This thesis researches the nuances in the wording of the official English version and the Dutch translation of the Convention on the Elimination of all Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW)...Show moreThis thesis researches the nuances in the wording of the official English version and the Dutch translation of the Convention on the Elimination of all Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW). CEDAW imposes obligations on the States Parties, but it is unclear how these obligations are legally enforced. This thesis first investigates the enforcement mechanisms of CEDAW and secondly it analyzes the differences between how the English version and the Dutch translation express obligation, both lexically and grammatically. This research is based on the following thesis question: How strong is the expression of degrees of obligation within CEDAW’s official English version and its Dutch translation, and has this strength changed in the process of translation? The findings led to a dichotomy between legislative obligations and the linguistic obligations, where the former is less strong than proposed and the latter is equal in both version.Show less
The African-American church played an important role in the African- American society. A few researchers looked into the question why the African-Americans decided to leave the white controlled...Show moreThe African-American church played an important role in the African- American society. A few researchers looked into the question why the African-Americans decided to leave the white controlled churches after the abolition of slavery. This thesis looked into the general history of the independent African-American church. This research is based their conclusion on base of autobiographies and work of the most influential, leading religious figures after the abolition of slavery in 1865. This thesis proposed the hypothesis that the independent African-American church was formed by the aim to educate the just liberated African-American in both a spiritual and an educational way, as a form of protest and in order to uplift their race.Show less
This research investigates the diversity between the foundation period of leper houses in Holland and regions around Holland. The field of investigation are the surrounding areas England, central...Show moreThis research investigates the diversity between the foundation period of leper houses in Holland and regions around Holland. The field of investigation are the surrounding areas England, central and north French kingdom, Flanders, Brabant, the Rhine valley, gelre and Friesland. The leper houses of Holland are mostly founded after the great plague of the mid 1400’s, while the leprosaria of surrounding areas where in general founded in the 12th and 13th century. This diversity can be explained by the differences in the circumstances of these foundations. The early European leper houses are founded by the local nobility. They felt responsible for the wellbeing of the local community and felt an urge to found a leper house by religious motivations. These foundations of houses occurred in a period where a lot of houses of charity where founded by religious motives: hospitals, alms houses, orphanages, abbeys, and cloisters. The late European foundations, centred in north-west Europe, can be explained by the state of urbanisation of these counties. In growing cities in Holland arose an urban elite, consisting of wealthy merchants and craftsmen. These patricians controlled the daily life of the city. To form a Christian city solidarity and urban mentality in their city, it was important to ‘organize’ the city, construct a form of socials control, and manage the intern population. By this motivation, the new elite founded leper houses to control and maintain a strict border between the sick and the healthy, the poor and the wealthy.Show less
