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Family Planning in the Development Policy of the United States: Empowering Women or Instrumentalization of Women's Bodies?
Pelikánová, Kristýna ; Plechanovová, Běla (advisor) ; Kotvalová, Anna (referee)
Looking at the critical literature regarding family planning in the development policy many authors argue that population control is not a thing of the past but is present in the contemporary discourse and policies regarding population. The thesis identifies the main concerns associated with population growth and examines to what extent they determine the policy and aid allocation toward family planning programs of the United States over the period of 2010-2020. Using the panel data concerning developing countries through the OLS and fixed effect methods of estimation, the thesis examines to what extent is the aid allocation in the selected case determined by the recipient's income, bilateral trade with the donor country, recipient's political stability, maternal mortality, and stress on the water resources, used as a proxy for environmental degradation. The thesis finds certain evidence of the influence of environmental degradation and trade with the donor country on the allocation of support for family planning, but not the influence of maternal mortality, the reduction of which is proclaimed as one of the main goals of family planning programs. The conclusions of the thesis indicate the prevalence of strategic considerations in the allocation of foreign aid by the United States and the...
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Conflict and re-ordering of gender relations in society: post-conflict reconstruction in Rwanda and Democratic Republic of Congo
Pastorková, Sabrina ; Karásek, Tomáš (advisor) ; Kotvalová, Anna (referee)
Conflict and re-ordering of gender relations in society: post-conflict reconstruction in Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of Congo Abstract Women are often portrayed as victims of conflict, which is in large part true. However, women also act as agents, active participants in war and they can be largely neglected once peace occurs. This diploma thesis is mainly concerned with the mechanism of changing gender relations in societies as a result of armed conflicts and violence resulting in the potential for change of women's role in the society and their empowerment. Can we possibly claim that an armed conflict has positive consequences in a form of women's empowerment? Some scholars explain that war can be a catalyst that can send women on a fast-track route towards empowerment. Others oppose by claiming that wars rather tend to reiterate patriarchy in societies. In order to evaluate the effects of wars on gender relations in society, we first provide literature overview on the topic which is followed up theoretical underpinnings of the mechanism of changes of gender relations in society. Several options are defined as possible routes towards the women's empowerment in society. The thesis then analyses two scenarios of results of wars on women in societies, in particular the great success of Rwanda and the...
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Portrayal of Female Family Members in Selected Works by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
Tlamková, Sabina ; Topolovská, Tereza (advisor) ; Higgins, Bernadette (referee)
The aim of this thesis is to analyse the position of women in Nigerian family and to estimate the extent of their emancipation and/or dependence on men in Nigerian society, traditionally considered to be patriarchal. The analysis is based on the interpretation of the novels Purple Hibiscus and Half of a Yellow Sun and the short story collection The Thing around Your Neck, written by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, a prominent contemporary Nigerian author. The theoretical part focuses on political, social and economic representations of women in pre- colonial Nigeria and in colonial and modern, post-colonial Nigeria. An antidote to the stereotypical depiction of women in African literature, Adichie's work typically presents female characters who are educated, independent and emancipated. This stands to challenge the image of Nigerian women who are dominated and controlled by men.
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Gender Mainstreaming in Bilateral Projects of the Czech Development Cooperation
Lacinová, Radka ; Horký-Hlucháň , Ondřej (advisor) ; Plechanovová, Běla (referee)
This work is based on the analysis of documents and conducted interviews with the aim to evaluate how and to what extent the Czech bilateral development projects reflect gender. It is crucial for an assessment how gender is reflected at the various stages of the project cycle. The research is framed by the twin-track approach according to which gender is mainstreamed and also projects focused on women's empowerment are carried out. To evaluate the research question the methodology proposed by Caroline Moser (2005) is used, which also evaluates the conceptual setting and institutional settings, making comprehensive analysis of gender issue possible. The paper examines two cases, namely projects under the auspices of the Czech Development Agency implemented in the period from 2010 to 2014 in the sector of water and sanitation in Ethiopia and in the health sector in Georgia. It was found through the research that gender is reflected formally in development projects. Formal consideration is a manifestation of the efforts of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Czech Republic to reflect gender issues in the context of international development cooperation. However, there is still a lack of a systematic approach, under which there would be designed sufficient capacities, standardized procedures, clear...
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Portrayal of Female Family Members in Selected Works by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
Tlamková, Sabina ; Topolovská, Tereza (advisor) ; Higgins, Bernadette (referee)
The aim of this thesis is to analyse the position of women in Nigerian family and to estimate the extent of their emancipation and/or dependence on men in Nigerian society, traditionally considered to be patriarchal. The analysis is based on the interpretation of the novels Purple Hibiscus and Half of a Yellow Sun and the short story collection The Thing around Your Neck, written by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, a prominent contemporary Nigerian author. The theoretical part focuses on political, social and economic representations of women in pre- colonial Nigeria and in colonial and modern, post-colonial Nigeria. An antidote to the stereotypical depiction of women in African literature, Adichie's work typically presents female characters who are educated, independent and emancipated. This stands to challenge the image of Nigerian women who are dominated and controlled by men.
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