amina Ahmed; [2023]
    Keywords : conflict-related sexual violence; strong gender provisions; ceasefires; women s mobilization; international involvement; Darfur; Sudan; Myanmar;

    Abstract : Gender provisions have the overarching goal of enhancing gender equality, however few peace agreements include strong gender provisions. The presence of strong gender provisions in ceasefire agreements has crucial implications in the immediate and post-conflict phase in improving women’s situation. READ MORE

  3. 2. Feminism as a threat to the Turkish state: A discourse analysis of Turkey’s withdrawal from the Istanbul Convention

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för globala studier

    Author : Hultén Emelie; [2022-08-23]
    Keywords : Gender; Feminism; Discourse; Turkey; Anti-gender mobilization;

    Abstract : This thesis analyzes Turkey’s withdrawal from the Istanbul Convention from a feminist poststructuralist perspective. The Istanbul Convention is described as the most comprehensive convention of its kind, aimed at preventing violence against women, protecting its victims, and prosecuting its perpetrators. READ MORE

  4. 3. Men's Perspective on Women's Empowerment in Babati District, Tanzania

    University essay from Institutionen för livsvetenskaper

    Author : Rosanna Rörström; [2011]
    Keywords : gender roles; traditional roles; women’s empowerment; male disempowerment;

    Abstract : This study aims to define men’s perspective on women’s agency and entrepreneurship, and the gender changing roles within the household in Babati district, Tanzania. Women’s empowerment is a notion recently put into practice in several African states today. READ MORE

  5. 4. Empowering Women as Mothers? Stories of resistance, reaction and hope for a better life

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Master of Science in Development Studies; Lunds universitet/Graduate School; Lunds universitet/Pedagogik

    Author : María Sandra González De Peñarrieta; [2010]
    Keywords : empowerment; participation; critical consciousness; development discourse; post-colonial; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : This thesis deals with the vital issue of empowerment in development work and development projects, a multimillion dollar enterprise which engages donors,governmental agencies and governments. More specifically the thesis deals with a development intervention in education as social policy in Uruguay, investigated as a case study. READ MORE

  6. 5. Women Organize : A Study of four European Women's Organizations

    University essay from Institutionen för ekonomisk och industriell utveckling

    Author : Sonja M Pincus; [2008]
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    Abstract : Women organize in women’s organizations for various causes across Europe and across the globe today as they have for the past 150 years. The European Women’s Lobby (EWL) is the largest platform for non-governmental women’s organizations in the EU and on their website they state that they have more than 4000 member organizations. READ MORE