Essays about: "Peacebuilding"

Showing result 16 - 20 of 210 essays containing the word Peacebuilding.

  1. 16. The Role of Women in Conflict Resolution and Peacebuilding : Examining how Women have actively contributed to Peace Building and Conflict Resolution in Liberia

    University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för samhällsstudier (SS)

    Author : Lova Simonsson; Matilda Andersson; [2023]
    Keywords : Resolution 1325; Liberia; Women; Peacebuilding; Conflict; Gender;

    Abstract : Women’s roles in peacebuilding are often marginalized, necessitating a reevaluation of their contributions to peace initiatives. Research has shown that participation of women in peace processes and peacebuilding activities can increase the chances of democratization as they are less violent and more caring, i. READ MORE

  2. 17. Human Rights Defenders in Colombia : Adaptive mobilization as a tool for territorial peace during the post-conflict

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för freds- och konfliktforskning

    Author : Robayo Serrano Maria Catalina; [2023]
    Keywords : human rights defenders HRDs ; adaptive strategies; peacebuilding; qualitative in-depth comparison; post-conflict; territorial peace;

    Abstract : While existing literature has made significant contributions on violence against human rights defenders (HRDs), there remains a gap in understanding local perceptions, leadership roles, responses to violence, and their impact on collective action for peacebuilding. This research investigates the role of HRDs in promoting territorial peace in post-conflict Colombia, addressing the question of which type of HRDs mobilization strategy increases the likelihood of territorial peace during the post-conflict. READ MORE

  3. 18. The Digitalisation of Peacebuilding and its Impact on Conflict-Sensitive Communication for Development

    University essay from Malmö universitet/Institutionen för konst, kultur och kommunikation (K3)

    Author : Daniel Seemann; [2023]
    Keywords : Digitalisation; Peacebuilding; Conflict; Communication; Development;

    Abstract : For more or less two decades, the application of information and communication technology (ICT) in the realm of peacebuilding has successfully contributed to the transformation of armed conflicts and, thus, made social change and development in conflictive environments possible where traditional mechanisms reached their limits. However, they can also have the opposite effect as they simultaneously bear the potential to undermine participatory processes, re-enforce exclusion, and disempower those affected by conflict. READ MORE

  4. 19. A Punta de Convite : On the Effect of Community Mediation on Local Reconciliation in Medellín, Colombia

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för freds- och konfliktforskning

    Author : Lucas Tamayo Ruiz; [2023]
    Keywords : Reconciliation; Local Reconciliation; Mediation; Community Mediation; Local Turn; DDR; Medellín.;

    Abstract : While there is an increasing focus within peace and conflict studies on how local contexts affect peacebuilding work, scholars have failed to investigate how local tools might promote local reconciliation processes. Simultaneously, the field of community mediation has exclusively been studied in contexts not directly related to armed conflicts. READ MORE

  5. 20. ”We used to be brothers. What has happened to us?" : A qualitative case study on civilian opposition to international peacebuilding in Mali.

    University essay from Stockholms universitet/Institutionen för ekonomisk historia och internationella relationer

    Author : Regina Weckström Breidenstein; [2023]
    Keywords : International Peacebuilding; Civilian Opposition; Mali; Liberal Peace; MINUSMA; Civil War; United Nations; Hybrid Peace; Top-down Peacebuilding; Bottom-up Peacebuilding.;

    Abstract : Abstract The international UN-led peacebuilding mission MINUSMA has been deployed in Mali since 2013 and was initially rather successful. The mission managed to support the government with stabilization and a peace agreement that ended the conflict between the north and the south. READ MORE