Essays about: "Women in transitional justice"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 11 essays containing the words Women in transitional justice.

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

3. 2. ACHIEVING GENDER-JUST PROGRAMMES: A CASE STUDY ON SOUTH AFRICA’S TRUTH AND RECONCILIATION COMMISSION

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Graduate School

   Author : Laura-Lee Gillion; [2023]
   Keywords : Social Sciences;

   Abstract : The aim of this paper is to research how transitional justice programmes have to this day inadequately addressed gender-based violence by specifically examining the overall framework of South Africa’s Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) in its goal towards reconciliation as a case study. To gain a thorough analysis on how its framework impacted its inclusion of women’s experiences of conflict and how it could have worked towards having a more transformative effect on the lives of black women in South Africa. READ MORE

4. 3. Documentary as a Medium to Advance a Public Apology to Comfort Women in a Transitional Justice Context

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

   Author : Jenny Wang; [2023]
   Keywords : comfort women; cultural trauma; transitional justice reparations; communication for social change; carrier groups; documentary;

   Abstract : This thesis explores how the documentary film The Apology (as a medium) and its filmmaker (as a carrier group) functions as connection points between cultural trauma and transitional justice reparations driving social change. Earlier approaches to bringing justice to comfort women have been based on legal frameworks which this thesis considers restrictive and instead examines justice and reparations from a victim-centred perspective. READ MORE

5. 4. Law as a Driver of Social Change. Recognizing Conflict-related Sexual Violence as Crimes Against Humanity : The 2016 Sepur Zarco case in Guatemala

   University essay from Stockholms universitet/Nordiska Latinamerikainstitutet

   Author : Olivia Dominguez Pousadela; [2023]
   Keywords : Guatemala; Sepur Zarco; transitional justice; conflict-related sexual violence; armed internal conflict; gender; indigenous access to justice; impunity; impact; case study.;

   Abstract : In 2016, the case of Sepur Zarco in Guatemala marked the first time that a national jurisdiction recognized sexual violence in the context of armed conflict as a crime against humanity. This occurred in a case concerning indigenous women, within a country profoundly marked by gender-based violence and indigenous peoples’ marginalization. READ MORE

6. 5. Women’s perspectives on transitional justice in Liberia

   University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för globala studier

   Author : Christian Troh; [2022-11-08]
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   Abstract : The emancipation of women from the regions of war has been a subject of critical debate across all cultures and geographical settings, including Liberia. Hence, the concept of transitional justice for its application in Liberia needs to be analysed in the context of the history of the country and how it has impacted the social demography of the region along with the role of women needs to be assessed. READ MORE