Essays about: "The Red Cross"

Showing result 21 - 25 of 113 essays containing the words The Red Cross.

1. 21. The International Committee of the Red Cross: A Century of Consistency : A Care Study of Visual Identity on Facebook

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

   Author : Katharine Sarah Lloyd-Thomas; [2021]
   Keywords : Social Media; ICRC; Comdev;

   Abstract : The International Committee of the Red Cross and Crescent Moon (ICRC) is a leading global humanitarian organization. Despite an exemplary operational record, the ICRC has an imperfect communication history: slow to respond; painfully neutral; and unwilling change. ICRC history, diplomatic and humanitarian communication has been well researched. READ MORE

3. 22. Gender and the 'Tyranny of Urgency' : A qualitative study of gender mainstreaming practices in the field of disaster risk reduction

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

   Author : Lina Hellman; [2021]
   Keywords : disaster risk reduction; gender mainstreaming; disaster; gender;

   Abstract : Gender inequality greatly affects the vulnerability of women in many areas of societal development. Gender mainstreaming is used as a strategy to include a gender perspective in policy and practice to decrease vulnerability. In regular development there is a discrepancy between policy and practice, but especially so in contexts of disaster. READ MORE

4. 23. Implementation of coping and adaptive measures by non-governmental organisations during drought : A case-study of the international federation of the red cross and crescent societies in Sub-Saharan Africa

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

   Author : Oskar Karlsson; [2021]
   Keywords : Coping; Adaptive; IFRC; International federation of the red cross; Namibia; Malawi; Vulnerability;

   Abstract : This thesis focuses on cases of drought since it is one of the most common and disastrous natural hazards that we experience on earth. Non-governmental organisations have traditionally offered humanitarian aid directed to response and relief measures. READ MORE

5. 24. Learning organisations and the training of staff in management positions : A critical analysis of MSF Sweden and IFRC/the Swedish Red Cross

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Teologiska institutionen

   Author : Maria Hammargren; [2021]
   Keywords : Interpersonal conflict; learning organisations; Senge; Médecins sans Frontières; MSF; International Federation of the Red Cross; IFRC;

   Abstract : To be a humanitarian aid worker [HAW] in the field entails working in a demanding environment, and in this milieu, interpersonal conflicts [IC] sometimes arise which may risk the entire project. The ones responsible for dealing with ICs, should they occur, are HAWs in management positions employed by various humanitarian organisations [HO]. READ MORE

6. 25. Geological characterisation of geophysical lineaments as part of the expanded site descriptive model around the planned repository site for high-level nuclear waste, Forsmark, Sweden

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Geologiska institutionen

   Author : Aron Bakker; [2021]
   Keywords : Forsmark; deformation zones; Svecokarelian; Sveconorwegian; ductile-brittle transition; brittle deformation; mylonite; Earth and Environmental Sciences;

   Abstract : The Swedish Nuclear Fuel and Waste Management Co. (SKB) started a project in 2020 near Forsmark, Sweden with the aim to expand the deformation zone model to encompass the entire catchment area around the planned repository for spent nuclear fuel. READ MORE