Essays about: "gender-based violence"

Showing result 16 - 20 of 170 essays containing the words gender-based violence.

1. 16. Addressing the Gap : Examining the Inadequacy of International Legal Frameworks in Protecting Women from Discrimination during Armed Conflicts.

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Teologiska institutionen

   Author : Bitota Mudibu Sparf; [2023]
   Keywords : DRC; Gender-based violence; Gender performativity; Structural discrimination; CEDAW;

   Abstract : This study examines sexual violence against women in armed conflict settings as a form of discrimination within the framework of CEDAW. Informed by Judith Butler's theory of Gender Performativity emphasizes that gender is socially constructed. READ MORE

3. 17. Breaking the silence:Addressing Men`s violence against Women : From Costa Rica to the World - Exploring Institutions and Gender based violence through research and qualitative interviews

   University essay from Örebro universitet/Institutionen för humaniora, utbildnings- och samhällsvetenskap

   Author : Lovisa Ljungström; Carolina Oddman; [2023]
   Keywords : Gender based violence; Gender equality; UN Sustainable development goals; Implementation; Culture; and social norms;

   Abstract : Costa Rica is in many aspects a well-developed country, but as many other countries there is still a lot of inequality between the genders. Which can take its form in violence towards minorities such as women and children. The region is also influenced heavily by very conservative gender norms. READ MORE

4. 18. Non-refoulement cases before the ECtHR and CAT : A case study on women alleging gender-based violence at the hands of private actors

   University essay from Enskilda Högskolan Stockholm/Avdelningen för mänskliga rättigheter och demokrati

   Author : Hodan Abdi; [2023]
   Keywords : Non-refoulement; human rights; monitoring bodies; private actors; feminism.;

   Abstract : This study aims to analyze if the assessment of the European Court of Human Rights and Committee Against Torture in cases concerning women alleging violation of the principle of non-refoulement takes gender into consideration. Therefore, this study compares four cases from the Court and the other four cases from the Committee with feminist legal theory analysis. READ MORE

5. 19. The shadow pandemic : a feminist institutional perspective on civil society's work on gender-based violence in post COVID -19 South Africa

   University essay from Enskilda Högskolan Stockholm/Avdelningen för mänskliga rättigheter och demokrati

   Author : Louise Lindfors; [2023]
   Keywords : Gender-based violence; institutional feminism; CSO civil society organizations; grassroot activists; South Africa;

   Abstract : This field study is a thematic and feminist institutionalist analysis on how the civil society and grassroot activists in Gauteng province, South Africa, has been affected and mitigated during and after the COVID -19 pandemic in their work against gender-based violence. The data consist of five semi structured interviews with primary sources, divided in the two sub-groups of activists and formal NGO representatives. READ MORE

6. 20. Gender-based violence against Women with Disabilities in Uganda - A qualitative study about how local organizations are working with the issue

   University essay from Lunds universitet/LUMID International Master programme in applied International Development and Management

   Author : Klara Bengtsson; [2023]
   Keywords : Social Sciences;

   Abstract : Gender-based violence (GBV) is both a human right violation, a threat to develop-ment and a global health issue. Women with disabilities (WWD) are a group more exposed to GBV. However, research has been scarce about WWD and GBV, espe-cially in the Global South. READ MORE