Essays about: "women protest"
Showing result 1 - 5 of 24 essays containing the words women protest.
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1. From Protest to Progress: A study on the association between the Arab Spring and women's empowerment in Jordan
University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för nationalekonomi med statistikAbstract : The Arab Spring was a set of political uprisings, taking place in the MENA (Middle East and North Africa) region starting in 2011. The motive of the initial protests stemmed from people’s desire for democratic rights, however, some of the protests that followed were driven more by aspirations of economic stability. READ MORE
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2. "Enough is Enough!" : political engagement on Twitter in the case of Turkey’s withdrawal from the Istanbul convention
University essay from Lunds universitet/Medie- och kommunikationsvetenskap; Lunds universitet/Institutionen för kommunikation och medierAbstract : This research analyzes the political engagement of Turkish citizens on Twitter, in which underrepresented groups and individuals search for democratic public space to mobilize against injustice. With this in mind, the study focuses on the civic engagement of Turkish citizens on Twitter with the hashtag #istanbulsözleşmesiyaşatır, which translates to‘istanbulconventionsaveslives’. READ MORE
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3. Imitation and Protest: Two Case Studies of Depictions of Marriage in Anne Brontë and Olive Schreiner
University essay from Lunds universitet/Avdelningen för engelskaAbstract : Literature has long been an effective vehicle for conveying women’s morals and opinions when they have otherwise been ignored and supressed. Fifty years apart, Anne Brontë and Olive Schreiner wrote fiction critical of different aspects of marriage with noticeably different results and conclusions. READ MORE
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4. Women, Protest and Democracy:Analysing the Role of Women in Nonviolent Resistance Movements and Democratisation
University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för freds- och konfliktforskningAbstract : This study aims to shed light on the gendered dynamics of nonviolent resistance and democratisation. Illuminating the role that women can play in the democratisation processes can help underline the importance of women's empowerment. READ MORE
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5. From the Margins to the Center : Hip Hop and Rap as Infrastructure for the Black Americans in the 1980s and early 1990s
University essay from Uppsala universitet/Hugo Valentin-centrumAbstract : This thesis examines whether hip hop, and rap in particular, was an infrastructure for the lower-class of Black Americans in the 1980s and early 1990s to transport their concerns, knowledge, and protest from the margins to the center. It first demonstrates what issues Black Americans from the ghetto have raised in terms of content in the first place. READ MORE