Essays about: "women development international conventions"

Found 5 essays containing the words women development international conventions.

1. 1. “Equality, Development and Peace for All Women Everywhere”? : An Analysis of Sexual Violence Against Women and Concurring International Conventions Concerned with Protecting the Rights of Women

   University essay from Linköpings universitet/Statsvetenskap

   Author : Annika Sophie Müller; [2020]
   Keywords : Feminist Theory; Multi-Ethnic Feminist Theory; Postcolonial Theory; Feminist Postcolonial Theory; Intersectionality; Violence Against Women; Sexual Violence; CEDAW; UDHR; DEVAW; BPfA; Germany; South Korea; Nigeria; International Conventions; Women’s Rights; Thematic Analysis; Problem-Solution Discourse; ‘What is the Problem Represented to Be’ Approach; WPR Approach; ‘Motifs-Issues-Representations-and-Implications’ Approach; MIRI Approach;

   Abstract : Violence against women continues to be an issue that severely impacts women worldwide. Since the global spread of the #MeToo movement in 2017, debates regarding this issue significantly increased. Yet the precise ways in which women are impacted by violence, heavily influenced by their unique and diverse aspects of identity, are often disregarded. READ MORE

3. 2. Gender and age discrimination on the labour market in Poland: the compliance of Polish law and practice with International instruments

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Juridiska institutionen; Lunds universitet/Juridiska fakulteten

   Author : Agnieszka Garncarz; [2018]
   Keywords : Law and Political Science;

   Abstract : The principle of equality and non-discrimination in employment existed only in a very basic form in the Polish law until the fall of Communism in 1989, even though Poland had already ratified some major international instruments in this area, such as the ICCPR, ICESCR and the ILO Fundamental Conventions. The first positive development in Polish law concerning the principle of equality and non-discrimination in employment took place with the drafting of a new Constitution of the Republic of Poland in 1997. READ MORE

4. 3. At war with honour? - Feminist perspectives on female honour and the regulation of wartime rape

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Juridiska institutionen; Lunds universitet/Juridiska fakulteten

   Author : Ebba Coghlan; [2016]
   Keywords : public international law; law; Law and Political Science;

   Abstract : Systematiska våldtäkter av kvinnor i väpnade konflikter är ingen nyhet, utan ett fenomen som drabbat åtskilliga kvinnor, under åtskilliga konflikter, under historiens gång. Men trots att våldtäkter i väpnade konflikter har varit ett utspritt problem, har fenomenet väckt förhållandevis lite intresse inom det internationella samfundet, och regleringar på området har vuxit fram i en långsam takt. READ MORE

5. 4. Trafficking in Women for the Purpose of Sexual Exploitation - The role of law in the process of trafficking from the Lao People´s Democratic Republic to Thailand

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Juridiska institutionen

   Author : Kajsa Gustafsson; [2004]
   Keywords : Folkrätt; Law and Political Science;

   Abstract : Trafficking is a growing problem in the whole world, also in Asia. Additionally, more attention has been drawn to the problem due to the ill treatment of many women, especially in the sex sector. READ MORE

6. 5. Cultural Relativism and Reservations to Human Rights Treaties:The Legal Effects of the Saudi Reservation to CEDAW

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Juridiska institutionen

   Author : Sarah Hélaoui; [2004]
   Keywords : Folkrätt; Law and Political Science;

   Abstract : Saudi Arabia ratified the Convention on the Elimination of all Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) in 2000. The ratification was a step forward for the strict gender segregated country but could not be genuinely hailed due to a general reservation giving prevalence to Islamic Law in case of conflict with the provision of the Convention. READ MORE