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2024-03-28T09:54:36ZUnderstanding the impact of European asylum and migration policies: A promise of a dignified life
http://hdl.handle.net/11144/5334
Título: Understanding the impact of European asylum and migration policies: A promise of a dignified life
Autor: Felix, Claire
Resumo: The 2015-refugee crisis fully hit Greece after years of strict austerity, challenging notions of
entitlement, the role of institutions, and overall assumptions on migration. This article
examines Greek asylum and migration policies and their impact on the every-day life of
asylum seekers. Drawing on Foucauldian perspectives and fieldwork in Eleonas camp in Athens
and Moria camp in Lesvos, it identifies the main consequences of those measures. Results
show that policies are exclusionist and perpetuate irregularity and illegality. Finally, it takes
the debate to a macro-level, challenging the responsibility of the European Union2022-02-01T00:00:00ZRobot citizenship and gender (in)equality: the case of Sophia the robot in Saudi Arabia
http://hdl.handle.net/11144/5333
Título: Robot citizenship and gender (in)equality: the case of Sophia the robot in Saudi Arabia
Autor: Fernandes, Joana Vilela
Resumo: On the 25
th
of October 2017, Sophia, the humanoid robot created by Hanson Robotics, was
declared an official Saudi citizen during the Summit on Future Investment Initiative in Riyadh,
Saudi Arabia. Since Saudi Arabia is known for still holding onto strong religious as well as
conservative values and for still classifying Saudi women as second-class citizens, it seems
quite peculiar that the Kingdom would grant the official citizenship status to a female-looking
non-human being. In other words, this specific decision has come to highlight the deeply
rooted gender disparities in the Kingdom even more, especially as Saudi women face a
constant battle for their recognition as official Saudi citizens and for the concession of their
basic human rights. Although, on the one hand, Saudi Arabia has been trying to picture
themselves as trying to make steps forward in what the Western world would consider the
right direction regarding the evolution of Saudi women’s rights through, for instance, the
publication of more progressive reform programs such as Vision 2030, the Kingdom is, on the
other hand, simultaneously repressing Saudi women’s active resistance against the patriarchal
Saudi traditions. So, while Sophia the robot was granted the official citizenship status
effortlessly and very rapidly, Saudi women are actively protesting for their rights.
This article is based on an explorative approach of the existent literature as it intends to study
the Saudi government’s unique decision of granting Sophia the Saudi citizenship; and to
prospect Saudi women activists’ current struggles against the government and the muttawas,
the Islamic religious police, in their fight for equal rights compared to Sophia’s situation. Thus,
the present article will briefly mention the reasons why Sophia was granted this status and
demonstrate how the treatment of Saudi women activists does not comply with the
progressive image Saudi Arabia is trying to portray.2022-02-01T00:00:00ZYemeni women’s role in conflict resolution
http://hdl.handle.net/11144/5332
Título: Yemeni women’s role in conflict resolution
Autor: Domingues, Elisabete Júlio
Resumo: This article looks at the topic of the role of Yemeni women in conflict resolution in Yemen,
regarding the informal and formal peace processes. This study analyses scientific literature
and documentation available in open sources, such as newspaper articles and interviews,
along with non-governmental organizations' reports. It was also conducted some interviews
with experts from different backgrounds connected to Yemen, which gives us a broader
perspective of Yemeni women and their role in the conflict. It was found that women's
participation in conflict resolution is an important piece that contributes to sustainable peace.
Despite that, women have deep difficulties when we talk about assuming an active role in
these stages and have been excluded from the negotiations in conflict resolution processes.
Guided by the Security Council Resolution 1325, women's involvement in peace negotiations
is one of the United Nations (UN) purposes. Even if the conflict parties in Yemen have been
extremely resistant to accept them in negotiations, the UN has promoted their inclusion in
formal processes, through some indirect adviser mechanisms, such as the Yemeni Women’s
Pact for Peace and Security, the Yemeni Women’s Technical Advisory Group, and more
recently, the Bloc of Women Members of Political Parties. The patriarchal Yemeni society has
limited the Yemeni women intervention in the conflict, still, they have taken part in it, by
participating in many activities, like evacuating civilians and taking care of injured in areas
affected by war, negotiating humanitarian access, and exchange of prisoners, which shows
the dynamic and relevant position they have in conflict resolution informal processes.2022-02-01T00:00:00ZThe art of resistance: art and resistance in Palestine
http://hdl.handle.net/11144/5331
Título: The art of resistance: art and resistance in Palestine
Autor: Young, Mafalda
Resumo: Resistance can take many forms. In Palestine, to exist is to resist. For the last fifty-four years
Palestinians have found many inventive and innovative ways to resist the Israeli occupation,
and one of those ways, but certainly not the only, is art. Palestinian art and the Israeli
occupation walk hand in hand insomuch that and the historical and political encounters of the
conflict have influenced the Palestinian cultural scene and vice versa. This article aims to
explore how art, in its various forms, is part of the arsenal of everyday resistance techniques
employed by the Palestinian. It addresses not only how art has challenged the outcomes of
the conflict, but also how the conflict has impacted the Palestinian artistic scene. To this end,
it explores the case of contemporary Palestinian graffiti as a relevant tool of resistance that
provides an insight into the nature of Palestinian resistance but also into the evolution of the
conflict itself.2022-02-01T00:00:00Z