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
Ever since the start of the human civilization, the world has never been in peace. Conflict has always been the most crucial element that made up history. Often, history repeats itself: genocides, mass killings, wars, and even a global scale of war and cross-continental wars. Positive and negative thinking, confusions, behaviors, and circumstances, all can lead to these serious consequences. Since then, many scholars, even from the earliest civilization till now, began to develop theory to describe
I should like to begin by conveying the greetings of the President of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, His Excellency Mr. Nicolás Maduro Moros. I wish to stress the importance to Venezuela of respect for the international rule of law to the maintenance of international peace and security. Throughout human history, war and conflict have caused untold suffering that have hindered social development and economic progress. The prevention of conflicts has therefore always been a shared objective
The United States deployed forces to Somalia from 1992 to 1994 to conduct humanitarian assistance and peace operations as part of Operations Provide Relief and Restore Hope in support of a greater United Nations (U.N.) effort. During the course of these operations, which included the expansion of the mission after the transition from a mostly United States (U.S.) led effort to that of a U.N.-led effort, a sequence of events changed the course of the mission eventually leading to catastrophic strategic
subordinate class. Gill, R. (2006) Mastering English Literature. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan. Gill’s book has explored various significant and frequently employed elements in novels, giving examples of characters of the story, settings and its importance to the plot, the connection between narration and language, interpretations of dialogues and employment of themes. Therefore, the context of this book is believed to be useful in unfolding multilayer of implication of motifs and symbols in The Kite
PLACE, Corrie ten Boom recounts her story as it played out during the 1930s in Haarlem, Holland during the pre-World War II era. The author’s inspirational acts present three main themes: the role of women in war, having love for humanity and the importance of understanding the after math of war. Ten Boom’s story begins in her home, the Béje, with her mother, father, aunts, and closest sister Betsie. Soon after the Prime Minister declared war and the Germans attacked, the ten Boom family opened up
governmental agencies and focus on improvement of quality of life mostly in the developing countries Watkins, West Meiers & Song (2013). While Performance Improvement (PI) is considered a key element in development projects all around the world, its importance is equally burdened by the challenges of accurate implementation of best practices. Watkins, Meiers & Song (2013,p.29) maintains that “PI holds great potential for improving the results of international development projects”. Another field that
with malnutrition”(Randstad 1998, p. 7). Sub-Saharan Africa is not excludedfrom the urgent public health problem of malnutrition and governments and private institutions need to act to ensure that the region is productive and self-reliant. The importance of
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
Lyndon Johnson’s War on Poverty The early 1960s were a time of hope. The United States wasn’t involved any major conflicts, public morale was generally high, and the country had freshly ushered in a new president, John F. Kennedy. Kennedy was the perfect face for Americans to turn to. He was handsome, enthusiastic, and articulate. Kennedy ran on a platform called the “New Frontier”; which would take aim at improving the life of Americans by targeting the sectors of housing, education, civil rights