Moving Towards a Reproductive Justice Model: A comparative Analysis of Reproductive Feminist Discourse in Ireland and India

Eleanor BROOKS

Diplomová práce

White women saving brown women from brown men (working title)

Anotace:

This thesis advances the argument that reproductive justice is the more suitable framework to support women's realisation of their reproductive rights. This is contextualised against the history of reproductive oppression experienced by women in Ireland and India through the exploitation of their bodies in their post-colonial nation-states. This thesis demonstrates how both denial and access to reproductive services can produce these experiences of oppression, and thus problematizes the assumption that reproductive freedom is secured through reproductive technology. I argue that the choice framework endorsed by Irish feminists fails to achieve meaningful reproductive autonomy due to its narrow vision. Finally, I propose that the intersectional and comprehensive design of the reproductive justice framework might be a better framework through which to approach and understand the reproductive needs of women and plan and implement interventions to meet the same.

Abstract:

This thesis advances the argument that reproductive justice is the more suitable framework to support women's realisation of their reproductive rights. This is contextualised against the history of reproductive oppression experienced by women in Ireland and India through the exploitation of their bodies in post-colonial Ireland and India. This thesis demonstrates how both denial and access to reproductive services can produce these experiences of oppression, and thus problematizes the assumption that reproductive freedom is secured through reproductive technology. I argue that the choice framework endorsed by Irish feminists fails to achieve meaningful reproductive autonomy due to its narrow vision. Finally, I propose that the intersectional and comprehensive design of the reproductive justice framework might be a better framework through which to approach and understand the reproductive needs of women and plan and implement interventions to meet the same.

Klíčová slova

reproductive justice, choice paradigm, post-colonialism, reproductive rights, state coercion

Jazyk práce: čeština

Datum vytvoření / odevzdání či podání práce: 2. 8. 2019

Obhajoba závěrečné práce

• Vedoucí: Mgr. et Mgr. Michaela Antonín Malaníková, Ph.D.

UNIVERZITA PALACKÉHO V OLOMOUCI

Filozofická fakulta

Magisterský studijní program / obor:
Humanities / Euroculture