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The ambiguity of gender equality in the contemporary ACW Work Plan

Malmström, Moa LU (2023) STVK12 20231
Department of Political Science
Abstract
The study examines how gender equality is represented and problematized in the ASEAN Committee on Women Work Plan 2021-2025. The study seeks to explore discourse of gender equality present in the work plan, by employing Carol Bacchi’s “What is the problem represented to be” method. The findings are analyzed through a postcolonial feminist approach to underpin some silences and subject positions, created by the problem representations current in the text. The findings implied that gender equality mostly is a “female issue”, in which “women”, are perceived as both the victims and the agents of change. Furthermore, women are generally defined as one coherent group and factors that differentiate their needs are partly neglected and overlooked.... (More)
The study examines how gender equality is represented and problematized in the ASEAN Committee on Women Work Plan 2021-2025. The study seeks to explore discourse of gender equality present in the work plan, by employing Carol Bacchi’s “What is the problem represented to be” method. The findings are analyzed through a postcolonial feminist approach to underpin some silences and subject positions, created by the problem representations current in the text. The findings implied that gender equality mostly is a “female issue”, in which “women”, are perceived as both the victims and the agents of change. Furthermore, women are generally defined as one coherent group and factors that differentiate their needs are partly neglected and overlooked. Despite that gender equality is framed as a fundamental value in the action plan, some formulations imply that gender equality is used as a means to achieve other goals of economic nature. Lastly, the recurrent framings of gender (in)equality attributed to male-biased social norms, might risk reinforcing certain gender stereotypes, which eventually could contribute to the policy resulting in being counterproductive in decreasing gender gaps in Southeast Asia. (Less)
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author
Malmström, Moa LU
supervisor
organization
alternative title
Discourse analysis on how gender equality is framed in the ASEAN Committee on Women Work Plan 2021-2025
course
STVK12 20231
year
type
M2 - Bachelor Degree
subject
keywords
ASEAN, Gender equality, Discourse Analysis, WPR method, postcolonial feminism, ASEAN Committee on Women Work Plan 2021-2025
language
English
id
9116087
date added to LUP
2023-09-07 17:06:43
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2023-09-07 17:06:43
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  abstract     = {{The study examines how gender equality is represented and problematized in the ASEAN Committee on Women Work Plan 2021-2025. The study seeks to explore discourse of gender equality present in the work plan, by employing Carol Bacchi’s “What is the problem represented to be” method. The findings are analyzed through a postcolonial feminist approach to underpin some silences and subject positions, created by the problem representations current in the text. The findings implied that gender equality mostly is a “female issue”, in which “women”, are perceived as both the victims and the agents of change. Furthermore, women are generally defined as one coherent group and factors that differentiate their needs are partly neglected and overlooked. Despite that gender equality is framed as a fundamental value in the action plan, some formulations imply that gender equality is used as a means to achieve other goals of economic nature. Lastly, the recurrent framings of gender (in)equality attributed to male-biased social norms, might risk reinforcing certain gender stereotypes, which eventually could contribute to the policy resulting in being counterproductive in decreasing gender gaps in Southeast Asia.}},
  author       = {{Malmström, Moa}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  note         = {{Student Paper}},
  title        = {{The ambiguity of gender equality in the contemporary ACW Work Plan}},
  year         = {{2023}},
}