Essays about: "Democratic Republic of the Congo"

Showing result 16 - 20 of 81 essays containing the words Democratic Republic of the Congo.

1. 16. ’’Materials for a Better Life’’: Strategic Minerals and the Sustainability Transition : A Study on the Strategic Framing of Cobalt & The Material-Discursive Practices of the Extractive Industry in the Democratic Republic of the Congo

   University essay from Malmö universitet/Institutionen för globala politiska studier (GPS)

   Author : Gustav Dahlqvist; [2021]
   Keywords : cobalt; the Democratic Republic of the Congo; strategic framing; the sustainability transition; extractive industries; multinational corporations; sustainable development; material-discursive practices; securitisation; environmentalism; developmentalism; international relations;

   Abstract : Rechargeable batteries are set to power sustainable development by 2030. In this context, the increasingly important role of certain ‘strategic minerals’ used in emerging renewable technologies has become highly topical. READ MORE

3. 17. The International Conference on the GreatLakes Region : Analysis of the organization's efforts to transform the conflict in the Great Lakes Region

   University essay from Malmö universitet/Institutionen för globala politiska studier (GPS)

   Author : Michael Fubu Ngubu; [2021]
   Keywords : International Conference on the Great Lakes Region; Conflict Transformation; Democratic Republic of Congo; DRC; Lederach; case study;

   Abstract : Since the 1990s the Great Lakes Region has continued to be mired in intractable conflict, with the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) being at the center of it. The aim of this study is therefore an attempt to understand how the InternationalConference of the Great Lakes Region has fared in the transformation of conflict in the region, through its attempts in the DRC. READ MORE

4. 18. Mobilising for gender equality in (post)conflict Democratic Republic of Congo: The case of the Rien Sans Les Femmes Movement

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Graduate School; Lunds universitet/Master of Science in Social Studies of Gender

   Author : Yvonne Jila; [2021]
   Keywords : DRC; post-colonial feminism; social movement; RSLF; mobilizing.; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : Over the last few years, there has been a proliferation of different kinds of movements across the globe as citizens agitate for economic, socio-political and environmental change. In the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), where the country has been involved in a series of wars, attention has rather been eschewed towards the rape and sexual violence of women and girls. READ MORE

5. 19. What Male Victims? : An Analysis of Male Sexual Violence and the United Nations’ work in the DR

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

   Author : Sandra Malmgren; [2021]
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   Abstract : The Democratic Republic of Congo has been tormented with a rape epidemic ever since the beginning of the war in the mid-1990s. Sexual violence is frequently used as a “weapon of war” to humiliate and dehumanize the victims as well as destroy communities. READ MORE

6. 20. Protected Areas in the Democratic Republic of Congo: An Effective and Equitable Tool for Forest Conservation?

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Nationalekonomiska institutionen

   Author : Malte Ladewig; [2021]
   Keywords : Deforestation; poverty alleviation; geographic regression discontinuity; Business and Economics;

   Abstract : Tropical rainforests cover large parts of the Democratic Republic of Congo. In light of recent surges in deforestation in the country, protected areas are a decisive component of the national conservation strategy. READ MORE