Essays about: "humanitarian work"

Showing result 31 - 35 of 131 essays containing the words humanitarian work.

  1. 31. Mental Health Support and its Cultural Understanding – A comparative study on the impacts of humanitarian aid in the context of IDP camps in Iraqi Kurdistan.

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Avdelningen för Riskhantering och Samhällssäkerhet

    Author : Lara Gusek; [2022]
    Keywords : Disaster mental health; Psychosocial support; Humanitarian aid; Decolonizing; IDPs; Iraqi Kurdistan; Recovery; Resilience; Prevention; Coping mechanisms; Trauma; Adaptation; Cultural Sciences; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : Mental health issues are a serious matter with great consequences on livelihoods. Iraqi Kurdistan is situated in one of the most unstable regions and experienced an influx of IDPs over time who are in need of mental health support. However, mental health support is shaped and understood differently according to the culture. READ MORE

  3. 32. Environmental/ecological, economic, and social factors inhumanitarian response : A qualitative case study reviewing the humanitarian response delivered by USAID in Haiti with the sustainable dimensions in focus

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Teologiska institutionen

    Author : Ane Kok Madsen; [2022]
    Keywords : Sustainable development; ecological environmental; economic; and social dimensions; supply chain; waste management; humanitarian action; plastic pollution; climate change; Do No Harm; USAID; Haiti; mangroves; life on earth; life on earth; and climate action.;

    Abstract : In the past decades, there has been an alarming increase in the amount of toxicity on earthdue to pollution and consumerism and the natural environment is faster than everdisappearing due to the extensive activity of humans on planet earth (Nations United,2020; United Nations, 2020). The increased amount of rubbish and non-natural waste hasbeen identified as a major issue in the supply chain and waste management inhumanitarian organizations across the board. READ MORE

  4. 33. Piecing the Puzzle: Restorative Justice with Children and Young Offenders in Scandinavia, an Interview Study with Professionals

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för socialt arbete

    Author : Nancy Gutiérrez Olivares; [2021-02-04]
    Keywords : Restorative Justice; Children and Young Offenders; Victim Offender Mediation; Youth Punishment; Restorative Processes; Social Work; Scandinavian Justice Systems;

    Abstract : The modern roots of restorative justice in Scandinavia go back to the emergence of the mediation movement in Norway in the mid 1970s (Miers, 2001), a process that reached Sweden in the late 1980s (Wahlin, 2005). Victim Offender Mediation (VOM) in Sweden, and Youth Punishment (YP) in Norway, are some of the processes based on the primary components of restorative justice. READ MORE

  5. 34. The Possible Prospects of the Weak Veto reform proposal for the United Nations Security Council : A discourse analysis of United Nations Security Council meeting documents

    University essay from Malmö universitet/Institutionen för globala politiska studier (GPS)

    Author : Teodóra Nádasi; [2021]
    Keywords : International Relations; globalisation; United Nations Security Council;

    Abstract : Throughout the years many have called for a reform of the United Nations and more specifically its most influential body the United Nations Security Council. The Security Council has the authority to pass resolutions with the sole purpose to preserve the peace around the globe, in theory at least. READ MORE

  6. 35. Who are the locals? : Portrayal of local actors in localisation

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Teologiska institutionen

    Author : Clara van den Bos; [2021]
    Keywords : localisation; local; critical localism; eurocentrism;

    Abstract : In recent years localisation has risen on the agenda in the humanitarian sector. It is seen to have great deal of benefits including being more cost efficient, more sensitive to culture and context and offers quicker responses. READ MORE