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Rethinking Female Genital Cutting Through Postcolonial Lens, Erika Carvalho Feb 2024

Rethinking Female Genital Cutting Through Postcolonial Lens, Erika Carvalho

Theses and Dissertations

Due to global instabilities, the resulting international displacement and rising inter- cultural tensions within Western societies have relocated gendered cultural practicesat the center of contemporary debates on multiculturalism, social cohesion and migration. In this context, female genital cutting (FGC) has re-emerged as a symbol of savagery, portrayed as a symbol of “otherness”, a true global violation of women’s rights. While the increasing attention given to these practices is a testament to reinvigorated feminist activism, FGC has also been harnessed for the purposes of reproducing colonial discourses about the “Third World”, which have been integral to the revival of many policies …


Rethinking Female Genital Cutting Through Postcolonial Lens, Erika Carvalho Feb 2024

Rethinking Female Genital Cutting Through Postcolonial Lens, Erika Carvalho

Theses and Dissertations

Due to global instabilities, the resulting international displacement and rising inter- cultural tensions within Western societies have relocated gendered cultural practices at the center of contemporary debates on multiculturalism, social cohesion and migration. In this context, female genital cutting (FGC) has re-emerged as a symbol of savagery, portrayed as a symbol of “otherness”, a true global violation of women’s rights. While the increasing attention given to these practices is a testament to reinvigorated feminist activism, FGC has also been harnessed for the purposes of reproducing colonial discourses about the “Third World”, which have been integral to the revival of many …


An Emerging Triangle: Climate Change, Migration And Human Rights: The Case Of New Zealand,Tuvalu And Kiribati, Sarah Stefanos Dec 2008

An Emerging Triangle: Climate Change, Migration And Human Rights: The Case Of New Zealand,Tuvalu And Kiribati, Sarah Stefanos

Archived Theses and Dissertations

Three important global issues - climate change, migration, and human rights- form an emerging triangle because of their interrelatedness. However, critical analysis of the relationship between these three issues apart from an as yet legally meaningless discourse about an imminent global catastrophe of 250 million 'climate refugees' has been limited. This paper examines the climate change, migration, and human rights triangle through the lens of the Pacific, where some of the states most severely threatened by climate change can be found. Extremely small Pacific states whose inhabitants have lived on coral reef islands (called atolls) for more than 2000 years, …


Rights Of Muslim Converts To Christianity In Egypt, Hebatallah Ghali Feb 2007

Rights Of Muslim Converts To Christianity In Egypt, Hebatallah Ghali

Archived Theses and Dissertations

“Rights of Muslim Converts to Christianity in Egypt” is a research long-overdue, because converts are increasing in number and they are stripped off their human rights, persecuted by state and society, and considered as apostates civically dead. There is a sharp discrimination and difference in jurisprudence between Court of Administrative Litigation of State Council and State Security Court, which deal with converts. Converts of Christian background are recuperating their civil liberty rights, whereas rights of converts of Muslim background are still violated. I reached this conclusion by tracking the jurisprudential development of the Court of Administrative Litigation, which moved from …


Human Rights In Egypt: The Practical Experience, Naila Gabr Jan 1994

Human Rights In Egypt: The Practical Experience, Naila Gabr

Faculty Book Chapters

"First presented at the 1994 Cairo Papers Annual Symposium"


State, Society And Violations Of Human Rights In Egypt, Mustapha K. Al-Sayyid Jan 1994

State, Society And Violations Of Human Rights In Egypt, Mustapha K. Al-Sayyid

Faculty Book Chapters

"First presented at the 1994 Cairo Papers Annual Symposium"


Human Rights In Egypt: The Cause, The Movement, And The Dilemma, Hani Shukrallah Jan 1994

Human Rights In Egypt: The Cause, The Movement, And The Dilemma, Hani Shukrallah

Faculty Book Chapters

"First presented at the 1994 Cairo Papers Annual Symposium"


Introduction: Dealing With Human Rights In The Arab World, Dan Tschirgi Jan 1994

Introduction: Dealing With Human Rights In The Arab World, Dan Tschirgi

Faculty Book Chapters

"First presented at the 1994 Cairo Papers Annual Symposium"


The United Nations And Human Rights, Larisa Gabriel Jan 1994

The United Nations And Human Rights, Larisa Gabriel

Faculty Book Chapters

"First presented at the 1994 Cairo Papers Annual Symposium"


Us Foreign Policy And Human Rights In Egypt, Stephanie Ann Mulica Jan 1994

Us Foreign Policy And Human Rights In Egypt, Stephanie Ann Mulica

Faculty Book Chapters

"First presented at the 1994 Cairo Papers Annual Symposium"


Human Rights In The Middle East: An Overview Of The Last Decade, Hanny Megally Jan 1994

Human Rights In The Middle East: An Overview Of The Last Decade, Hanny Megally

Faculty Book Chapters

"First presented at the 1994 Cairo Papers Annual Symposium"


Human Rights And Cultural Specificity: Some Reflections, Rachad Antonius Jan 1994

Human Rights And Cultural Specificity: Some Reflections, Rachad Antonius

Faculty Book Chapters

"First presented at the 1994 Cairo Papers Annual Symposium"


The Human Rights Movement In Arab Countries: Problems Of Concept, Context And Practice, Nader Fergany Jan 1994

The Human Rights Movement In Arab Countries: Problems Of Concept, Context And Practice, Nader Fergany

Faculty Book Chapters

"First presented at the 1994 Cairo Papers Annual Symposium"


The Roots Of Turmoil In The Egyptian Organization For Human Rights: Dynamics Of Civil Institution-Building In Egypt, Mohamed El Sayed Said Jan 1994

The Roots Of Turmoil In The Egyptian Organization For Human Rights: Dynamics Of Civil Institution-Building In Egypt, Mohamed El Sayed Said

Faculty Book Chapters

"First presented at the 1994 Cairo Papers Annual Symposium"