Saudiarabien och dess kvinnorörelser- Hur argumenterar kvinnorna i ett av världens mest kvinnoföraktfulla länder när det kommer till frihet, jämlikhet och ökade medborgerliga rättigheter?
(2013) STVK01 20122Department of Political Science
- Abstract (Swedish)
- Women in Saudi Arabia live with extremely limited rights. For example they don’t have the right to divorce, drive a car or travel without a male guardian. In the year of 2010 people in the Arabian countries started to confront their leader trough protest and demonstrations and finally manage to dethrone them. This is generally known as the Arabian spring.
Since then women organizations in Saudi Arabia started to grow, gain influence and achieve results. By examining what women organizations in Saudi Arabia have made public on internet I have investigated how they argue in order to achieve freedom, equality and democratic rights. As there are different types of feminism I have chosen to analyze the arguments as being arguments from either... (More) - Women in Saudi Arabia live with extremely limited rights. For example they don’t have the right to divorce, drive a car or travel without a male guardian. In the year of 2010 people in the Arabian countries started to confront their leader trough protest and demonstrations and finally manage to dethrone them. This is generally known as the Arabian spring.
Since then women organizations in Saudi Arabia started to grow, gain influence and achieve results. By examining what women organizations in Saudi Arabia have made public on internet I have investigated how they argue in order to achieve freedom, equality and democratic rights. As there are different types of feminism I have chosen to analyze the arguments as being arguments from either liberal- or radical feminism according to theory.
The conclusion is that all arguments are for more freedom but expressed differently. The liberal feminists argue for more rights while the radical put all the blame of the situation on men. (Less)
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- author
- Livijn Carlman, Astrid LU
- supervisor
- organization
- course
- STVK01 20122
- year
- 2013
- type
- M2 - Bachelor Degree
- subject
- keywords
- Kvinnorörelse, Saudiarabien, liberalfeminism, radikalfeminism.
- language
- Swedish
- id
- 3357960
- date added to LUP
- 2013-02-05 14:35:25
- date last changed
- 2013-02-05 14:35:25
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abstract = {{Women in Saudi Arabia live with extremely limited rights. For example they don’t have the right to divorce, drive a car or travel without a male guardian. In the year of 2010 people in the Arabian countries started to confront their leader trough protest and demonstrations and finally manage to dethrone them. This is generally known as the Arabian spring.
Since then women organizations in Saudi Arabia started to grow, gain influence and achieve results. By examining what women organizations in Saudi Arabia have made public on internet I have investigated how they argue in order to achieve freedom, equality and democratic rights. As there are different types of feminism I have chosen to analyze the arguments as being arguments from either liberal- or radical feminism according to theory.
The conclusion is that all arguments are for more freedom but expressed differently. The liberal feminists argue for more rights while the radical put all the blame of the situation on men.}},
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note = {{Student Paper}},
title = {{Saudiarabien och dess kvinnorörelser- Hur argumenterar kvinnorna i ett av världens mest kvinnoföraktfulla länder när det kommer till frihet, jämlikhet och ökade medborgerliga rättigheter?}},
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