Essays about: "women s literature"

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1. 1. Everyday Resistance in Harriet Jacobs’s Autobiography

   University essay from Högskolan i Gävle/Avdelningen för humaniora

   Author : Sara Calmius; [2024]
   Keywords : Resistance studies; Everyday resistance; Harriet Jacobs; Black motherhood; Antebellum America; Slavery;

   Abstract : This essay examines Harriet Jacobs’s autobiography Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl from the perspective of resistance theory. The essay uses the analytical framework created by Anna Johansson and Stellan Vinthagen in Conceptualizing 'Everyday Resistance': A Transdisciplinary Approach (2020) to concretize and understand different resistance methods and how black women resisted while navigating in society as slaves and as mothers. READ MORE

3. 2. DOES COMMITMENT LEAD TO ACTIONS? The Impact of Feminist Foreign Policy on Aid Allocation and Female Ambassadorship

   University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

   Author : Emma Olsson; [2023-10-30]
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   Abstract : Since 2014, ten states have declared their intent to pursue a Feminist Foreign Policy, and by doing so, made a commitment to bettering women’s rights around the world. The aim of this Master Thesis is to evaluate if the adoption of Feminist Foreign Policy is followed up with tangible impact on women at home as well as abroad. READ MORE

4. 3. PAY TRANSPARENCY AND BARGAINING POWER: A MIXED-METHODS STUDY.

   University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

   Author : Axèle Arricot; [2023-10-20]
   Keywords : Pay transparency; bargaining power; gender pay gap; social comparison.;

   Abstract : Through a mixed-methods approach consisting of a European-wide survey and qualitative interviews, while using a multinational company as my case study, I explore employees´ perceptions of pay transparency as an effective action to close the gender pay gap. I argue that women´s perceived weaker bargaining power, spurring from gendered social norms, is preventing them from reaching similar pay levels to that of men, as well as managerial positions in which they represent a minority, which participates in upholding the gender pay gap. READ MORE

5. 4. ”CEDAW IS OUR HOLY TEXT, OUR HOLY BOOK” Combating gender-based violence in a de facto state: The case of Iraqi Kurdistan

   University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

   Author : Såma Salih; [2023-08-31]
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   Abstract : The Kurdistan region in Iraq, also known as KRI, has gained semi-independence over the decades and is today recognized in the Iraqi constitution as an autonomous part of the federal country. While still belonging to Iraq, it has been declared that the KRI performs better than its parent state in terms of security, stability and promoting international norms such as gender equality. READ MORE

6. 5. CORRUPTION AND SEX TRAFFICKING OF WOMEN AND GIRLS UNDER THE CONTEXT OF WOMEN’S POLITICAL EMPOWERMENT. A quantitative cross-sectional study

   University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

   Author : Anastasia Makhota; [2023-06-20]
   Keywords : Human trafficking; sex trafficking; anti-sex trafficking laws and enforcement; corruption; women’s political empowerment;

   Abstract : All over the world, millions of women and girls are sexually exploited in a lucrative human trafficking business. They represent so-called “hidden populations”, where the exact number of victims is unknown. READ MORE