Essays about: "truth and reconciliation"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 41 essays containing the words truth and reconciliation.

  1. 1. Coexisting With the Enemy : A Qualitative Study of Women's Negative Attitudes Towards Peacebuilding

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

    Author : Elise Plesse; [2024]
    Keywords : Gender inequality; transitional justice; truth-telling; reconciliation; peacebuilding attitudes; trauma;

    Abstract : Gender inequality has during the past decades become an increasingly studied topic in the field of peace and conflict. However, there are still many gaps to fill. READ MORE

  3. 2. ACHIEVING GENDER-JUST PROGRAMMES: A CASE STUDY ON SOUTH AFRICA’S TRUTH AND RECONCILIATION COMMISSION

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Graduate School

    Author : Laura-Lee Gillion; [2023]
    Keywords : Social Sciences;

    Abstract : The aim of this paper is to research how transitional justice programmes have to this day inadequately addressed gender-based violence by specifically examining the overall framework of South Africa’s Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) in its goal towards reconciliation as a case study. To gain a thorough analysis on how its framework impacted its inclusion of women’s experiences of conflict and how it could have worked towards having a more transformative effect on the lives of black women in South Africa. READ MORE

  4. 3. The Role of Art as a Strategy for Reconciliation and Peacebuilding in Bogotá, Colombia : A narrative investigation of Colombian artists and victims

    University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för samhällsstudier (SS)

    Author : Valentina Flechas Guzmán; [2023]
    Keywords : Art; Reconciliation; Peacebuilding; Colombia; Truth; Peace; Mercy; Justice; Arte; Reconciliación; Construcción de Paz; Colombia; Verdad; Paz; Misericordia; Justicia;

    Abstract : Due to processes of change, there has been an increase in reconciliation initiatives around Colombia directed at promoting spaces for human interaction and social reconstruction to be encourage. This repertoire of strategies nurture collective memory, individual trauma healing and communities’ transformation, and become a place for peacebuilding to take place. READ MORE

  5. 4. Talking Communities : Sámi Trail of Tears as a Model of Habitus-Based Reconciliation

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Teologiska institutionen

    Author : Janne Sirniö; [2023]
    Keywords : Truth Commissioning; Reconciliation; Forceful Displacement; Indigeneity; Slow Violence; Green Transition; Verdi System; Slow Tourism; Theory of Communicative Action;

    Abstract : This conflict study in Theology investigates reconciliation possibilities in indigenous lands in northern Sweden to be discussed through the Sámi Trail of Tears Walking Trail – a real-life innovation project. The historical material is based on the depiction of forcefully dislocated Sámis and the now polarized situation where local indigenous groups risk new conflicts partly with each other, partly with extractive industries, motorized tourism, and the majority’s society. READ MORE

  6. 5. “Governing the nation is more important than revenge”

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Moa Lindqvist; [2023]
    Keywords : Iraqi Kurdistan; genocide; amnesty; reconciliation; collaborators; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : Issuing amnesty in the aftermath of violent conflict is a debated topic within Peace and Conflict studies. This thesis intends to contribute to the debate by investigating how the amnesty issued for Kurdish collaborators of the genocide in 1988, influences reconciliation in Iraqi Kurdistan. READ MORE