Essays about: "Genocide"

Showing result 36 - 40 of 153 essays containing the word Genocide.

  1. 36. The Role of Victims’ Self-Efficacy in Perceptions of Blanket Amnesty and Engagement in Transitional Justice Processes: : May 27 Massacre, 1977, and The Blank Amnesty in Angola  

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Historiska institutionen

    Author : Diana G.Pinto; [2021]
    Keywords : Massacre; Transitional Justice; Amnesties; Blanket Amnesty; Mass Violence; Victimization; Genocide; Victims Agency; May 27 Massacre 1977; Angola;

    Abstract : How do victims of violence perceive blanket amnesties as part of transitional justice mechanisms in war-torn societies? The amnesty law is critical for conflict resolutions and post-conflict reconciliation processes. Governments and third parties use amnesties as a transitional justice instrument to end the violence because it ensures that conflict leaders will accept to engage in peace talks. READ MORE

  3. 37. Designing and developing an application for online hate speech detection on social media

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Innovationsteknik

    Author : Simon Åberg; Ludwig Hedlund; [2021]
    Keywords : AI; Big Data; Hate Speech; NGO; Machine Learning; Social Media; Twitter; Technology and Engineering;

    Abstract : Social media platforms have a significant impact on the world. Through connecting people over the globe, social media has resulted in multiple positive effects. However, the impact is not only beneficial. Social media platforms have also caused polarization and criminal uprisings, leading to events such as the Rohingya genocide in Burma. READ MORE

  4. 38. Beyond survival: Building resilient communities through co-creation for the Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh

    University essay from KTH/Stadsbyggnad

    Author : Lamia Ahmed; Mariia Smoliakova; [2021]
    Keywords : Refugees; Bangladesh; co-creation; climate change; temporality;

    Abstract : With our project, we are focusing on the Rohingya refugee issue. In 2017 thousands of people had to cross the borders of Myanmar due to mass genocide triggered by ethnic cleansing and around 800,000 of them flee to Bangladesh as refugees. READ MORE

  5. 39. Destructive Conflicts Generating Reconstructive Empowerment of Women and Opportunities for Peace?

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Julia Savic; [2021]
    Keywords : WPS; Post-Conflict; Peacebuilding; sub-Saharan Africa; Economic Empowerment; Socioeconomic Development; Rwanda; Burundi; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : Conflicts are destructive for humans and societies, but are openings for rebuilding a more inclusive and sustainable society presented in the aftermath of conflict? This paper contributes to the growing research field and examines the link between conflict and window of opportunity for development, through a gender lens. Further, this study seeks to understand how conflict affected women’s socioeconomic situation in Rwanda and Burundi. READ MORE

  6. 40. Reconciliation through football. A study on the role of football in the reconciliation process of Rwanda.

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Nicholas Eklund; [2021]
    Keywords : reconciliation; Rwanda; football; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : The 1994 genocide against the Tutsi in Rwanda, during which Hutu and others who opposed the genocide were also killed, tore up the social fabric of Rwanda. The reconciliation effort has been immense involving actors from all walks of life all working with different methods and techniques. READ MORE