Essays about: "sexual violence against women"

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1. 1. The Exploitation by the Blue Helmets : A Qualitative Cross-Case Comparison of the United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in Central African Republic and the United Nations Mission in Burundi

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

   Author : Elsa Svärd; [2024]
   Keywords : United Nations; Peacekeeping; Sexual Violence; Transactional sex; Internal displacement; Unemployment;

   Abstract : UN peacekeeping operations have received a significant amount of backlash during the past decades when allegations of sexual misconduct conducted by its personnel against civilians have unravelled. The purpose of this study is to answer the research question: How does unemployment amongst internally displaced women, within the host state, affect the probability of United Nations peacekeepers perpetrating Transactional Sex against them? The suggested hypothesis yields that a high level of unemployed internally displaced women has a positive effect on peacekeeper-perpetrated transactional sex occurrence. READ MORE

3. 2. We will teach you a lesson : A qualitative study on militarized masculinity and the use of sexual violence in armed conflict

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

   Author : Zahra Nayabi; [2024]
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   Abstract : This paper will focus on articulating and arguing for the intricate relationship between militarized masculinity in ethno-nation conflicts and the use of conflict related sexual violence (CRSV). While previous research has been done on the topic of interest. READ MORE

4. 3. VIOLENCE OUTSIDE OF BATTLEGROUNDS- Qualitative text analysis of Women, Peace, and Security resolutions

   University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

   Author : Hanna Jarenmark; [2023-02-13]
   Keywords : WPS; Continuum of violence; Violence against women; Pre-conflict; Post-conflict;

   Abstract : Women experience violence in times of war and peace. The UN’s Security Council has formulated ten resolutions on the Women, Peace, and Security agenda (WPS) to increase women’s political participation and address their experiences and needs in relation to armed conflicts. READ MORE

5. 4. The strategies and consequences for harassment : The effect on women journalists’ work in Costa Rica

   University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för medier och journalistik (MJ)

   Author : Linnea Söderberg; Alicia Schumacher; [2023]
   Keywords : Interview; gender; media; online violence; self-censorship; Latin America; Intervju; genus; näthat; självcensur; Latinamerika; trakasserier; kvinnor; journalistik;

   Abstract : Violence against women journalists is increasing all over the world, especially online, and previous research shows that journalists develop different strategies to avoid harassment. Costa Rica is the country in Latin America that has the highest level of press freedom but that does not mean that harassment is non-existing. READ MORE

6. 5. The association between husband/partner’slevel of education and lifetime physicaldomestic violence against women agedbetween 15-49 years in Pakistan: Evidencefrom Pakistan Demography and HealthSurvey 2017-18

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för kvinnors och barns hälsa

   Author : Mahbuba Alam Brishty; [2023]
   Keywords : Pakistan; domestic violence; consequences of domestic violence; education level in Pakistan;

   Abstract : Background Each year almost 1 in 3 (27%) of women (15-49y) worldwide experience lifetime physical and/or sexual domestic violence by their husbands/partners; that is almost 736 million women worldwide. According to the PDHS 2017-18, the prevalence of DV is 24% in Pakistan. READ MORE