Essays about: "Women ex-combatants"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 6 essays containing the words Women ex-combatants.

  1. 1. Coexisting With the Enemy : A Qualitative Study of Women's Negative Attitudes Towards Peacebuilding

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

    Author : Elise Plesse; [2024]
    Keywords : Gender inequality; transitional justice; truth-telling; reconciliation; peacebuilding attitudes; trauma;

    Abstract : Gender inequality has during the past decades become an increasingly studied topic in the field of peace and conflict. However, there are still many gaps to fill. READ MORE

  2. 2. To fight with words instead of guns: Reincorporation, subjection and political agency in the case of women ex-combatants of the Farc-EP

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

    Author : Lisa Stalder; [2020]
    Keywords : Women ex-combatants; reincorporation; political agency; DDR; Farc-EP; Colombia; peace process; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : This thesis investigates the social position and political agency of women excombatants of the Farc-EP who laid down their arms after the 2016 peace agreement between the Colombian government and the Farc-EP. I show how, through the laying down of arms and reincorporation, women ex-combatants come to occupy a specific social position under historical and global power relations and intersecting forms of social inequality. READ MORE

  3. 3. Human Rights Policy Implementation on the Social Reintegration of Former Girls-Soldiers : The Case of Angola

    University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för samhällsstudier (SS)

    Author : Tiago Soares Bedin; [2020]
    Keywords : Child Soldiers; Girls Soldiers; DDR Program; Social Reintegration; Human Rights; Former combatants in Angola.;

    Abstract : Angola is a country that faced 27 years of conflict, from 2002 facing its peaceful moments. The situation with former girls soldiers during this process is not appropriately addressed, and this brings reflection on both human rights and development structure. READ MORE

  4. 4. "With this past, you'll never become free": A qualitative interview study of female ex-combatants in Colombia

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Centrum för genusvetenskap

    Author : Anna Sjölander; [2016]
    Keywords : gender; DDR; reintegration; female ex-combatants; militarization; Colombia;

    Abstract : This thesis explores women's experiences from participation in armed groups, and their subsequent reintegration into civil society within the Colombian context. The study is based on two months of fieldwork, and nine interviews with female ex-combatants from the FARC, the ELN and the AUC currently enrolled in the reintegration process. READ MORE

  5. 5. CONFLICT AND REINTEGRATION: THE CASE OF FEMALE EX-COMBATANTS IN COTE D'IVOIRE

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

    Author : Angela Nnoko Mejane; [2011]
    Keywords : reintegration; Gender; Conflict war; Female ex-combatants; masculinity; Cote d’Ivoire; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : Abstract This study was carried out in Cote d’Ivoire on female ex-combatants and members of organisations working with reintegrating former combatants. The study revolves more on war and reintegration of female ex-combatants. READ MORE