Identity as a strategic resource: a study on alternative gender NGOs in Kyrgyzstan
(2013) UTVK02 20122Department of Human Geography
- Abstract (Swedish)
- Since national independence many NGOs active in the domain of gender have been established in Kyrgyzstan. Recently, this part of the NGO sector has seen the emergence of alternative organizations, voicing new issues and perspectives. In this thesis, I take a closer look at these new actors: how they differ from the older generation and also in relation to each other. I am especially interested in their understanding of local identities and how identity is utilized as a strategic resource in forwarding progressive gender agendas within the national context. I do this in four different NGOs, qualifying as ”alternative”. Data for
the thesis were collected during fieldwork in Bishkek, with semi-structured interviews and multi-methodological... (More) - Since national independence many NGOs active in the domain of gender have been established in Kyrgyzstan. Recently, this part of the NGO sector has seen the emergence of alternative organizations, voicing new issues and perspectives. In this thesis, I take a closer look at these new actors: how they differ from the older generation and also in relation to each other. I am especially interested in their understanding of local identities and how identity is utilized as a strategic resource in forwarding progressive gender agendas within the national context. I do this in four different NGOs, qualifying as ”alternative”. Data for
the thesis were collected during fieldwork in Bishkek, with semi-structured interviews and multi-methodological case studies being the main methods. In my findings, I argue that there are several reasons to view Kyrgyzstani gender-NGO sector as dual. I conclude that the differences among the alternative organizations are mostly a matter of diverging strategies and forms of interventions, while they, on the level of ideology, identity mobilization and gender understandings, are relatively congruent. More often than not, the inherent potential of alternative organizations complementing and strengthening each other is high – to the point of functioning as a unified actor jointly advancing gender-progressive agendas in
Kyrgyzstan. (Less)
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- author
- Sörnmo, Gustaf LU
- supervisor
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- Anne Jerneck LU
- organization
- course
- UTVK02 20122
- year
- 2013
- type
- M2 - Bachelor Degree
- subject
- keywords
- Identity, Intersectionality, NGO sector, gender, Kyrgyzstan
- language
- English
- id
- 4000971
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- 2013-11-11 11:32:03
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