Essays about: "killings"
Showing result 6 - 10 of 42 essays containing the word killings.
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6. Violence begets violence? : A quantitative analysis of humanitarian military interventions’ effect on human rights violations between 1981-2011
University essay from Uppsala universitet/Teologiska institutionenAbstract : This study explores the effects humanitarian interventions have on the human right status in a country. The theoretical standpoint is based on the notion that a perceived lack of accountability and repercussions for crimes committed will function as motivation for local actors to continue the human right violations, or even increase their efforts. READ MORE
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7. A comparative discourse analysis of honor-based violence in a Swedish media context
University essay from Umeå universitet/Umeå centrum för genusstudier (UCGS)Abstract : This thesis aims to highlight the complexity of honor-related violence and femicide in Swedish society and how it is represented in media based on who the victim and perpetrator is depending on ethnic and religious backgrounds. The thesis will be based on a comparative discourse analysis of forty Swedish media articles concerning honor killings (hedersmord) and femicide (kvinnomord) in Swedish translated to English. READ MORE
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8. Rights of Indigenous Peoples in Bangladesh
University essay from Lunds universitet/SocialantropologiAbstract : The Chittagong Hill Tracts (CHT) of Bangladesh was for a long time an area of conjuration, affection, brotherhood, social and natural contribution in livelihood as well as harmony between nature and culture. At present, eight hundred thousand indigenous peoples in CHT are living in poverty, hunger, malnutrition, killings, conflicts, and imbalanced situation in society and economy. READ MORE
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9. New Alternative Masculinities among Iranian Young Men : A Case Study of a Campaign on Social Media
University essay from Linköpings universitet/Institutionen för temaAbstract : The current study has been analysing and discussing the rise of alternative masculinities among the younger generation of Iranian men, with the focus on the protest action of part of Iranian social media users to Romina’s honour killing as a case study. This interpretative research was conducted using thematic analysis within a perspective of intersectionality, and the case study in this research is built upon analysing material of the against honour related campaign following the hashtags #NoBelieveInHonour, # IOwnNoNamus and #ManWithoutNamus on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter. READ MORE
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10. A broken promise: an insight into the killings of social leaders and the elites' resistance to the implementation of the Comprehensive Rural Reform in Colombia
University essay from Uppsala universitet/Teologiska institutionenAbstract : Four years after the signing of the Final Agreement for the Termination of the Armed Conflict in Colombia, the promises made to achieve a stable and lasting peace have by no means materialized at the expected pace. The implementation of the Agreements has focused on the demobilization of the FARC-EP while structural transformations to reduce the causes for the existence or prolongation of the conflict have been neglected. READ MORE
