Kvinnornas post-revolutionära Tunisien : ur askan i elden? : en diskussionsanalys av debatten kring jämställdhet i Tunisiens nya konstitution
(2013) MRSK30 20122Human Rights Studies
- Abstract
- On October 23, 2011, Ennahda wins Tunisia's first free democratic elections. Ennahda is an Islamist party that was publicly acknowledged only after the ruling dictator was overthrown. Media has been talking about the revolution in Tunisia as the citizen's liberation, but after the election the discussion is about women's future. When the new provisional constitution is published on August 8 2012 the Western media reflects an image of a shattered dream for the women of Tunisia. In Tunisia, it is speculated whether the new constitution defines women as men's complement within nation and family.
The purpose of this analyze is to examine the current debate around the concept of complementarity. My main question is; how and why do the... (More) - On October 23, 2011, Ennahda wins Tunisia's first free democratic elections. Ennahda is an Islamist party that was publicly acknowledged only after the ruling dictator was overthrown. Media has been talking about the revolution in Tunisia as the citizen's liberation, but after the election the discussion is about women's future. When the new provisional constitution is published on August 8 2012 the Western media reflects an image of a shattered dream for the women of Tunisia. In Tunisia, it is speculated whether the new constitution defines women as men's complement within nation and family.
The purpose of this analyze is to examine the current debate around the concept of complementarity. My main question is; how and why do the definitions of the concept of equality differ in the tunisian debate?
The thesis has been carried out using discussion-analytical tools with material in the form of blog posts, excerpts from interviews and opinion articles. The analysis of the debate results in two different definitions of equality. By web-activists arguments about equality together with hegemonic feminism I reach a definition of equality based on universal human rights. The argument from Monica Marks representing Ennahda, in conjunction with the theory of equity has formed a definition of equality based on women and men's complementary roles. By examining the debate from a post-colonial feminist perspective I reach the conclusion that the perception of equality is highly context-dependent and may vary without necessarily conflict with international agreements. (Less)
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- author
- Sternäng, Karin LU
- supervisor
- organization
- course
- MRSK30 20122
- year
- 2013
- type
- M2 - Bachelor Degree
- subject
- keywords
- post-colonial feminism, equity, feminism, Ennahda, complementarity, Tunisia, women, equality, mänskliga rättigheter
- language
- Swedish
- id
- 3358768
- date added to LUP
- 2013-02-26 11:23:15
- date last changed
- 2014-09-04 08:27:39
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