Essays about: "Sexual and Gender-based Violence"

Showing result 6 - 10 of 63 essays containing the words Sexual and Gender-based Violence.

1. 6. Not All Girls: Addressing Sexual and Violence-related Stigmatisations Of Former Female Child Soldiers and Children Born of War in Sahelian Crisis Mali

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Mänskliga rättigheter

   Author : Matthew Anthony Gallo; [2023]
   Keywords : Former Female Child Soldier; Children Born of War; Humanitarian INGO; Mali; Education; Economic; Stigma; Violence; Sexual; GBV.; Social Sciences; History and Archaeology;

   Abstract : Non-state armed groups in Mali have recruited female child soldiers for the past 12 years in its Central and Northern regions. Some of these now-former female child soldiers (FFCS) have given birth to children of these combatants, so-called “Children Born of War” (CBOW). Both mothers and their children may experience sexual (ex. READ MORE

3. 7. Law as a Driver of Social Change. Recognizing Conflict-related Sexual Violence as Crimes Against Humanity : The 2016 Sepur Zarco case in Guatemala

   University essay from Stockholms universitet/Nordiska Latinamerikainstitutet

   Author : Olivia Dominguez Pousadela; [2023]
   Keywords : Guatemala; Sepur Zarco; transitional justice; conflict-related sexual violence; armed internal conflict; gender; indigenous access to justice; impunity; impact; case study.;

   Abstract : In 2016, the case of Sepur Zarco in Guatemala marked the first time that a national jurisdiction recognized sexual violence in the context of armed conflict as a crime against humanity. This occurred in a case concerning indigenous women, within a country profoundly marked by gender-based violence and indigenous peoples’ marginalization. READ MORE

4. 8. Gender-based violence against women with intellectual disabilities, the case of Tanzania

   University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för samhällsstudier (SS)

   Author : Caroline Bergkvist; [2023]
   Keywords : Tanzania; Women with intellectual disabilities; violence; sexual violence; gender-based violence; Capability approach; Human rights-based approach;

   Abstract : One of the most prevalent human rights violations in the world is Violence Against Women and Girls. It is estimated that 1 in 3 women, which is equal to 736 million women, have been experiencing sexual and/or physical violence in her lifetime since the age of 15. READ MORE

5. 9. Gendering Conflict-related Sexual Violence : Scrutinizing Intersectionality as a Part of Communication of Conflict-related Sexual Violence on Instagram Accounts End Rape in War, UN Action, Global Survivors Fund and Mukwege Foundation

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

   Author : Kaisa Kopsa; [2023]
   Keywords : Gender; Intersectionality; CRSV; Communications; Conflict-related Sexual Violence;

   Abstract : The aim of this study is to gain an understanding of if and how specific UN actors and non-governmental organizations (NGO) embody intersectionality in their communication on conflict-related sexual violence. By utilizing four different Instagram accounts, UN-owned End Rape in War and UN Action, and two NGO accounts Global Survivors Fund and Mukwege Foundation as case studies and applying critical content analysis on them, the study seeks to scrutinize if and how its data embodies elements of intersectional feminism. READ MORE

6. 10. GBV and CRSV In the War Against Ukraine : “The battle is both armed and on women’s bodies, as it always is” (Interview, Förberg, 2023)

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Teologiska institutionen

   Author : Hanna Centerskog; [2023]
   Keywords : Gender-based violence; GBV; CRSV; Ukraine; war; armed conflict; sexual violence; violence stigma and norms;

   Abstract : In 2022 Russia illegally invaded Ukraine starting a full-scale war against the country. The war has had severe humanitarian concerns for the civilian population, one of the consequences being increased levels of GBV and CRSV. READ MORE