Essays about: "Humanitarian interventions"
Showing result 16 - 20 of 66 essays containing the words Humanitarian interventions.
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16. Decolonising Digital Design in Humanitarian Governance : A Case Study of the UNHCR’s Intervention in the Rohingya Refugee Emergency
University essay fromAbstract : The impacts and influences of globalised digitalisation has increased its presence within the political structures of both international economic and international security regimes, and the rise of e-governance systems and digital security technology has probed IR scholarship to study this policy shift from traditional forms of governance to digital ones. Less considered here is how digitalisation has been extended to the international humanitarian governance regime. READ MORE
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17. Rethinking Humanitarian Accountability : A Case Study of the World Food Programme in Iraq
University essay from Uppsala universitet/Teologiska institutionenAbstract : Humanitarian accountability has been a topic of discussion since the 1990s, in response to a number of high-level scandals. Dozens of initiatives highlighting the importance of accountability to affected populations have been established. However, humanitarian organisations still receive criticisms for lacking accountability. READ MORE
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18. Violence begets violence? : A quantitative analysis of humanitarian military interventions’ effect on human rights violations between 1981-2011
University essay from Uppsala universitet/Teologiska institutionenAbstract : This study explores the effects humanitarian interventions have on the human right status in a country. The theoretical standpoint is based on the notion that a perceived lack of accountability and repercussions for crimes committed will function as motivation for local actors to continue the human right violations, or even increase their efforts. READ MORE
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19. Can All Humanitarian Workers Access the Same Support and is that Support Effective? : A qualitative study of MHPSS for staff in humanitarian organizations
University essay from Uppsala universitet/Teologiska institutionenAbstract : Humanitarian workers often operate in high-risk environments, including warzones, environmental disasters, and outbreaks of infectious diseases, amongst others. Research shows that the mental health of any worker is affected when exposed to high levels of negative stress for some time. READ MORE
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20. Working with Hand, Head, and Heart : A feminist critical discourse analysis of ‘Gender Equality as Smart Economics’
University essay from Stockholms universitet/Institutionen för ekonomisk historia och internationella relationerAbstract : The objective of this thesis is to gain more knowledge about the usage of the ‘Gender Equality as Smart Economic’ discourse in corporate-led women’s empowerment initiatives. This discourse can be understood as a vocabulary for discussing the business case for women’s empowerment which has diffused from development institutions to states, NGOs and corporations through a wide range of initiatives, policies, advertisement campaigns and development and humanitarian campaigns. READ MORE