Sökning: "conflict children"

Visar resultat 1 - 5 av 89 avhandlingar innehållade orden conflict children.

1. 1. Sweet Battlefields : Youth and the Liberian Civil War

   Författare :Mats Utas; Ovesen Jan; Alcinda Honwana; Uppsala universitet; []
   Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Cultural anthropology; Liberia; anthropology; civil war; youth; children; child soldiers; street children; conflict; violence; women in war; West Africa; liminality; Kulturantropologi; Cultural anthropology; Kulturantropologi; Kulturantropologi; Cultural Anthropology;

   Sammanfattning : This dissertation presents an ethnography of youth in Liberia and of how their lives became affected by a civil war which raged in the country between 1990 and 1997. The focus is on the experiences, motivations, and reflections of young combatants who fought for a variety of rebel factions. LÄS MER

3. 2. Justice for children? : A socio-legal study on Colombia’s responses to children associated with armed violence

   Författare :Tove Nyberg; Anita Heber; Janne Flyghed; Andy Aydın-Aitchison; Stockholms universitet; []
   Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; criminalisation; victimology; youth justice; child rights; peacebuilding; kriminologi; Criminology;

   Sammanfattning : The aim of this thesis is to examine how criminal justice policy practices arose and persist in light of the international victim-centred legal framework for children associated with armed groups. The study explores the gaps between how children are treated in law versus empirical practices of criminalisation in a particular domestic setting (Colombia), which has been riddled by internal armed conflict and hybrid forms of violence. LÄS MER

4. 3. Violence prevention and conflict resolution

   Författare :Karin Utas Carlsson; Malmö högskola; []
   Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Basic human needs; conflict resolution; culture of peace; human relations; non-violence; peace education; role-playing; school children; socialization; violence prevention; education; peace; social integration;

   Sammanfattning : The objectives of the study were (1) to contribute to development of a theoretical basis for teaching violence prevention and conflict resolution, connecting the micro (inter-personal and intergroup) and macro (national, international and transnational) levels; and (2) to contribute to development of teaching methods with the aim of giving children skills in handling conflicts constructively. The perspective of the study is a social-psychological one where Human Needs Theory (Burton) plays an important role. LÄS MER

5. 4. Effects of violent conflict on women and children : Sexual behavior, fertility, and infant mortality in Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of Congo

   Författare :Elina Elveborg Lindskog; Elizabeth Thomson; Sunnee Billingsley; Henrik Urdal; Stockholms universitet; []
   Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Violent conflict; war; premarital first sexual intercourse; fertility transition; infant mortality; Rwanda; the DRC; sociologisk demografi; Sociological Demography;

   Sammanfattning : This thesis investigates the relationship between violent conflicts and sexual and reproductive health in Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). The aim of the thesis is to investigate how war affects demographic outcomes across individual life courses. LÄS MER

7. 5. Children and adolescents with externalizing behavior in dental care

   Författare :Marie Staberg; Göteborgs universitet; []
   Nyckelord :MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; ADHD; adolescents; behavioral characteristics; caries; children; dental care; dental trauma; externalizing behaviour; neuropsychiatric disorders; oral health; parental attitudes; risk behavior;

   Sammanfattning : Aim: To study children/adolescents with externalizing behavior and a subgroup diagnosed ADHD, regarding oral health, oral health behavior, and the parents' evaluation on their child’s oral health and dental experience. Patients and Methods: Study Groups 1 & 2 consisted of families of 228 children (10-13 years), who participated in a parental training program. LÄS MER