Essays about: "Act Relating to Children"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 7 essays containing the words Act Relating to Children.

1. 1. Children in Prison: Contemplating Processes and Decisions to Separate the Children from their Mothers in Uganda

   University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för socialt arbete

   Author : KATO Francis; [2020-03-13]
   Keywords : Prison; imprisoned mothers; staff; Children; living alongside their imprisoned mother s ; views about separation; Separation process and decision; Uganda Prisons Act 2006.;

   Abstract : Introduction and context: With the number of imprisoned women who also double as mother continue to grow, so has the number of innocent children accompanying their mother behind bars. Around the World, different countries have approached this issue in different ways within their respective national policy and legal frameworks. READ MORE

3. 2. “Girls for sale” : Understanding the difficulties in protecting girls in Nepal from being exploited for prostitution

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Teologiska institutionen

   Author : Natasha Semenets; [2019]
   Keywords : Prostitution; trafficking; internal trafficking; sex trafficking; Nepal; children’s rights; Convention on the Rights of the Child; Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the sale of children; child prostitution and child pornography; The Constitution of Nepal; Act Relating to Children; gender discrimination; social injustice;

   Abstract : The number of girls that are being exploited for prostitution in Nepal has increased in recent years, and girls suffer a high risk of being exposed when they come from already poorly conditions. Previously, uneducated girls could be found in the adult entertainment sector, but nowadays even educated girls are being exploited. READ MORE

4. 3. Whistleblower Protection as a Potential Piece of the Puzzle to End Sexual Exploitation and Abuse in UN Peacekeeping Operations

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Juridiska institutionen; Lunds universitet/Juridiska fakulteten

   Author : Sara Rävås; [2019]
   Keywords : International law; international organizations; United Nations; whistleblower; whistleblower protection; Anders Kompass; sexual exploitation and abuse; ARIO; peacekeeping; Law and Political Science;

   Abstract : In 2014, Anders Kompass, a Swedish national working for the UN in Geneva, received a report of French peacekeepers exploiting and raping children in the Central African Republic (CAR). When Kompass handed over the report to France, in an attempt to stop the abuse, he was treated as a whistleblower and faced retaliation from the UN. READ MORE

5. 4. Girls Used in Armed Conflict – An analysis of the protection of girls, associated with armed groups or forces, through prohibitions on using children in armed conflict

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Juridiska institutionen; Lunds universitet/Juridiska fakulteten

   Author : Sara Hansson; [2018]
   Keywords : Child soldiers; International Humanitarian Law; International Criminal Law; International Human Rights Law; International Human Rights; Children used in armed conflict; Gender and war; Law and Political Science;

   Abstract : Since the 1970s, the practice of conscripting, enlisting or recruiting children into armed groups or forces has become increasingly common, and many children are used for various tasks in conflicts around the globe. Children are easily persuaded or forced into such armed groups or forces, and they suffer great harm from exposure to violence. READ MORE

6. 5. Giving Birth : Debating Surrogate Motherhood in Sweden, A Question of Equality

   University essay from Stockholms universitet/Sociologiska institutionen

   Author : Malin Witkowsky; [2014]
   Keywords : surrogate motherhood; public debate; social problems; national context; women s rights; children s rights; equality; human value; family; separate spheres and hostile worlds;

   Abstract : The purpose of this study has been to identify, analyze and interpret the framing and meaning of the surrogacy debate in Sweden. The study is built on a textual analysis of statements produced within the political sphere on the topic (2001-2012), as well as within other public contexts by actors such as interest groups, different debaters and newspaper editorials (2010-2014). READ MORE