Essays about: "Sierra Leone"

Showing result 6 - 10 of 69 essays containing the words Sierra Leone.

  1. 6. More harm than good? : Exploring the effects of targeted sanctions on rebel groups' violence against civilians

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

    Author : Amanda Löfström; [2022]
    Keywords : targeted sanctions; UN sanctions; violence against civilians; UNITA; RUF;

    Abstract : Targeted sanctions have become a commonly used conflict management tool over the last decades. Yet, operating in the state-centric context, previous research has highlighted the unintended negative effects of the instrument. What remains understudied is the effects of targeted sanctions on rebel groups' behavior. READ MORE

  3. 7. Socializing Children to be Killers : How child soldiering affects violence against civilians where civilian support is low: Sierra Leone, Algeria, and Myanmar

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

    Author : Olga Krakhmaleva; [2022]
    Keywords : One sided violence; violence against civilians; child soldiers; socialization; armed groups;

    Abstract : The issue of child soldiering continues to be a significant part of armed conflicts. The research on children in conflict has not fully been able to understand how children not only experience but also actively participate in war. READ MORE

  4. 8. THE SUBALTERNS SING : MUSIC, AGENCY, AND THE POLITICS OF LIFE DURING THE EBOLA EPIDEMIC IN WEST AFRICA

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Teologiska institutionen

    Author : Amat Jeng; [2021]
    Keywords : ;

    Abstract : The Ebola epidemic in 2014 was framed as the most serious humanitarian crisis that West Africa has faced since the beginning of this millennium. In Liberia and Sierra Leone, two countries that had just come out of civil wars less than twelve years ago, were the most affected. READ MORE

  5. 9. Quests for knowledge and social mobility : Vocational and on-the-job-training as navigational tactics in the urban labour market of Sierra Leone

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för kulturantropologi och etnologi

    Author : Bim Kilje; [2021]
    Keywords : On-The-Job training; OTJ; apprenticeship; Technical and Vocational Education and Training; TVET; Sierra Leone; urban; labour market; tailoring; trading; practice theory; social mobility; moral education; youth; unemployment; livelihood; informal sector;

    Abstract : This ethnographic study investigates the experiences of those learning tailoring and trading in Freetown, Sierra Leone via apprenticeships, other on-the-job training or Technical and Vocational Education and Training programs (TVET). I examine these forms of occupational training by investigating the practices underway, how knowledge transmission occurs, as well as why learners engage with and what they get out of these activities. READ MORE

  6. 10. The role of film in maternal health communication in low-income countries : An analysis of ‘Di Kombra Di Krai (Cry of a Mother)’ – a maternal health drama in Sierra Leone

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

    Author : Josie Eve Gallo; [2021]
    Keywords : film; maternal health; Sierra Leone; entertainment education;

    Abstract : Maternal mortality rates in low-income countries remain high and almost two thirds of global maternal deaths are in sub-Saharan Africa (WHO, 2019). Communications interventions such as media and entertainment education initiatives could help improve maternal health outcomes. READ MORE