Essays about: "wartime"

Showing result 16 - 20 of 47 essays containing the word wartime.

  1. 16. Women’s war and Women’s justice : A legal feminist analysis of the Colombian Special Jurisdiction for Peace

    University essay from Stockholms universitet/Juridiska institutionen

    Author : Conrad Palmcrantz; [2020]
    Keywords : transitional justice; Colombia; special jurisdiction for peace; legal feminism; international criminal law;

    Abstract : In 2016, the Colombian government and the FARC-EP guerilla signed a historic peace agreement. After decades of internal armed struggle, the two parties have settled on terms that, hopefully, will allow Colombia to transit from wartime to peacetime. READ MORE

  3. 17. VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN IN TIMES OF CONFLICT : A textual analysis of media representations of Yazidi women during ISIS conflict in Iraq and Syria

    University essay from Umeå universitet/Umeå centrum för genusstudier (UCGS)

    Author : Garni Mansour; [2020]
    Keywords : Media; Critical Discourse Analyse; Sexual violence; Yazidi;

    Abstract : Sexual violence against women in the time of conflict is a problem that appeared in many cases during wartime. Despite that it is a common problem, media and especially Western media through its coverage of war and rape during war did not give this concept its focus but rather researcher argued that media focus’s in its coverage on its ideology and agendas. READ MORE

  4. 18. Politics of Transitional Justice : Examining Arrests of Former Wartime Leaders as An Electoral Manipulation Strategy in Post-Conflict Countries

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för freds- och konfliktforskning

    Author : Triveni Chand; [2020]
    Keywords : Post-conflict Countries; Transitional Justice; Criminal Prosecution; Former Wartime Leaders; Arrests of Former Wartime Leaders; Election Manipulation;

    Abstract : The systematic variation in arrests of former wartime leaders (including political/military leaders and those with commanding positions from both sides of conflict among other high-level wartime actors) in post-conflict countries have rarely been recognized and studied. Building on past literature that interlinks transitional justice with domestic politics, this study argues that the variation in arrests of former wartime leaders can be explained by elections and electoral manipulation theory. READ MORE

  5. 19. Depicting Displacement and Humanitarian Crisis

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Historiska institutionen

    Author : Hannah Spraggs; [2020]
    Keywords : ;

    Abstract : This study aims to provide an Anglo-Swedish perspective on displacement and humanitarian crisisin post-war Europe through an analysis of photographs and supporting text published by Swedishand British pictorial magazines Se and Picture Post during the period 1945 – 1946. The researchexplores photographs concerning the themes of fallen destiny and fate, humanitarian relief,organisation of displaced persons and civilians rising from ruin. READ MORE

  6. 20. When armed politics empower women : Gender ideologies in armed groups and women’s political empowerment: Evidence from Colombia

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för freds- och konfliktforskning

    Author : Juan Diego Duque-Salazar; [2019]
    Keywords : political ideologies; gender ideologies; women s political empowerment; Colombia;

    Abstract : This study aims to account for variation on women’s political empowerment in localities during wartime. I draw upon political ideologies and civilian-armed group interaction literature to argue that gender ideologies could explain why some conflict-affected areas have more women’s political empowerment than others. READ MORE