Essays about: "UNSCR 1325"

Showing result 16 - 20 of 25 essays containing the words UNSCR 1325.

1. 16. Investing in activism and harnessing expertise - Gendered and postcolonial constructs of civil society in the Women, Peace and Security agenda

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Graduate School

   Author : Klara Backman; [2017]
   Keywords : critical discourse analysis; postcolonial feminism; Women; Peace and Security agenda; United Nations; civil society; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : In recent years, the Women, Peace and Security (WPS) agenda have paid a higher degree of attention to the gaps in implementation and lack of financing that have characterized the agenda since the adoption of UNSCR 1325 in 2000. This development has also included more attention given to implementation through civil society organizations, and the establishment of a new financing instrument – Global Acceleration Instrument for Women, Peace and Security and Humanitarian Action (GAI). READ MORE

3. 17. Women’s participation in UN peacekeeping: How does the duration of missions affect the participation of women in UN peace operations?

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

   Author : Kajsa Tidblad-Lundholm; [2017]
   Keywords : women’s participation; UNSCR 1325; peacekeeping; peace operations; United Nations;

   Abstract : In this thesis, I explore how the duration of missions affects the participation of women in United Nations (UN) peace operations. I argue that women are less likely to be deployed in the early stages of missions because new missions are associated with high levels of uncertainty which is ultimately a type of risk. READ MORE

4. 18. UNSCR 1820(2008), IHRL, IHL, Gender & Responsibility : Analysis of juridical system on sexual violence against women in internal armed conflicts.

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Teologiska institutionen

   Author : Dominique Vandason; [2016]
   Keywords : UNSCR 1820 2008 ; UNSCR 1325 2000 ; IHRL; IHL; International law; Sexual violence; Internal armed conflict; Gender; Essentialism.;

   Abstract : This paper presents a gender analysis of the United Nations Security Council Resolution 1820(2008), the International Human Rights Law and the International Humanitarian Law. The study is regarding resolution 1820 as a breakthrough in the writings of legal documents that criminalizes sexual violence against women in internal armed conflict. READ MORE

5. 19. Experiences of (in)security: An analysis of the Women, Peace and Security agenda

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Graduate School

   Author : Frida Wallander; [2016]
   Keywords : Women Peace and Security; women’s experiences; refugees; security; feminist security studies; UNSCR 1325; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : The Women, Peace and Security agenda (WPS) argues for women’s rights and recognition of women’s situations in all stages of a conflict. Previous research has shown how refugee women seem to be overlooked in international legislation. Existing research considering the WPS agenda has mainly focused on issues of implementation and discourses. READ MORE

6. 20. The patriarchy dressed in feminist clothes : A discourse analysis of the United Nations Security Council’s gendering of the concept Civilians

   University essay from Försvarshögskolan

   Author : Johanna Hamark Kindborg; [2016]
   Keywords : Female agency; femininity; gender binaries; hegemony; masculinity; patriarchy; sexual violence;

   Abstract : This thesis analyses key documents from the United Nations Security Council (the Council) meetings during the period of 1999 to 2001. This thesis maps out the shift in the discourses that occurred within the Council, when adopting United Nations Security Council’s resolution (UNSCR) 1325. READ MORE