Essays about: "Gender-based crimes"

Showing result 6 - 9 of 9 essays containing the words Gender-based crimes.

1. 6. State Responsibility for Eliminating Violence against Women with a Focus on Afghanistan

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Juridiska institutionen

   Author : Marjillah Akbary; [2019]
   Keywords : Women Rights; State Responsibility; Law and Political Science;

   Abstract : Violence against women is a serious human rights violation and a major cause of reduced of life, distress, injury and death for female. According to World Health Organization, 1 in 3 women around the world experience physical or sexual violence, mostly by an intimate partner. READ MORE

3. 7. Post-Disaster Gender Based Violence : An Abductive Case Study of Hurricane Katrina and the Haiti Earthquake

   University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för samhällsstudier (SS)

   Author : Villemo Tomasdotter; [2018]
   Keywords : Gender based violence; Natural Disaster; Hurricane Katrina; Haiti Earthquake; Eco-Feminism; Hyper-masculinity Theory; Situational Theory;

   Abstract : Previous research has shown a post-disaster increase of Gender Based Violence [GBV], suggesting a need for further investigation of the phenomena and its causes. This research draws together a wide-ranging collection of secondary data sets concerning disasters and gender based violence. READ MORE

4. 8. Passing "the message" in Cape Verde - A minor field study of domestic violence against women in Cape Verde.

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Socialhögskolan

   Author : Kristoffer Helgesson; [2013]
   Keywords : Domestic violence; gender based violence; Cape Verde; women; power perspective; organization; institution; police; Rede Sol; city hall; United Nations; ICIEG; Max Weber; radical feminism; social values; cultural values; gender equality; women issues; infidelity; unfaithfulness; nightlife; Minor Field Study; Cultural Sciences; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : Today Cape Verde is considered a good example and at the forefront in prosperity development compared to other Sub-Saharan African countries, and since Cape Verde recently made stricter legislation in gender based violence, the aim of this study has been to analyze why reports of domestic violence against women in Cape Verde have increased. I have done research in three key areas: local environment, organizational and institutional work, cultural values and social norms. READ MORE

5. 9. Adjudication of Gender Based Crimes against Women in International Criminal Courts and Tribunals

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Juridiska institutionen

   Author : Irma Hodzic; [2012]
   Keywords : gender based crimes; sexual violence; international criminal law; ICTY; ICTR; ICC; SCSL; rape; sexual slavery; enforced prostitution; forced pregnancy; enforced sterilization; any other form of sexual violence of comparable gravity; forced marriage; crimes against humanity; war crimes; genocide; Akayesu; Kunarac; Furundzija; RUF; AFRC; Law and Political Science;

   Abstract : Sexual crimes against women have always been a part of war and have occurred in virtually every armed conflict throughout human history. For a very long time, and still today in some cultures, women were not seen as equal to men. Thus, gender based crimes against women were almost invisible to international criminal law. READ MORE