Essays about: "violence on women"
Showing result 1 - 5 of 436 essays containing the words violence on women.
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1. The Exploitation by the Blue Helmets : A Qualitative Cross-Case Comparison of the United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in Central African Republic and the United Nations Mission in Burundi
University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för freds- och konfliktforskningAbstract : UN peacekeeping operations have received a significant amount of backlash during the past decades when allegations of sexual misconduct conducted by its personnel against civilians have unravelled. The purpose of this study is to answer the research question: How does unemployment amongst internally displaced women, within the host state, affect the probability of United Nations peacekeepers perpetrating Transactional Sex against them? The suggested hypothesis yields that a high level of unemployed internally displaced women has a positive effect on peacekeeper-perpetrated transactional sex occurrence. READ MORE
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2. Gendered Advocacy Coalitions in Estonia and Lithuania: A Comparative Study about the (non-)Ratification of the Istanbul Convention
University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionenAbstract : The Council of Europe Convention on Preventing and Combating Violence against Women and Domestic Violence, known as the Istanbul Convention, was ratified by the European Union in 2023. However, five member states have not yet ratified. READ MORE
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3. Gender-based violence in Yemen: An overview of Governmental and International actions : Examining gender-based violence in Yemen through Intersectionality and Horizontal Inequality and measures taken by relevant actors to address the situation
University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för samhällsstudier (SS)Abstract : Yemen is a conflict ridden country facing humanitarian issues as well as high levels of inequality, both due to the conflict itself but also the patriarchal hierarchy and customs that elevates men above women. The population of Yemen faces inequality in more than one way, however this study will be focusing on the recurring gender-based violence. READ MORE
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4. What were the consequences of Jeanine Áñez´s presidency for violence against women in politics in Bolivia?
University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionenAbstract : This study investigates the consequences that female descriptive representation, at the highest executive political position, had on violence against women in politics. More specifically it looks at Jeanine Áñez ́s presidency and its impact on violence against women in Bolivia. READ MORE
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5. What Walpole did to Shakespeare's Women : A Comparison between Female Characters in Horace Walpole’s Castle of Otranto and William Shakespeare’s Othello
University essay from Karlstads universitet/Fakulteten för humaniora och samhällsvetenskap (from 2013)Abstract : In this essay I will compare the views on women in William Shakespeare’s Othello and Horace Walpole’s The Castle of Otranto, looking mainly at the gendered structures of patriarchal caregivers, freedom of marriage as well as domestic violence. I am doing this in order to point out the possibility of Walpole’s influence on Shakespeare by a literary comparison. READ MORE
