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The Millennium Development Goals - Romanian case

Author

Term

4. term

Publication year

2016

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Pages

60

Abstract

Dette speciale undersøger Rumæniens fremskridt mod det tredje årtusindudviklingsmål (MDG 3) – at fremme ligestilling mellem kønnene og styrke kvinders position – og stiller det centrale spørgsmål, hvorfor målet ikke blev fuldt opfyldt. MDG 3 behandles som et komplekst mål, der omfatter blandt andet vold mod kvinder, lønforskelle, adgang til rettigheder og ressourcer samt kvinders repræsentation i politik; særligt belyses målet om at øge kvinders beskæftigelse og andelen af kvinder i parlamentet. Projektet anvender en kvalitativ tilgang baseret på officielle rapporter fra FN og rumænske offentlige institutioner samt relevant litteratur. Den teoretiske ramme omfatter begrebsafklaringer af køn, kvinders empowerment og repræsentation og inddrager perspektiver fra feminisme, køn og liberalisme samt moderniseringsteori. Den empiriske del skitserer de globale MDG’er, sætter dem i rumænsk kontekst og drøfter blandt andet, at den nationale indikator om kvinders parlamentsrepræsentation ikke var med i landets reviderede indikatorer, selvom regeringen har fremhævet emnets betydning. Analysen undersøger kommunismens eftervirkninger for ligestilling, hvordan modernisering kan måles, og hvorfor Rumænien har få kvinder i parlamentet. Formålet er at identificere barrierer, der har hæmmet fuld målopfyldelse, og diskutere implikationer for fremtidig ligestillingspolitik; konkrete resultater og konklusioner ligger uden for dette uddrags ramme.

This thesis examines Romania’s progress toward the third Millennium Development Goal (MDG 3)—promoting gender equality and empowering women—and asks why the country did not fully achieve it. MDG 3 is treated as a complex goal encompassing issues such as violence against women, pay equality, access to rights and resources, and women’s political representation; particular attention is given to increasing women’s employment and the proportion of parliamentary seats held by women. The study uses a qualitative approach grounded in official reports from the United Nations and Romanian public institutions, complemented by relevant literature. Its theoretical framework defines key concepts—gender, women’s empowerment, and representation—and draws on feminism, gender and liberalism, and modernization theory. The empirical overview situates the global MDGs in the Romanian context and notes, among other points, that the national indicator on women’s parliamentary representation was not included in Romania’s revised indicators despite government emphasis on the issue. The analysis explores the legacy of communism for gender equality, ways to measure modernization, and reasons for low female representation in Parliament. The aim is to identify barriers that hindered full attainment of MDG 3 and to discuss policy implications for future gender equality efforts; specific findings and conclusions are beyond the scope of this excerpt.

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