Attitudes and Awareness of Feminism and Women's Discrimination in the Czech Republic

Bc. Karolína Zemanová

Master's thesis

Abstract:

The main objective of this thesis is to analyze and evaluate acquired data from the interviews and survey that were used in the practical part and to determine the attitudes and awareness of Czech people towards the feminism and gender discrimination in the Czech Republic. This thesis investigates how people understand the context of feminism, gender discrimination and the perceptions they have about it. And to find out whether there are some misconceptions about the discussed topics. This diploma thesis is divided into two main parts: theoretical and practical. Based on the literature review and online sources, theoretical part summarizes the basic definitions and knowledge of the social movements, feminism, discrimination and legal regulations towards the discrimination in the Czech Republic. Practical part is divided into two parts: in-depth interviews and survey. Both quantitative and qualitative research methods are used to gain a complete understanding of the target audience’s awareness, knowledge and attitudes of the discussed topics. First part consists of in-depth interviews. Primary data were conducted from the interviews in order to gain an in-depth picture of the individual views of the respondents. The aim is to gather as much information as possible from the respondents and the end goal is to develop a deep understanding of people’s attitudes towards the feminism in the Czech Republic. The following part is dedicated to the survey. Quantitative survey gives better understanding of people’s knowledges, attitudes and awareness of the gender discrimination in the Czech Republic. The final chapter of this work is dedicated to the conclusion.

Keywords

Social Movement, Feminism, Women Rights, Gender, Equality, Discrimination, Czech Republic

Jazyk práce: English

Datum vytvoření / odevzdání či podání práce: 31. 3. 2021

Obhajoba závěrečné práce

• Vedúci: Daniel Rosenhaft Swain, Ph.D. MA

Czech University of Life Sciences Prague

Faculty of Economics and Management

Master programme / odbor:
Economics and Management / Economics and Management