Essays about: "UN Peacekeeping forces"
Showing result 6 - 10 of 10 essays containing the words UN Peacekeeping forces.
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6. Agents of peace and objects of protection : An investigation into the effects of militarization on the agency of Swedish female peacekeepers in MINUSMA
University essay from FörsvarshögskolanAbstract : In the years following 9/11, research has shown that United Nations peacekeeping has grown increasingly militarized. Meanwhile, there have long been calls for women’s increased participation in peacekeeping, for a myriad of reasons mainly founded on instrumental and essentialist arguments. READ MORE
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7. UN Peacekeeping Forces – a Legal Analysis of Individual Accountability for Sexual Exploitation and Abuse
University essay from Lunds universitet/Juridiska institutionen; Lunds universitet/Juridiska fakultetenAbstract : United Nations peacekeeping operations have, for the better part of two decades, been plagued by allegations of sexual exploitation and abuse of local civilian populations. Several reports indicate not only that peacekeepers exploit and abuse the very people they were sent to protect, but also that these crimes routinely go unpunished. READ MORE
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8. Women and Leadership in Peacekeeping Operations: a Swedish Approach
University essay from Malmö universitet/Fakulteten för kultur och samhälle (KS)Abstract : Even after the introduction of the UNSCR 1325 and subsequent resolutions, women’s leadership in the context of the WPS Agenda remains very low, despite the clear stance of the UN towards a support of an increased participation of women in peace and security processes. The aim of this thesis is to specifically address women’s leadership in the Swedish Armed Forces (SAF) in the framework of peacekeeping operations, looking at the way the gender perspective is applied in the SAF through the introduction of the Handbok Gender, adopted in 2016. READ MORE
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9. Rape, the masculine thing to do?
University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionenAbstract : This thesis deals with the vast number of rapes that have been conducted in DRC (the Democratic Republic of Congo) since the outbreak of war in ’98. To do this I have used a comparative case approach where I have compared the DRC military with the UN’s peacekeeping forces in DRC. READ MORE
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10. Coalition of the Hired : Privatizing Peacekeeping in Africa, a Different Solultion?
University essay from Lunds universitet/Mänskliga rättigheterAbstract : In Sierra Leone, civil war has affected the civilian population and the development of the country for long periods of time. In order to end the violence a number of military operations were conducted. This essay, dealing with internal and external regulatory instruments is used to put a case study of two operations in a larger context. READ MORE
