Essays about: "violence stigma and norms"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 6 essays containing the words violence stigma and norms.

  1. 1. GBV and CRSV In the War Against Ukraine : “The battle is both armed and on women’s bodies, as it always is” (Interview, Förberg, 2023)

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Teologiska institutionen

    Author : Hanna Centerskog; [2023]
    Keywords : Gender-based violence; GBV; CRSV; Ukraine; war; armed conflict; sexual violence; violence stigma and norms;

    Abstract : In 2022 Russia illegally invaded Ukraine starting a full-scale war against the country. The war has had severe humanitarian concerns for the civilian population, one of the consequences being increased levels of GBV and CRSV. READ MORE

  3. 2. Conflict-related sexual violence against men: A thematic analysis of the phenomenon in mass media

    University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för samhällsstudier (SS)

    Author : Mikaela Eriksson; [2021]
    Keywords : Sexual violence; male survivors; male victims of sexual violence; conflict-related sexual violence; masculine norms; stigma;

    Abstract : Conflict-related sexual violence against men is a largely unrecognized and forgotten perspective in both research and international policies. Reports document that conflict-related sexual violence affects men, yet detailed consideration of the issue remains missing due to the lack of comprehensive research. READ MORE

  4. 3. The nexus between child protection and gender-based violence programming; the impact for displaced adolescent girls in Jordan

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Teologiska institutionen

    Author : Anna Victoria Sheppard; [2019]
    Keywords : Humanitarian; Emergency; Displacement; Refugee; Gender; Gender-Based Violence; Child Protection; Adolescents; Rights-Based Programming; Participation; Coordination; United Nations;

    Abstract : Gender-based violence (GBV) and violence against children are pervasive and destructive globally, but the exacerbation of violence in emergency contexts makes addressing them an urgent priority in humanitarian action. However, despite recognition of overlapping risks and intervention opportunities, child protection programming and GBV programming have hitherto followed discrete trajectories, resulting in adolescent (aged between 10 and 19 years) girls falling between the domains, despite their heightened vulnerability to GBV. READ MORE

  5. 4. Sex, Love and Moral Control: Exploring the effectiveness and limitations of international and regional human rights law relevant to SOGIESC diverse groups in the quest to invalidate Zimbabwe’s “sodomy” law

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Juridiska institutionen; Lunds universitet/Juridiska fakulteten

    Author : Farai Irene Chikwanha; [2019]
    Keywords : Zimbabwe; SOGIESC; sex; same-sex attracted persons; sodomy; carnal intercourse against the order of nature; international human rights law; regional human rights law; comparative law; human rights; privacy; equality; non-discrimination; dignity; consensual; morality; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : “Only in the most technical sense is this a case about who may penetrate whom where. At a practical and symbolical level it is about the status, moral citizenship and sense of self-worth of a significant section of the community. READ MORE

  6. 5. "I was like a rose, now I look like a thorn" An exploratory study of women injecting drug users (WIDU) in Tunisia

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Internationell mödra- och barnhälsovård (IMCH)

    Author : Hgqer Ben Mosbah; [2016]
    Keywords : women injecting drugs users; Tunisia;

    Abstract : Aim: The aim of this master thesis was to explore contexts of initiation of substance use and to describe the social, physical and mental health situation of women injecting drug users (WIDU) in Tunisia. Relevance: In North Africa, people who inject drugs are an important risk group in the HIV epidemic. READ MORE