and efficacy of humanitarian interventions has become one of the most important aspects of foreign policy since the end of the Cold War. Even what type of military action constitutes a genuine humanitarian intervention is unclear; the term humanitarian itself remains hotly debated. Humanitarian interventions are a morally complex action, as they often take place in an environment with multiple competing powers attempting to further their respective interests. How can humanitarian interests be furthered
Gender Equality Programming: a case study of Dadaab. The IASC Gender Handbook for Humanitarian Action and gender mainstreaming reflect a general agreement among humanitarian actors that all gender perspectives and experiences need to be accounted for and integrated in humanitarian activities. However, it is unclear if substantial progress in improving gender equality in humanitarian responses has been achieved through gender mainstreaming directives and activities. To explore this question, this
of Afghanistan: Transformation of Personal and Cultural Identity in The Kite Runner. Annotated Bibliography Algoo-Baksh, S. (2005) ‘Ghost of the Past’, Canadian Literature, 184, pp. 143-144. In addition to Hosseini’s literary style, the brief analysis has outlined several major themes employed in the story, including the contradiction between contrasting social classes, redemption of sins, family, love, betrayal, guilt, fear and redemption. However, the source had not thoroughly made reference
In TOS, Captain Kirk is portrayed as aggressive and masculine, justifying interventions as being ‘for their own good’ whereas in TNG, Captain Jean-Luc Piccard is more diplomatic and rational, in relation to US foreign policies during the late 1980s. In accordance to Marxist Critic, the qualities of the leaders of the Enterprise, metaphors
The primary focus of organization x is on the rehabilitation of individuals through supervision. Organization x advocates for the humanitarian approach: promoting the second chance mentality, awarding an opportunity to reform. When organization x was first established, the department adopted the medical model regarding treatment approaches. The original model aided the employees of organization x to elude to a diagnosis with a prescribed treatment which would eventually lead to a cure for that individual
MULTI-DIMENSIONAL RISKS UPON REFUGEE CHILDREN AND THEIR RESILIENCY MIE MIE KYAW Introduction Today’s world migration and becoming refugees is one of the largest and complicated histories. An array of negative factors such as economic recession, political unrest, civil wars, and poor living conditions make many civilians of different countries migrate to other countries and a lot of people seek refugee status. A refugee is defined as: a person who owing to well-founded fear of being
CHAPTER TWO LITERATURE REVIEW 2.0 Introduction Over the past decades, the urge to increase foreign aid’s effectiveness has motivated numerous empirical studies to identify why aid programmes succeeds or fails. These studies underpinned the donor community’s attempt in the late 1990s to reform aid delivery, shifting from predominantly stand-alone projects and conditionality- led stand- structural adjustment programs toward partnerships and mutual accountability (World Bank, 1998). Besides research
citizens are punitively punished for outspoken dissention toward government authority. The Junta does not hesitate to use violence when necessary to control the masses and preserve their power. For example, the nation committed one of the worst humanitarian tragedies to date. In 1988 the military junta was losing ground and support from the citizens as they clamored for a democratic transition (Thawnghmung 14). At the height of this unrest, 3000 protesters were killed; shot down by military hands
Chapter One 1. INTRODUCTION 1.1. Historical and political Background 1.1.1. Nepal a Brief review Nepal, a mountainous country in south Asia, had been united by then king Prithvi Narayan Shah during his reign, 1743-1775 AD. After his death his successors also continued unification process and extended the boarder of this nation by 1816 before the Sugauli Sandhi (a treaty done with the then British India at the place named Sugauli). The Gorkha conquest in the late eighteenth century united into
provide its residents with a happy life. Calculated by the method of British research center New Economic Foundation together with the environmental organization Friends of the Earth, humanitarian organization World Development Movement, and a group of independent international experts, who use in their work, along with analysis, statistical data of national institutions and international organizations. The index is issued once in two or three years. The world happiness index takes into account three indicators