Sökning: "human rights activism"

Visar resultat 6 - 10 av 10 avhandlingar innehållade orden human rights activism.

1. 6. Global history or inter|nationalist discourse!? : Unsettling the 'comfort women' issue

   Författare :Anna-Karin Eriksson; Mats Sjölin; Douglas Brommesson; Maria Stern; Linnéuniversitetet; []
   Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; comfort women ; historical justice; human rights activism; populism; deadlock; Statsvetenskap; Political Science;

   Sammanfattning : Survivors of the ‘comfort’ system, the state-sponsored regime of military sexual exploitation and a core institution in the expansion of the empire of Japan from 1932 to 1945, continue to go unrecognised almost 80 years past 1945 and 30 years after the breakthrough by human rights activists in 1991. That such a brutal regime of sexual exploitation remains unrecognised by the state is remarkable and merits attention. LÄS MER

3. 7. Resistance Through Acting : Ambivalent Practices of the No Border Musical

   Författare :Emma Söderman; Socialhögskolan; []
   Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; deportability; commoning; community theatre; activism; irregular migration;

   Sammanfattning : In a context of deportability and bordering practices, this thesis asks questions regarding possibilities and limitations of resistance through community theatre. It sets out from a participatory ethnographic exploration of the working process and performance of the No Border Musical. LÄS MER

4. 8. Mellan lag och moral : Civil olydnad och militanta veganer i fyra svenska dagstidningar åren omkring millennieskiftet

   Författare :Yvonne Andersson; Kristina Widestedt; Gunilla Jarlbro; Stockholms universitet; []
   Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; journalism; civil disobedience; militant vegans; animal rights; rhetorical analysis; protagonist; antagonist; the Mediapolis; moral standpoints; Media and communication studies; Medie- och kommunikationsvetenskap; journalistik; Journalism;

   Sammanfattning : The main purpose of the dissertation is to describe how four Swedish newspapers construct ethical standpoints and what norms they prescribe. This is done through a characterization of the civil disobedience discourse, in particular the discourse about animal rights activism and militant vegans, around the turn of the millennium (1990-2004). LÄS MER

5. 9. Social Movements and Gender in Post-Soviet Russia. The Case of the Soldier's Mothers NGOs

   Författare :Zaira Jagudina; Göteborgs universitet; []
   Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; social movement; gender; civic activism; collective identity; women’s self-organization; post-Soviet Russia;

   Sammanfattning : This dissertation provides a study of gender processes in the maternal human rights movement of the Soldiers’ Mothers NGOs, which were created in the arena of the military draft politics in post-Soviet Russia. It also includes an analysis of the depoliticized and gendered civil society of the formalized NGOs, which provides a broader social context for the soldiers’ mothers’ movement. LÄS MER

7. 10. Trans and Sex Change in Contemporary Iran : A Socio-Legal Study of Gendered Policies and Practices

   Författare :Zara Saeidzadeh; Liisa Husu; Jeff Hearn; Sofia Strid; Surya Monro; Örebro universitet; []
   Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Embodiment; Feminist politics; Gender sex; Iranian legal system; Islamic law; Misrecognition; Practices; Sex change; Shi’a jurisprudence; Trans men; Trans women;

   Sammanfattning : This thesis is a result of a qualitative study that investigates the socio-legal status of trans persons who undergo sex-change surgery in contemporary Iran. It examines how social practices of gender shape the lives of trans men and trans women in Iranian society. LÄS MER