Essays about: "Women War"

Showing result 31 - 35 of 137 essays containing the words Women War.

  1. 31. Meet us in the Battlefield Sand to Maintain our Democracy : Militarized masculinities among veteran elites in post-war Namibia

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Lovisa Salomonsson; [2021]
    Keywords : Militarized Masculinity; Namibia; Peace; Gender Norms;

    Abstract : Gender awareness has been recognized as critical in sustainable peace efforts, and gender mainstreaming has become a natural practice in peace projects. While gender has long been equated with focus on women, the inclusion of men has increased. READ MORE

  3. 32. The Spectacle of the Alien/Migrant An exploration through Hollywood Science fiction and Horror Movies before and after 9/11

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Filmvetenskap

    Author : Jonathan Cardenas; [2021]
    Keywords : science-fiction; horror; blockbuster; representation; alien; the other; myth; immigration; migrant; Hollywood; orientalism; Cultural Sciences;

    Abstract : This thesis aims at addressing the question of the representation of the Other within current dominant visual media. The Other, in the context of this thesis, refers to any minority community group identified as different from a certain dominant norm; depending on the context it could correspond to groups such as Women, Afro-Americans or Arabs. READ MORE

  4. 33. Liberal democracy from beneath? A study of norm internalization in post-war Liberia

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Fanny Uhlin; [2021]
    Keywords : norm internalization; liberal democracy; Liberia; women’s rights; property rights; access to justice; hybridity; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : Research on norm internalization and local ownership in peace processes has not often been combined in peace and conflict studies. This paper sets out to see on the one hand, to what degree liberal democratic norms has spread in Liberia since the ending of the civil war, and on the other hand, if the peace process, –characterized by hybridity – could explain the norm internalization process. READ MORE

  5. 34. Mobilising for gender equality in (post)conflict Democratic Republic of Congo: The case of the Rien Sans Les Femmes Movement

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Graduate School; Lunds universitet/Master of Science in Social Studies of Gender

    Author : Yvonne Jila; [2021]
    Keywords : DRC; post-colonial feminism; social movement; RSLF; mobilizing.; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : Over the last few years, there has been a proliferation of different kinds of movements across the globe as citizens agitate for economic, socio-political and environmental change. In the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), where the country has been involved in a series of wars, attention has rather been eschewed towards the rape and sexual violence of women and girls. READ MORE

  6. 35. Destined For Exclusion? : Resilient Group Identities and Social Acceptance of Wartime Sexual Violence Survivors

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

    Author : Marta Pitino; [2021]
    Keywords : conflict-related sexual violence; social acceptance; social rejection; group identity;

    Abstract : Mainstream accounts of CRSV argue that its victims inevitably face social exclusion by their communities once the fighting is over. However, empirical evidence suggests that some ethnic groups show support towards survivors – specifically, women – thus not bounding the latter to the stigma brought about by sexual abuse. READ MORE