Essays about: "women activists"

Showing result 21 - 25 of 56 essays containing the words women activists.

1. 21. Addressing intersectionality in the #MeToo movement - A case study of women’s mobilization under the #MeToo movement in the postcolonial context of South Africa

   University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

   Author : Amina Brajanac; [2019-09-27]
   Keywords : Transnational women’s movements; women’s mobilization; sexual violence; intersectionality; postcolonial feminism; #MeToo; norms;

   Abstract : The #MeToo movement united women around the globe in the fight against sexual violence. However, the #MeToo movement has been criticized for solely adopting a gender-based approach by neglecting the intersections of gender, race and class. READ MORE

3. 22. Collective Subjectivity in Feminist Activism Against Femicide in Turkey. Collective Subjectivity as an Intersectional Strategy in the Struggle Against Femicide in Turkey

   University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för kulturvetenskaper

   Author : Deniz Altuntaş; [2019-07-01]
   Keywords : femicide; feminist activism; collective subjectivity; intersectionality; Turkey;

   Abstract : In Turkey, the data and legal regulations regarding femicide are inadequate. This research suggests that struggle against femicide which adopts an intersectional approach mobilizes women of different identities and backgrounds. READ MORE

4. 23. From the Norm to the Form. An Integrative Ecological Approach for Analyzing Ni Una Menos activists’ Gender-based Violence Perceptions in Argentina

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

   Author : Ieva Misiunaite; [2019]
   Keywords : Gender-based violence; women’s movement; Ni Una Menos; ecological framework; cultural approach; feminist approach; constructivist approach; Argentina; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : The phenomenon of gender-based violence (GBV) and the magnitude it takes in Argentina is raising great concerns within the country, intergovernmental organisations and women’s movements. Since 2015 a women’s movement named Ni Una Menos was established to create visibility and fight for the eradication of gender-based violence in the country. READ MORE

5. 24. Feminism and media, opportunities and limitations of digital practices

   University essay from Malmö universitet/Fakulteten för kultur och samhälle (KS)

   Author : Jéromine O. Boizot; [2019]
   Keywords : Feminism; media; Digital Practice; Digital Sisterhoods; Feminist media; Intersectionality;

   Abstract : Researches done on social movements and media are often conducted at a micro-level, focusing on the individual activity (Klandermans 1997), or the macro level, excluding the meso level, linking the two first levels together. Furthermore, studies focusing on the relation between feminism as a social movement and media often neglect to identify the opportunities and the limitations of such an intersection. READ MORE

6. 25. Not One (Woman) Less Social Media Activism to end Violence Against Women: The case of the Feminist Movement ‘Ni Una Menos’

   University essay from Malmö universitet/Fakulteten för kultur och samhälle (KS)

   Author : Cecilia Sjöberg; [2019]
   Keywords : Violence against women; Feminism; Feminist movements; Social Media Activism; Digital activism; Networked social movements; Information and Communication Technologies; Collective action.;

   Abstract : The struggle to end violence against women and girls has long been a priority topic for women’s and feminist movements in Latin America. Lately, since the changes in the new media landscape (Castells 2015; Lievrouw, 2013) with the increased use of information and communication technologies (ICTs), such as social media platforms like Facebook and Twitter, the way women and feminist movements advocate their intentions are changing (Harcourt, 2013; Mathos, 2017). READ MORE