Essays about: "Conflict Affected Societies"
Showing result 1 - 5 of 13 essays containing the words Conflict Affected Societies.
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1. Climate security: How is the United Nations responding to climate change as a source of insecurity and a hindrance to sustainable development in Sudan?
University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för geovetenskaperAbstract : Climate security is a subject that focuses on the relationship between climate change and security. Climate security is a subject that supports the notion that climate change is amplifying existing security threats as climate change is having negative impacts on societies, the natural environment, and development which worsen the situation, especially in regions that already experiencing major challenges. READ MORE
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2. SKIN IN THE GAME - Inter-ethnic cooperation despite political havoc?
University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionenAbstract : Kosovo has throughout history been inhabited by several different minorities and its status as a sovereign country is still contested, despite its declaration of independence in 2008. The country has struggled with conflicts which culminated in armed warfare in 1999. READ MORE
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3. Gender-Based Violence in Conflict and Post-conflict Societies : A Case Study of South Sudan
University essay from Malmö universitet/Institutionen för globala politiska studier (GPS)Abstract : This thesis focuses on GBV against women and girls in conflict and post-conflict societies with a particular emphasis on South Sudan. It notes that women and girls are disproportionately affected by gender-based violence, and other consequences of war, including displacement and loss of livelihood. READ MORE
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4. Exploring potential pathways for strengthening disaster risk management in conflict
University essay from Lunds universitet/Avdelningen för Riskhantering och SamhällssäkerhetAbstract : Despite a growing interest in the conflict-disaster nexus, major knowledge gaps persist on operational knowledge and guidance on conflict considerations in disaster risk management programming. The objective of the study was to identify potential pathways for strengthening disaster risk management efforts in fragility-, violence-, and conflict-affected contexts. READ MORE
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5. Negotiating the moral community : Moral intimacy in the shadow of Colombia's rebel rule
University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för kulturantropologi och etnologiAbstract : While cultural anthropology has a well-established tradition of studying armed conflict and postconflict societies, its consideration of morality in this context has hitherto been granted a tangential, rather than central role. Addressing this gap, the present thesis draws on qualitative data collected during four weeks of fieldwork carried out in the rural inland of Colombia’s Urabá region between June and July of 2018 to explore the ways in which morality is locally constructed in communities afflicted by a history of armed violence and rebel governance. READ MORE
