Essays about: "humanitarian workers"

Showing result 21 - 25 of 43 essays containing the words humanitarian workers.

1. 21. Why Aid Workers Persist : Supports and Impediments for Long-term Engagement

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Teologiska institutionen

   Author : Lisen Lindström; [2020]
   Keywords : Humanitarian aid work; motivation; burnout; persist; supporting and impeding factors;

   Abstract : This thesis aims to explore what factors support aid workers to continue in the humanitarian sector, even with the knowledge that their personal well-being, and sometimes their lives, may be in danger due to risk-filled settings and assignments. To find out what factors that encourage aid workers to continue, the thesis also examines their backgrounds and paths into this profession. READ MORE

3. 22. Handling an epidemic during humanitarian crisis in a civil war - The case Yemen

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Teologiska institutionen

   Author : Bostio Abdulahi Moalim; [2020]
   Keywords : Conflict; Yemen; Saudi Arabia; The United States; Houthis; Saudi led coalition Intervention; Conflict actors; Geopolitics;

   Abstract : Yemen is amid in three threats at the moment, during a civil war with a pandemic hitting them during a humanitarian crisis. The aim of this work was to understand how has the civil war in Yemen shaped and impacted their humanitarian crisis and COVID-19 response. A literature review was used in this study which helped to analyze the work. READ MORE

4. 23. Depicting Displacement and Humanitarian Crisis

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Historiska institutionen

   Author : Hannah Spraggs; [2020]
   Keywords : ;

   Abstract : This study aims to provide an Anglo-Swedish perspective on displacement and humanitarian crisisin post-war Europe through an analysis of photographs and supporting text published by Swedishand British pictorial magazines Se and Picture Post during the period 1945 – 1946. The researchexplores photographs concerning the themes of fallen destiny and fate, humanitarian relief,organisation of displaced persons and civilians rising from ruin. READ MORE

5. 24. Sex Work and Humanitarianism : Understanding Predominant Framings of Sex Work in Humanitarian Response

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   Author : Michelle Alm Engvall; [2019]
   Keywords : Humanitarianism; Sex Work;

   Abstract : The aim of this thesis is to study how the issue of sex work occurring within humanitarian contexts is addressed by the humanitarian sector, and what this in turn can say about how the problem itself is framed. The analysis focuses on three types of approaches which were identified. READ MORE

6. 25. DANGEROUS TIMES, DANGEROUS PLACES: HOW POLITICS IMPACTS HUMANITARIAN WORKER SECURITY IN DR CONGO

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Teologiska institutionen

   Author : Jonny Hogg; [2019]
   Keywords : humanitarian; security; aid-worker; governance; interpretivism; conflict; political violence; Congo; Kivu;

   Abstract : DR Congo has experienced more than two decades of conflict and profound political upheaval, sparking humanitarian crises which have seen large-scale relief efforts to alleviate them. Aid workers and UN staff working there have been caught up in the violence, sometimes with deadly results and major disruption to aid operations. READ MORE