Essays about: "security and human rights"

Showing result 16 - 20 of 227 essays containing the words security and human rights.

  1. 16. Gender-based Violence : A Comparative Study of Gender-based Violence in Afghanistan and Armenia

    University essay from Malmö universitet/Fakulteten för kultur och samhälle (KS)

    Author : Ellen Otendal; [2023]
    Keywords : Gender-based violence; Women; Afghanistan; Armenia; Human Rights; Conflict; Poverty; Religion; Impunity; Women’s security; Gender; Feminism;

    Abstract : Despite the amount of studies conducted in the field and actions taken, gender-based violence continues to be rampant in both Afghanistan and Armenia. This study investigates potential causes and factors as to why the two societies look and function the way it does. READ MORE

  2. 17. SOGIE minority organisations in Africa and their relation to European donors

    University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för samhällsstudier (SS)

    Author : Evelina Magnusson; [2023]
    Keywords : LGBTQI ; LGBT; SOGIE; Africa; Donors;

    Abstract : The situation for sexual orientation, gender identity or expression (SOGIE) minority persons is difficult in many places and in much of Africa their lives are illegal in some form. This thesis focuses on how local organisations and European actors address this problem and what local actors believe could be done better to improve the situation for SOGIE minorities. READ MORE

  3. 18. 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 fakulteten

    Author : Justine Sophie Mc Gahan; [2023]
    Keywords : Women Peace and Security; Sexual Terrorism; Conflict Related Sexual Violence; Security Council Resolution; Feminist Legal Theory; International Human Rights Law; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : 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

  4. 19. The Rise and Fall of the First Feminist Foreign Policy : Understanding Sweden’s Unprecedented Policy Approach Between 2014 – 2022 and the Role of Norm Entrepreneurship

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

    Author : Hanna Walfridsson; [2023]
    Keywords : Feminist Foreign Policy; Norm Entrepreneurship; Gender; WPR; Sweden;

    Abstract : In 2014, Sweden created the first feminist foreign policy (FFP). Other states have since adopted FFPs as tools to further gender equality at a time of women’s rights regressions. Following a government shift in 2022, Sweden also became the first to dismantle the framework. READ MORE

  5. 20. Externalization of Migration Management : Assessment of European Union Responsibility in Abuses of Migrants in Transit Countries

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Teologiska institutionen

    Author : Anugo Obiefuna; [2023]
    Keywords : European Union; Libya; Externalisation; Migration; Migrants’ abuse;

    Abstract : Since the early 2000s, the European Union evolved a policy of externalization of management of migration into its territory. The externalization policy makes migrant transit countries neighboring the EU a frontier of EU migration control. READ MORE