Essays about: "Sexual exploitation and abuse SEA"
Showing result 1 - 5 of 8 essays containing the words Sexual exploitation and abuse SEA.
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1. The Blue Helmets’ Dark Side : A Quantitative Study of Sexual Exploitation and Abuse in UN Peace Missions
University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för freds- och konfliktforskningAbstract : Protecting human rights is the core mission of the UN, yet peacekeepers commit human rights violations, including sexual violence, during missions. While the literature has focused on qualitative research to assess the factors that make sexual exploitation and abuse occur, few studies have looked at it from a quantitative approach, and none have looked at the effect of the mission mandate. READ MORE
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2. Framing Sexual Exploitation and Abuse by UN Peacekeepers : Exploring the UN’s narrative surrounding the sexual misconduct of its peacekeepers
University essay from Uppsala universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionenAbstract : Throughout the past few decades, accusations of sexual exploitation and abuse by peacekeepers have emerged against the United Nations, ultimately proving to be true. This thesis investigates the UN’s own narrative surrounding sexual misconduct of its peacekeeping personnel, identifying the dominant frames present within UN response to these events. READ MORE
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3. Victim, According to Whom? : - A Minor Field Study on Sexual Exploitation and Abuse of Children in Cambodia
University essay from Malmö universitet/Institutionen för kriminologi (KR)Abstract : Cambodia is a destination, transit, and source country for child sexual exploitation and abuse (SEA) and has become particularly vulnerable due to growing tourism, increasing geographic accessibility, and widespread poverty. In the aftermath of SEA, repeated violations of children's rights and deprivation of their childhood occur. READ MORE
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4. The Relationship Between SEA Allegations in Peacekeeping Missions and Values of Gender Equality : A Qualitative Comparative Cross-Case Study
University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för freds- och konfliktforskningAbstract : This paper investigates the relationship between gender equality and SEA allegations in peacekeeping missions with the help of structural focused questions aiming to answer; How does UN troop-contributing countries' gender equality affect their SEA allegations during peacekeeping missions? The paper focuses on the troop-contributing countries, selected through Mill’s Method of Difference, Morocco and Bangladesh in the missions MONUSCO and MINUSCA. The results indicate a significance with the hypothesis as the empirical information shows fewer SEA allegations in both missions by Bangladesh, who also appear to have made more domestic attempts to create structural changes for gender equal standards. READ MORE
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5. Capable Guardians? UN Peacekeeping, Vulnerable Civilians, and Rates of Sexual Exploitation and Abuse
University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för freds- och konfliktforskningAbstract : For decades now the UN has weathered accusations that it has failed in its duty by allowing the scandal of sexual exploitation and abuse [SEA] carried out by peacekeepers to continue under its mandate. While preventative policy has improved and significant progress has been made in the academic literature, there are still gaps in the collective understanding the drivers of SEA. READ MORE
