Essays about: "Post-conflict peace building"
Showing result 16 - 20 of 31 essays containing the words Post-conflict peace building.
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16. Gender Equality Deficienacy - Underrepresentation of women in decision-making levels in Bosnia and Herzegovina
University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionenAbstract : Why are there only 21% female politicians in the highest decision-making body, the Parliamentary Assembly, in Bosnia & Herzegovina, when there has been established a law that requires a 40% quota of gender representation in these positions? Because of all the laws and regulating documents that have been determined by the state to improve the gender inequality issue, it can fairly be claimed that the top-down approach is deficient in this area. That is why I am going to analyse the importance of NGOs in gender equality development and therefore focus on a bottom-up approach as a theory. READ MORE
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17. Commúnity Media and peace building in post-conflict Rwanda
University essay from Malmö högskola/Fakulteten för kultur och samhälle (KS)Abstract : AbstractThe main import of this case study is to understand how community radio has contributed to peace in the aftermath of the genocide in Rwanda which in essence was the massacring of the Tutsi and Hutu moderates by Hutu extremists. The inquiry embraces the citizen participation theory and a rhizomatic approach to the study of community media as its analytic lenses. READ MORE
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18. "En sus manos" : Children's rights and protection post armed conflict: an opportunity for peacebuilding in Colombia
University essay from Uppsala universitet/Teologiska institutionenAbstract : The impact of armed conflict on children’s rights and protection is not disputed in existing research. This thesis looks again at this issue in the context of the longstanding armed conflict in Colombia and the current transition to peace in the country in order to consider whether and how peacebuilding can give children agency and contribute to restoring their rights and protection post conflict, an area neglected in existing research. READ MORE
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19. Crossing borders and Building bridges : Young women in peacebuilding
University essay from Uppsala universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionenAbstract : This qualitative, interpretative, interview study is conducted with six young female Kosovar-Albanian and Serbian participants from a peacebuilding, dialogue and training program called Young Women’s Peace Academy. It aims at answering what made the young women who participated so “successful” in breaking antagonism, in spite of the tensions that exist in the post-conflict society they live in. READ MORE
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20. Building peace in Libya : UK assistance to foreign Security Sector Reform
University essay from Institutionen för samhällsstudier (SS)Abstract : Security Sector Reform (SSR) has been established as a powerful tool in achieving sustainable peace in post-conflict countries, a belief which has strengthened since the events of September 11th 2001, and the subsequent war on terror which has seen both the UK and US heavily involved in peacebuilding operations in both Iraq and Afghanistan. However there is a concern that following these experiences, SSR has become little more than a process of building the military capacity of recipient countries in order to meet the immediate security needs of donor states. READ MORE
