Essays about: "conflict-related sexual violence"
Showing result 6 - 10 of 51 essays containing the words conflict-related sexual violence.
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6. WE WILL NOT BE SILENCED : How International Actors Bolster Women’s Movements’ Push for Strong Gender Provisions
University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för freds- och konfliktforskningAbstract : Gender provisions have the overarching goal of enhancing gender equality, however few peace agreements include strong gender provisions. The presence of strong gender provisions in ceasefire agreements has crucial implications in the immediate and post-conflict phase in improving women’s situation. READ MORE
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7. The Good, The Bad and The Ugly (truth): Recognising sexual terrorism within the Women, Peace, and Security agenda.
University essay from Lunds universitet/Juridiska institutionen; Lunds universitet/Juridiska fakultetenAbstract : This thesis will be an attempt to look beyond this relatively new conceptualisation of CRSV committed in the context of terrorism, so called ‘sexual terrorism’, to determine what are its implications for the development of the WPS agenda. Answering the research question ‘What are the consequences of the increased linking of CT and WPS, in particularly with regards to the consideration of sexual terrorism, on prevention from and prosecution of CRSV committed by terrorist organisations and on the development of the WPS framework?’ If this thesis put forward that recognising of the nexus of CRSV and Terrorism in international policy through its inclusion within the WPS framework could be a real step forward for accountability and is a recognition of the harm suffered by the victims, it will underline that potential developments should be nuanced due to the risk of co-optation of the WPS framework for reasons of increasing securitisation and pursuance of national interests. READ MORE
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8. Natural Resources and Sexual violence - Exploring the Nexus: A quantitative analysis of Natural Resource Conflicts, Conflict-related Sexual Violence and mechanism of influence
University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionenAbstract : Over the last two decades, Conflict-related sexual violence (CRSV) has come under increased scrutiny from academics and the public alike. Despite this, there remains a crucial need for further research to understand the variations and extent of CRSV across conflicts. READ MORE
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9. 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 LatinamerikainstitutetAbstract : 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
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10. Gendering Conflict-related Sexual Violence : Scrutinizing Intersectionality as a Part of Communication of Conflict-related Sexual Violence on Instagram Accounts End Rape in War, UN Action, Global Survivors Fund and Mukwege Foundation
University essay from Malmö universitet/Institutionen för konst, kultur och kommunikation (K3)Abstract : The aim of this study is to gain an understanding of if and how specific UN actors and non-governmental organizations (NGO) embody intersectionality in their communication on conflict-related sexual violence. By utilizing four different Instagram accounts, UN-owned End Rape in War and UN Action, and two NGO accounts Global Survivors Fund and Mukwege Foundation as case studies and applying critical content analysis on them, the study seeks to scrutinize if and how its data embodies elements of intersectional feminism. READ MORE
