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    Rapping feminism, rapping the family: hip hop, the Mudawwana, and the monarchy in Morocco

    University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Library, 2015
    Feminisms can be expressed in many forms, in a variety of complex sub-cultural systems that are full of synergies and contradictions. One such arena is music. In this paper, Casey Jo Brege examines the types of feminism expressed through rap and hip hop in Morocco, in the context of the Mudawwana and the monarchy.
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    Traditional gender roles of men and women in natural resource conservation among the vhavenda people in Zimbabwe: implications for sustainable development

    International Journal of Humanities and Social Science, 2015
    Natural resource conservation is absolutely key to the concept of sustainable development, yet environmental pressures continue to increase including soil degradation, water availability, and nutrient cycling.
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    The role of discriminatory social institutions in female South-South migration

    OECD Development Centre, 2014
    Migration patterns, choices and outcomes are not gender neutral. Women account for almost half of all global migration, and within that are a number of important gendered differences and considerations that must be explored and accounted for.
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    From global to local: feminism and feminist nudity from visual perceptions and conceptions of artists

    2014
    In artistic training, theory, and practice, the naked human figure has served as a significant subject for artistic production, a constant part of cultural capital since pre-historic times. In contemporary times, the nude has also served as a unique genre and subject of representation in the arts, especially pictorial, plastic and photographic works.
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    Adichie's Purple Hibiscus and the issue of feminism in African novel

    2015
    The multi-award winning author Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie has distinguished herself as one of Nigerian’s most successful female writers, and in this essay published in the Journal for Humanities and Art Studies, Ibeku Ijeoma Ann uses one of her most famous works, Purple Habiscus, to explore the issue of feminism in the African novel.
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    Making waves: media’s potential for girls in the Global South

    BBC Media Action, 2014
    Doubly marginalised by both gender and age, there are an estimated 600 million adolescent girls in the world, many of whom live a bleak existence. For these girls, exclusion from basic public services, lack of autonomy, and vulnerability to violence are real and persistent risks.
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    #CSW59: What is the most important woman's right?

    2015
    Between March 9-20, 2015, thousands of women and men from around the world travelled to New York to attend the 59th session on the Commission of the Status of women (CSW59), and commemorate the 20th anniversary of the Beijing Platform for Action. Campaign Life Coalition representatives were there as well, where they spoke to countless NGO's and delegates.
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    LBTI Caucus statement in reaction to Political Statement of the 59th Commission on the Status of Women

    International Gay and Lesbian Human Rights Commission, 2015
    The Commission on the Status of Women’s (CSW) Lesbian, Bisexual women, Trans, and Intersex (LBTI) Caucus is represented by over 70 non-governmental and civil organisations working for the promotion and protection of human rights and empowerment of all persons, regardless of sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, or intersex status.
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    Shaping our collective futures: the Africa we want

    2013
    In 50 years, what kind of Africa can we envision, and then proceed to achieve? What are the non-negotiables? What agenda will see a true transformation of the world in which we live? What factors will enable us to not simply survive, but to thrive?
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    Social Institutions and Gender Index: 2014 synthesis report

    Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development, 2014
    This synthesis report of the third edition of the Social Institutions and Gender Index (SIGI) captures and measures gender-based discrimination − social norms, practices and laws − in social institutions across 160 countries.

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