Essays about: "abortion in colombia"

Found 5 essays containing the words abortion in colombia.

  1. 1. The Effect of Armed Conflict on Modern Contraception Utilisation – the Case of Colombia

    University essay from Stockholms universitet/Sociologiska institutionen

    Author : Signe Svallfors; [2016]
    Keywords : Colombia; armed conflict; modern contraception; family planning; reproductive health;

    Abstract : This MA Thesis explores the effect of the armed conflict on modern contraceptive utilisation in Colombia, using a departmental random-effects logistic regression model on novel cross-sectional data from the Uppsala Peace and Conflict Database Georeferenced Event Data and the Colombian Demographic and Health Surveys from 2000, 2005 and 2010. Reproductive health and rights has enormous consequences for women’s lives, but their relationship to conflict in Colombia has barely been analysed. READ MORE

  3. 2. Communicating abortion. How sexual and reproductive rights organizations in Colombia communicate to the public opinion

    University essay from Malmö högskola/Fakulteten för kultur och samhälle (KS)

    Author : Annika Dalén; [2014]
    Keywords : gender; abortion; Colombia; civil society; sexual and reproductive rights; communication;

    Abstract : This degree project examines the question of how Colombian NGOs communicate sexual and reproductive rights issues to the public opinion, and how this has changed over time. The research is carried out through a case study of two Colombian organizations that work with sexual and reproductive rights, particularly the implementation of legal abortion. READ MORE

  4. 3. "Framing and shaming". Transnational networks and the decriminalization of abortion in Colombia

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Shanna Löfgren; [2008-09-09T12:07:00Z]
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  5. 4. ¿To Liberalize or Criminalize? A Comparative Case Study on Changes in Abortion Legislation in Colombia and Nicaragua

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Liinu Diaz Rämö; [2008]
    Keywords : Abortion legislation ; policy change ; civil society ; Colombia; Nicaragua; Social sciences; Samhällsvetenskaper; Political and administrative sciences; Statsvetenskap; förvaltningskunskap; Law and Political Science; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : In this thesis I investigate the recent changes in abortion legislation in Colombia (liberalization) and Nicaragua (criminalization). By making a comparative case study I intend to find the factor(s) that could explain the different directions in legislation, given that both countries are of great similarity (location, religion, history, and political culture). READ MORE

  6. 5. Ruling Allowing Induced Abortion in Colombia: a Case Study

    University essay from Centrum för tillämpad etik

    Author : Camilo Eduardo Martinez Orozco; [2007]
    Keywords : abortion; Colombia; ruling; balancing; rights; dignity;

    Abstract : The aim of this work is to present and examine the ruling on which the Colombian Constitutional Court declared the blanket criminalization of induced abortion to be unconstitutional: ruling C-355/061; all of this based in the understanding I have achieved of the Courts’ reasoning. In the first section I will present the norms that constituted the blanket prohibition of abortion, as well as the likely situation of its practice, both by the time the Constitutional Court took up the analysis of the former. READ MORE