Browsing by Subject "Women's rights"

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Allegiance and honor : women's rights in Jordan
(2004-08-16) Shobaki, Arwa Jaser; Charrad, M. (Mounira)
The dominance of conservative tribal representation within the Jordanian Parliament and the strong ties the Monarchy has historically maintained with the tribal East Jordanian population has ensured limited rights to women, especially in the area of gender roles dealing with sexuality and honor killings. With international attention focused on bringing democracy to Jordan and the greater Middle East, a better understanding of Jordan’s historical, political and social legacy is necessary to understand today’s Jordan and the difficulties women endure. By identifying the key issues and roadblocks to greater women’s rights, a greater chance for more effective programs and measures for change can be realized
Forg[ing] chains for others : Hannah More's poetics and rhetoric of control
(2012-05) Thaler, Joanna Leigh; Moore, Lisa L. (Lisa Lynne); Hutchison, Coleman
While scholars have carefully and rightly noted the profound influence that More’s abolitionist writings had on both the abolition movement and the developing women’s rights movement, they omit what is an essential examination of her poetics, particularly the self-conscious poetic form that she develops in her poem, “Slavery, A Poem” (1788). In conjunction with noting the rhetorical and textual devices that More implements in “Slavery” to illustrate the art of self-conscious poetics, this paper explores these same devices in a later satirical essay of More’s entitled Hints towards forming a Bill for the Abolition of the White Female Slave Trade, in the Cities of London and Westminster (1804), arguing that, by comparing the rhetorical points of overlap in these two pieces, we can identify that More’s contribution to her contemporary literary culture transcended mere female participation and publication. More importantly, through “Slavery” and Hints, More develops a unique rhetoric – a poetics of control – with which to discuss the physical constraints of slavery, the trope of the individual versus the collective, and the essential poetic and rhetorical practice of blending authorial creativity with conventional constraint.
Implementing ideologies : examining the local women's movement in Jordan (2015-2018)
(2018-08-16) Pell, Tori Lynn; Azam, Hina, 1970-
Jordanian society stands at a crossroads. Steps to improve the status of women in Jordan, like the removal of Article 308, have had resounding success. At the same time, Jordan still contends with conservative discourse surrounding the proper place of women in society. Women’s rights organizations in Jordan have historically shared strong ties to the Jordanian government as well as international donors. The connection between women’s organizations, international donors, and the Jordanian government remains today. However, women’s organization possess a level of autonomy that allows them to tailor their messaging to connect with members of Jordanian society, and create organizational partnerships that successfully create political, social, and ideological change in Jordan.
Marriage in Iranian cinema : a metaphorical platform for the discussion of women’s rights in post-revolutionary Iran
(2017-05) Sale, Caitlin Jane; Atwood, Blake Robert, 1983-
This thesis exams the use of marriage as a metaphorical platform in Iranian cinema for the discussion women’s rights issues outside of films classified as fīlmhā-ye zanān (‘women’s films). Drawing on theoretical frameworks of ‘consciousness raising’ and ‘cofabulation,’ analysis of these films focuses on the relationship between society and law as it is represented through marriage in film. Through a combination of content and contextual analysis, this thesis discusses the political, social and religious changes that took place in Iran between the Pahlavi Dynasty (1925–1941) and the presidency of Mohammad Khatami (1997–2005) in order to establish the situation of women during these periods and women’s organization movements. In doing so, we can see that the discussion of women’s rights issues in Iran, although subdued in society, was able to emerge in film and break away from the generic boundaries of fīlmhā-ye zanān (women’s films) via the metaphorical platform of marriage into other film genres. By using marriage as the site for discussion in film, representations of women’s rights in these films raised the consciousness of Iranian society and brought more open discussion of these issues to the public sphere.
Resistance is no longer futile : women's rights in Lebanon
(2015-05) Partain, Laura Paige; Wilkins, Karin Gwinn, 1962-; Atwood, Blake
This thesis focuses on the current state of women's rights in Lebanon. Due to gender inequality, wider systems of violence, and institutionalized methods of disenfranchisement such as Lebanese personal status laws and the Kafala system, a sponsorship system for migrant domestic labor, women and children are most vulnerable to violence. Despite these pervasive systems of patriarchal dominance, it has thus far been difficult to fight gender-based violence in Lebanon because the country promotes a superficial appearance of equality. This thesis discusses how the women's rights organization KAFA, meaning "Enough" in Arabic, could ignite a women's movement in a country, like Lebanon, that has experienced limited progress for women and prolonged national violence. My thesis begins with an interview with the Communication Director of KAFA, followed by a discussion of KAFA's different campaign strategies to engage the state apparatus, the public sphere, and the migrant and refugee community. I then illustrate how KAFA implements its campaigns through mass media and other visual culture, incorporating audience responses to these strategies into my discussion. Finally, I analyze these campaigns strategies in relation to each other, focusing on the implications of the audiences' responses. I argue in this thesis that in order for KAFA to launch a women's rights movement under current social and political conditions in KAFA, it must first employ strategic campaigns to confront forms of gender-based violence at the state and community levels, appealing to a wide audience and building support across campaigns. Constructing webs of activist support across campaigns is crucial for combatting patriarchal oppression regarding socioeconomic and nationalist differences that a part of KAFA's audience reproduces in their responses to campaigns. These issues are particularly evident in responses regarding those working under the Kafala system, a form of modern day slavery. KAFA uses these contentious responses, however, as an opportunity to educate and raise awareness, educate, and prevent gender-based violence. KAFA's campaign strategies have led to an increase in volunteers and activists participating in KAFA, which I argue places the organization in a unique place to build a women's rights movement in Lebanon.