Essays about: "shrinking civic space"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 7 essays containing the words shrinking civic space.

  1. 1. Beyond the Terrorist Label : How Five Palestinian CSOs Experience and Resist Terrorist Allegations

    University essay from Försvarshögskolan

    Author : Alma Michold; [2024]
    Keywords : Palestine; Shrinking civic space; Terrorist designation; Resistance; Ontological counter-securitization;

    Abstract : This thesis investigates the terrorist designation issued by Israel against six Palestinian civil society organizations in 2021. The organizations are based in the West Bank and remain designated as terrorist organizations according to Israeli law, despite rejections and condemnations by the European Union (EU), the United Nations (UN), and the United States (US). READ MORE

  3. 2. Supporting and engaging with civil society: An analysis of Danish support to Ugandan CSOs operating within shrinking civic space

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Rebekka Allimadi; [2022]
    Keywords : Uganda; Civil Society Organisations; DANIDA; civic space; civic repression; democracy deepening; Social Sciences;

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  4. 3. Challenging the Shrinking Humanitarian Space in the European Union

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Teologiska institutionen

    Author : Karla Primc; [2022]
    Keywords : humanitarian space; humanitarian pyramid; humanitarian border; humanitarian borderwork; civic space; asylum paradox; securitisation;

    Abstract : The humanitarian space in the European Union is shrinking, causing unnecessary suffering and preventable deaths, or is it? Humanitarian organisations are calling on the respect of principled humanitarian aid, protection of humanitarian workers and unhindered access to the affected population namely, undocumented asylum seekers.They are blaming the prioritisation of national security interests over humanitarian concerns as well as the politicisation of aid for the shrinking humanitarian space. READ MORE

  5. 4. Combating GBV and Building Feminist Peace in the Southern Cameroon Armed Conflict: The case of WILPF- Cameroon and SCEW.

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Graduate School

    Author : Bibiana Bienka'a Tanda; [2021]
    Keywords : Gender-Based Violence; armed conflict; cultural norms; Women’s organisations; feminist Peace.; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : Gender-based violence (GBV) be it in peace or conflict settings is a persistent problem that has gained grounds and concerns for activists, women’s organisations, Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) in general and international bodies like the United Nations. Social inequalities and cultural ideologies inform GBV and other forms of violence that are amplified in war times. READ MORE

  6. 5. Legal Restrictions and the Shrinking Civic Space: A Comparison of the Situation for Ugandan NGOs in the Oil and Gas Sector Between 2012 and 2018

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

    Author : Liina Tarvainen; [2020]
    Keywords : Shrinking Civic Space;

    Abstract : Organizations in the Ugandan civil society sector have faced legal and extra-legal restrictions on their operations, a phenomenon referred to as the ‘shrinking civic space’ which has been on the rise globally. The Ugandan government has taken several measures towards controlling the operational space of, especially organizations working on issues of human rights, anti-corruption, electoral democracy, and social justice and accountability issues in the oil and gas sector. READ MORE