Sökning: "Kurdish women"

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

    Master-uppsats, Göteborgs universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Författare :Såma Salih; [2023-08-31]
    Nyckelord :;

    Sammanfattning : 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. LÄS MER

  3. 2. PERFORMING NEW FEMININITIES : Representations of YPJ female Kurdish fighters in the British news and in pro-Kurdish online media platforms.

    Magister-uppsats, Umeå universitet/Umeå centrum för genusstudier (UCGS)

    Författare :STAVROULA TERZIDOU; [2023]
    Nyckelord :Kurdish women; YPJ; media; liberation struggle; identity; performativity; militarism; Democratic Confederalism;

    Sammanfattning : The Syrian civil war has been one of the most complex armed confrontations in modern era. In thiscontext, the military participation of Kurdish female fighters of the YPJ Units has received globalmedia coverage. LÄS MER

  4. 3. Media: Where the Voices of the Local and the Diaspora Meet : Women-led Protests in Iran from September 2022 to March 2023

    Magister-uppsats, Malmö universitet/Institutionen för konst, kultur och kommunikation (K3)

    Författare :Stefanie Mitchell; [2023]
    Nyckelord :Mahsa Amini; Iran; Protests; 2023; Rights; Hijab; Diaspora; Unity;

    Sammanfattning : This degree project focuses on the representation and intersection of the voice of the Iranian local and the voice of the diaspora in international media, exploring the ‘unity’ of the local and the diaspora as put forth by media during the 2022 protests in Iran.  The death of Jinha Mahsa Amini, a 22-year-old Kurdish-Iranian woman in police custody made international news headlines on 16 September 2022 and quickly became a transnational social movement for change against the repression of women in Iran. LÄS MER

  5. 4. The power of Kurdish women - A discourse analysis of the Kurdish Women's Movement in Rojava

    Kandidat-uppsats, Lunds universitet/Mänskliga rättigheter

    Författare :Lavin Bahzad Ali; [2022]
    Nyckelord :Kurdish Women’s Movement; Women’s agency; Rojava; Kurdish women; Ro- java revolution; Discourse analysis; Law and Political Science;

    Sammanfattning : The long-lasting tradition of women that tackles roles within the military in the Kurdish free- dom movement is now, in recent years, beheld for better or for worse. This thesis will im- merse into the Kurdish women's agency in the Kurdish Women's Movement and their work of change for a more democratized Rojava by examing the source material "Stateless democracy with the Kurdish movement" by Reneé In der Maur and Jonas Staal. LÄS MER

  7. 5. We are here, we don’t fear Feminists counteracting legitimizing myths and authoritarian practices in Turkey to end violence against women

    Master-uppsats, Lunds universitet/Rättssociologiska institutionen

    Författare :Sofie Karlsson; [2022]
    Nyckelord :Feminist mobilization; violence against women; Turkey; legitimizing myths; Authoritarianism; Social Sciences; Law and Political Science;

    Sammanfattning : Previous literature suggests that the republic of Turkey is transforming from a democracy to an authoritarian country under Adalet ve Kalkınma Partisi’s rule. The Turkish government has introduced and implemented a series of events that organizes around the supreme power of the President - one major being the withdrawal from the Istanbul convention. LÄS MER