Essays about: "Tamil Tigers"

Showing result 6 - 8 of 8 essays containing the words Tamil Tigers.

  1. 6. Women's Human Rights : Issues of Implementation in Sri Lanka

    University essay from Örebro universitet/Institutionen för beteende-, social- och rättsvetenskap

    Author : Birgitta Vega Leyton; [2006]
    Keywords : Sri Lanka; Women s Human Rights; Implementation; Convention on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women-CEDAW; UN Security Council Resolution 1325; Affirmative action; Sri Lanka; Kvinnors mänskliga rättigheter; Implementering; Kvotering;

    Abstract : This thesis is about issues concerning the implementation of women's human rights in Sri Lanka. Sri Lanka has had a conflict between the Government and the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Ealam, LTTE for two decades. Since 2002 there has been a ceasefire agreement in place, which is being violated by both parties. READ MORE

  3. 7. RESETTLEMENT AND REHABILITATION OF IDPS IN POST-CONFLICT SRI LANKA : A CASE STUDY OF A VILLAGE IN VANNI

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Centrum för öst- och sydöstasienstudier

    Author : Anna Lena Lösnäs; [2006]
    Keywords : Sri Lanka; Vanni; IDP; LTTE; Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam; resettlement; Social sciences; Samhällsvetenskaper; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : The 2002 Ceasefire Agreement in Sri Lanka has resulted in mass-migration of IDPs back to their places of origin. Vanni, in the northern LTTE-controlled part of the country, is also seeing a large number of IDPs coming to settle, including Muslims that had been forced to leave the area by the LTTE. READ MORE

  4. 8. Girls After the Gunfire : A study of recently released girl child soldiers rehabilitating in an Eastern Sri Lankan Vocational Training Center

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Centrum för öst- och sydöstasienstudier

    Author : Angela Peltzer; [2005]
    Keywords : Sri Lanka; Líberation Tigers of Tamil Eelan LTTE ; child soldiers; vocational training programs; gender; empowerment; Social sciences; Samhällsvetenskaper; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : In disadvantaged areas of Eastern Sri Lanka, girls tend to be more vulnerable to both voluntary and forced recruitment by the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE). This thesis focused on how a group of recently released young female ex combatants reintegrated into their community. READ MORE