Search for dissertations about: "women peacebuilding"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 6 swedish dissertations containing the words women peacebuilding.

2. 1. Women-to-women diplomacy : the pursuit of feminist peace in Georgia and Myanmar

   Author : Magda Cardenas; Elisabeth Olivius; Anna Jarstad; Marjaana Jauhola; Umeå universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Women’s activism; gender equality; feminist peace; agency; bottom-up peacebuilding; Georgia; Myanmar; women-to-women diplomacy; Kvinnors aktivism; jämställdhet; feministisk fred; fredsbyggande på gräsrotsnivå; Georgia; Myanmar; kvinnor-till-kvinnor diplomati; freds- och konfliktforskning; Peace and Conflict Research;

   Abstract : Why and how do women engage in peacebuilding efforts across conflict divides? This dissertation coins a novel concept, women-to-women diplomacy – or W2WD – to explore women’s peace activism in Georgia and Myanmar. W2WD consists of three components: 1) the promotion of women’s agency as a key aspect of mobilisation and peacebuilding practices; 2) women’s own experiences of conflict as a basis for bridging divides; and 3) women’s visions of gender equality as a fundamental part of peace. READ MORE

4. 2. Hierarchical Sisterhood : Supporting Women's Peacebuilding through Swedish Aid to Bosnia and Herzegovina 1993-2013

   Author : Sanela Bajramović; Christina Carlsson Wetterberg; Maria Småberg; Henric Bagerius; Gunlög Fur; Örebro universitet; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; sisterhood; Kvinna till Kvinna; international intervention; women; peacebuilding; Sida; local NGOs; Bosnia;

   Abstract : This dissertation examines possibilities and challenges faced by international interveners in a post-socialist and violently divided area. The study object is the Swedish foundation Kvinna till Kvinna, formed in 1993 during the Bosnian war, originating from the peace movement and supported by the Swedish government aid agency Sida. READ MORE

5. 3. Equal Peace : United Nations Peace Operations and the Power-Relations between men and women in Timor-Leste

   Author : Louise Olsson; Peter Wallensteen; Mats Hammarström; Fen Osler Hampson; Uppsala universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; United Nations; Peacekeeping; Peace Operations; Peacebuilding; Equality; Timor-Leste; Peace and conflict research; Freds- och konfliktforskning;

   Abstract : This dissertation expands the inquiry of United Nations peace operations to incorporate their effects on gender power-relations of the host state. To achieve this, a mainstream-based analytical framework, additionally informed by suggestions from feminist research, was formulated and applied to the case of Timor-Leste. READ MORE

6. 4. Rethinking Reconciliation : Concepts, Methods, and an Empirical Study of Truth Telling and Psychological Health in Rwanda

   Author : Karen Brounéus; Peter Wallensteen; Erik Melander; Ervin Staub; Uppsala universitet; []
   Keywords : Peace and conflict research; reconciliation; truth commissions; truth telling; peacebuilding; internal conflict; security; witnessing; psychological health; Rwanda; Freds- och konfliktforskning;

   Abstract : This dissertation combines psychology with peace and conflict research in a cross-disciplinary approach to reconciliation processes after intrastate armed conflict. Two overarching contributions are made to the field of reconciliation research. The first is conceptual and methodological. READ MORE

7. 5. 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