Essays about: "DDR"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 30 essays containing the word DDR.

  1. 1. A Punta de Convite : On the Effect of Community Mediation on Local Reconciliation in Medellín, Colombia

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för freds- och konfliktforskning

    Author : Lucas Tamayo Ruiz; [2023]
    Keywords : Reconciliation; Local Reconciliation; Mediation; Community Mediation; Local Turn; DDR; Medellín.;

    Abstract : While there is an increasing focus within peace and conflict studies on how local contexts affect peacebuilding work, scholars have failed to investigate how local tools might promote local reconciliation processes. Simultaneously, the field of community mediation has exclusively been studied in contexts not directly related to armed conflicts. READ MORE

  3. 2. Can ObamaCare's Impact be Quantified using RomneyCare as a Comparison Group? : A Difference-in-differences in Reverse Study of Uninsurance in Rhode Island

    University essay from Jönköping University/Internationella Handelshögskolan

    Author : João Mateus; [2023]
    Keywords : Health Economics; Difference-in-differences in Reverse; Natural Experiment; Uninsurance;

    Abstract : The US consistently lags nearly all developed nations in percentage of population covered by basic health insurance. To address this, ‘RomneyCare’ was implemented in Massachusetts (state level) in 2006, and later on ObamaCare’s similar major provisions came into effect in 2014 at the federal level. READ MORE

  4. 3. Towards a more coherent approach to peacebuilding : Mine action paving the way for ex-combatant reintegration in the case of Colombia

    University essay from Försvarshögskolan

    Author : Sara Kamoun; [2022]
    Keywords : Keywords: Mine action; reintegration of ex-combatants; DDR; peacebuilding; post-conflict reconstruction; community security; DDR-Mine Action nexus;

    Abstract : There is a growing awareness among researchers, policy-makers, and practitioners regarding the importance of increased coordination among numerous post-conflict peacebuilding processes and the consequent need for conceptual clarity as a precondition for coordinated, holistic peacebuilding interventions. Disarmament, demobilization, and reintegration (DDR), and Mine Action are among the very first entry points in post-conflict reconstruction, however, despite sharing similarities they form part of distinct communities of practice, and the nexus between the two remains widely unaddressed academically and in practice. READ MORE

  5. 4. The inclusion of girls depends on women : A study of the inclusion of girls associated with armed forces and armed groups in DDR programs by women mediators in Colombia, the DRC and Somalia

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Teologiska institutionen

    Author : Mikaela Ottosson; [2021]
    Keywords : Child soldiers; Women mediators; GAAFAG; CAAFAG; DDR; Peacebuilding.;

    Abstract : This thesis analyzes the relation between women mediators in peace negotiations and the inclusion of female child soldiers in disarm, demobilize and reintegrate (DDR) processes. Research shows that despite the adoption of UNSCR 1325 and the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women, there is low participation of women in peace processes. READ MORE

  6. 5. Ex-Combatants in a State of Flux : Understanding remobilization in the Democratic Republic of Congo

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för freds- och konfliktforskning

    Author : Bryan Ocaya; [2021]
    Keywords : Remobilisation; DDR; Social remarginalization; DRC; post-conflict and continued violence;

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