Essays about: "women’s interests"
Showing result 1 - 5 of 13 essays containing the words women’s interests.
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1. “Holy” War on Human Rights : A hermeneutic study of the complex situation of human rights activists in Afghanistan
University essay from Uppsala universitet/Teologiska institutionenAbstract : Title: “Holy” War on Human Rights - A hermeneutic study of the complex situation of human rights activists in Afghanistan Author: Zandra Bergman Supervisor: Maud Eriksen Examiner: Johanna Romare Department of TheologyMaster program of Religion in Peace and ConflictMaster’s thesis, 15 credits In September 2020, the latest attempt to bring peace to Afghanistan, the intra-Afghan peace talks formally began. The opening of the peace negotiations failed to produce the long-desired ceasefire. READ MORE
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2. Women’s narratives on (in)security in Abkhazia : Theorizing abortion rights as a security issue
University essay from FörsvarshögskolanAbstract : This thesis is set out to examine how women in Abkhazia understand their own (in)security and to explore how the participating women understand the prohibition of abortions that is implemented in the breakaway region. Furthermore, the study seeks to, based on the empirical findings, theorize abortion rights as a security issue. READ MORE
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3. DOES WOMEN'S POLITICAL EMPOWERMENT IMPROVE GENDER BALANCE IN PEACEKEEPING? A Large N Study of Troop Contributing Countries
University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionenAbstract : Although the United Nations has officially recognized an importance of women’s participation in peacekeeping, the number of female personnel remains low; thus, scholars have been investigating the factors that may facilitate a broader inclusion of women in peacekeeping operations. In order to contribute to the existing literature on the topic, this study examines whether one specific factor, a country’s level of women’s political empowerment, has an impact on the level of gender balance in its peacekeeping troops. READ MORE
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4. "We became sisters, not of blood but of pain" : Women's experiences of organization and empowerment in relation to enforced disappearances in Mexico
University essay from Stockholms universitet/LatinamerikainstitutetAbstract : Enforced disappearances has been used as a repressive strategy by numerous Latin American states against tens of thousands of presumed political opponents and adversaries, starting in the 1960’s in Guatemala. In contemporary Latin America, Mexico holds the record for disappearances, both politically and non-politically motivated, with more than 30 000 cases reported since the beginning of the drug war in 2006. READ MORE
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5. WOMEN AS ACTORS? An analysis of the focus on women´s representation within Swedish development cooperation
University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionenAbstract : Gender inequality is still a wide spread problem in the world today. One way of working for gender equality is via development cooperation. Nowadays gender equality advocacy is an accepted and important part of development cooperation and to target women is a common policy. READ MORE
