Search for dissertations about: "Gender war"

Showing result 16 - 20 of 40 swedish dissertations containing the words Gender war.

2. 16. The Judging of War Criminals : Individual Criminal Responsibility Under International Law

   Author : Alex Obote-Odora; Göran Melander; Stockholms universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Krigsförbrytelser; LAW JURISPRUDENCE; RÄTTSVETENSKAP JURIDIK;

   Abstract : Violations of the law of war, particularly in internal armed conflicts, in the 1990s, increased dramatically. This led to the establishment, by the UN Security Council, of international criminal tribunals for former Yugoslavia and for Rwanda. READ MORE

4. 17. Diversity of Legacy : The Experience of Immigrants and their Descendants in Sweden

   Author : Siddartha Aradhya; Centrum för ekonomisk demografi; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Immigrant integration; Second generation immigrants; Birthweight; Education; School grades; Gender; Sweden; Residential choice; Third generation immigrants; Intergenerational processes; repeat migration;

   Abstract : This dissertation examines the integration of immigrants from an intergenerational and multidimensional perspective. During the post-World War Two period, Sweden has been characterized by a large and increasing degree of heterogeneity in terms of immigrant background and reason for migration. READ MORE

5. 18. Afterlives : Jewish and Non-Jewish Polish Survivors of Nazi Persecution in Sweden Documenting Nazi Atrocities, 1945-1946

   Author : Victoria Van Orden Martínez; Malin Thor Tureby; Johanna Dahlin; Tony Kushner; Linköpings universitet; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; The Polish Research Institute; Holocaust documentation; Postwar justice; Polish-Jewish relations; Survivors of Nazi persecution; Refugees displaced persons; Migrant knowledge; Gender; Agency vulnerability; Transnational histories; Holocaust aftermath studies; Polska källinstitutet; Dokumentation om Förintelsen; Rättsskipning efter kriget; Polsk-judiska relationer. Överlevande; Nazisternas förföljelse; Flyktingar; Fördrivna personer; Migrantkunskap; Könnstillhörighet; Agens; Sårbarhet; Transnationella historier; Studier om Förintelsens efterverkningar;

   Abstract : This dissertation examines how Jewish and non-Jewish Polish survivors of Nazi persecution who came to Sweden in 1945 as ‘repatriates’ and were associated with the Polish Research Institute in Lund, Sweden (PIZ) were engaged in transnational social and political processes during the early postwar period, including documenting Nazi persecution and contributing to postwar humanitarian and justice efforts. PIZ, a transnational initiative that documented the experiences of Polish survivors of Nazi persecution for history and justice in 1945 and 1946, was one of the few such initiatives undertaken by survivors who were refugees in a country not directly involved in the Second World War. READ MORE

6. 19. Tradition as Resource : Transnational Somali Women Traders Facing the Realities of Civil War

   Author : Rannveig Jetne Haga; Mattias Gardell; Lena Roos; Francesca Declich; Uppsala universitet; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Dubai; Somaliland; Somali women; civil war; tradition; agency; security; autonomy; negotiations; piety; postcolonial; feminism.; History of religion; Religionshistoria; Islamology; Islamologi; History Of Religions; religionshistoria;

   Abstract : This dissertation is an analysis of interviews with and observations among transnational Somali women traders, located in Somaliland (northwest Somalia) and Dubai. Since the outbreak of the Somali civil war an increasing number of women have become the sole providers of their families. READ MORE

7. 20. Normative Encounters between the ‘Global’ and the ‘Local’: : Women, Peace and Security in Mali and Rwanda

   Author : Jenny Lorentzen; Statsvetenskapliga institutionen; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; norms; practice; discourse; gender; peace building; Mali; Rwanda;

   Abstract : This thesis examines the multiple and often overlapping encounters between ‘global’ and ‘local’ norms, actors, practices, and discourses which take place when norms travel between different socio-political contexts. This is done through a study of how global gender equality norms embedded in the Women, Peace and Security (WPS) agenda are promoted in two war to peace transitions: Mali and Rwanda. READ MORE