Essays about: "women in nation building"
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6. A Denaturalized Woman: Gender, Sexualities and Nation Building in Nicaraguan Abortion Discourses
University essay from Lunds universitet/SociologiAbstract : In 2006, Nicaragua installed a complete ban on abortion, which spurred much debate in Nicaraguan civil society and had a strongly negative effect on women’s rights and lives. Previous research has dealt with the abortion discourses and found that much of it makes out a conflict between protecting the life of the fetus or that of the woman. READ MORE
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7. Marrying from 'Asia' to Singapore: gendered and ethnicized citizenship
University essay from Lunds universitet/Graduate School; Lunds universitet/Master of Science in Social Studies of GenderAbstract : This thesis is to look into media representation on issues that involve female marriage migrants, in particular, in relation to citizenship, in Singapore, one of the most popular destinations of marriage migration in Asia. Categorized and labeled as “foreign brides” in Singapore, these foreign-born women have long suffered from biased or one-dimensional representation in the local media, particularly, when the representation denotes to their citizenships. READ MORE
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8. Women as Nation Builders : Strategically invested aid in Uganda for nation-building processes
University essay from Institutionen för humaniora och samhällsvetenskapAbstract : Former colonized countries, especially in Africa, have suffered a tough political climate, often under the leadership of a dictator. The process of implementing democracy has, in many states, often been violent and terrifying. Under these circumstances, it has been hard to build institutions where people feel united as one nation. READ MORE
