Sökning: "Democratic Republic of the Congo"

Visar resultat 6 - 10 av 120 uppsatser innehållade orden Democratic Republic of the Congo.

1. 6. Addressing the Gap : Examining the Inadequacy of International Legal Frameworks in Protecting Women from Discrimination during Armed Conflicts.

   Master-uppsats, Uppsala universitet/Teologiska institutionen

   Författare :Bitota Mudibu Sparf; [2023]
   Nyckelord :DRC; Gender-based violence; Gender performativity; Structural discrimination; CEDAW;

   Sammanfattning : This study examines sexual violence against women in armed conflict settings as a form of discrimination within the framework of CEDAW. Informed by Judith Butler's theory of Gender Performativity emphasizes that gender is socially constructed. LÄS MER

3. 7. Den politiska och sociala situationen i Demokratiska republiken Kongo

   Kandidat-uppsats, Örebro universitet/Institutionen för humaniora, utbildnings- och samhällsvetenskap

   Författare :Rugerero Gilite; [2023]
   Nyckelord :Colonialism; Political instability; Democracy; Democratic republic of Congo; Institutions; Freedom House; International politics; cicil rights; Africa;

   Sammanfattning : Despite being free from colonialism for decades, the country continues to experience political instability and a lack of democracy. There is a knowledge gap when it comes to understanding democracy in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and the challenges the country faces in establishing and maintaining a functioning democratic government. LÄS MER

4. 8. Power in the Age of the Green Energy Transition: Multinational Corporations, the State, and Cobalt in the Democratic Republic of Congo

   Master-uppsats, Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

   Författare :Wilma Arvidsson; [2023]
   Nyckelord :cobalt; Democratic Republic of Congo; Glencore; multinational corporations; green energy transition; Law and Political Science;

   Sammanfattning : This thesis investigates the power balance between states and multinational corporations, and how the green energy transition impacts this balance, a connection commonly overlooked by researchers. I have sought to remedy this gap by conducting a qualitative case study of the relationship between the Democratic Republic of Congo, which holds the majority of global cobalt reserves, and major cobalt producer Glencore. LÄS MER

5. 9. Interventions to prevent Gender-Based Violence in Democratic Republic of Congo : A driving force for the empowerment of women and girls?

   Master-uppsats, Uppsala universitet/Teologiska institutionen

   Författare :Celine Brixander; [2023]
   Nyckelord :empowerment; gender-based violence; Democractic Republic of Congo;

   Sammanfattning : Gender-Based Violence (GBV) is a widespread international public health and human rights issue that disproportionately affects women and girls. In humanitarian crises all forms of GBV are exacerbated, and especially during conflict where GBV in some settings affects 70 per cent of women. LÄS MER

7. 10. “It’s like my blood, like my oxygen” : Life in a Kimbanguist community in Stockholm

   Magister-uppsats, Högskolan Dalarna/Institutionen för kultur och samhälle

   Författare :Marco Tenti; [2023]
   Nyckelord :Kimbanguism – Community – Religion – Transnationalism - Ritual;

   Sammanfattning : The aim of this work is to discuss the religious life of the Kimbanguist community in Stockholm; more specifically, it analyses the ways in which religion (in particular Kimbanguism) allows the members of a small religious community, originated by migration, to maintain sense of belonging and to give meaning to their experiences. In order to do this, I focus on the concept of community to define the ways in which a group of people, embedded in a much wider social field, can be defined with this analytical term: community emerges as a social group whose members share a specific inventory of symbols; symbols include representations and narratives, but also practices, artifacts and images. LÄS MER