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    • The role of the media in promoting human rights : an analysis of the BBC documentary, 'Chocolate: the bitter truth' 

      Nwankwo, Victoria Chioma (Master thesis; Mastergradsoppgave, 2011-05-31)
      This study examines the role of the media in promoting human rights. Central to the study is an effort to find out why the media decide to include human rights coverage as part of their programmes as well as the portrayal of human rights elements in such programmes. A total of five journalists were interviewed, three of them were BBC journalists involved in the production of the documentary which ...

    • Challenges faced by NGOs in the political harsh climate of Zimbabwe : analysing the effects on sustainability and promotion of human rights. 

      Chakawarika, Bertha (Master thesis; Mastergradsoppgave, 2011-05)
      Non-governmental organizations (NGOs) have gained a very high status as the leading practitioners of development in Africa. African governments have reacted obscurely to the existence of these agencies. Although they recognise the economic resources NGOs can raise, they tend to resist the political pluralisation contingent to popular development action. This article describes the role of NGOs in ...

    • The right to freedom of expression versus media censorship in China : Chinese citizens and the Internet 

      Zhang, Yiyao (Master thesis; Mastergradsoppgave, 2010-05-28)
      This dissertation examines citizens’ practice of freedom of expression on the Internet in China. It focuses its discussion on issues such as what channels are available for Chinese citizens to voice their opinions on social and political issues, how Chinese citizens raise issues on the Internet, what impact of the Internet is on traditional media, and what the attitude of the government is in ...

    • Countering racism against 'visible minorities' in Ukraine : in search of a road-map for civil society : anticipatory reconnaissance 

      Bocheva, Halyna (Master thesis; Mastergradsoppgave, 2010-09-01)
      Civil society in Ukraine has been alarmed with the sudden surge of racist violence that was directed against individuals who differed from the majority in phenotype and started in 2006. NGOs and IOs concerned with the problem lobbied the Government to take measures aimed at outlawing racism and prosecuting perpetrators of racist violence. The Government established working groups and specialised ...

    • Women rights in FATA Pakistan : a critical review of NGOs' communication strategies for projects’ implementation 

      Akbar, Noor (Master thesis; Mastergradsoppgave, 2010-05-28)
      The over all image of Non-governmental Organizations (NGO) is not very positive in Pakistan, particularly in rural tribal areas. Many negative perceptions are attached with NGOs, especially those which work for women rights. The very word ‘women rights’ incites many wrong-perceptions. In such non-favorable working environment NGOs evolve different communication/implementation strategies. The research ...

    • Child labour and the violation of child rights : a case of child workers on tea and tobacco plantations in Malawi 

      Makwinja, Simon Matthias (Master thesis; Mastergradsoppgave, 2010-05-28)
      The study attempts to determine the extent to which child labour constitutes a violation of child rights. The international documents, especially the CRC, depart from the universal conception of childhood, making children all over the world the same and deserving similar treatment, more so claiming their rights. Using the case of child workers on tea and tobacco estates in Malawi, it examines the ...

    • Justice is in the eyes of the beholders : restorative and retributive justice in Northern Uganda 

      Turyagenda, Mabel Sheila (Master thesis; Mastergradsoppgave, 2009-05)
      The aim of this report was to explore traditional justice and the effects of the International Criminal Court (ICC) intervention as tools for transitional justice in Northern Uganda. Fieldwork was carried out in Gulu district, involving various stakeholders in the peace process and the grassroots. The study found that traditional justice, albeit with a few variations to institutionalize it, it is ...

    • “Making space for peace” : human rights defenders and international accompaniment - case study: the work of Peace Brigades International in Colombia 

      Trolie, Ronja Normann Annexstad (Master thesis; Mastergradsoppgave, 2009-06-10)
      Human rights have long secured their place on the international agenda and most actors, states, non-governmental organisations or even multinational companies can no longer afford to ignore the demands put forward by international human rights mechanisms. In spite of the efforts to promote and implement human rights on a global scale, defending human rights on a local scale has remained at a high ...

    • Islamophobia in India : a case study of Gujarat 2002 

      Singh, Kandala (Master thesis; Mastergradsoppgave, 2009-05-27)
      Inter ethnic and inter religious conflict all over the world is enmeshed in identity discourses about ‘the self’ and ‘the other’. This study attempts to understand the role of public discourse and its language of signs, symbols and narratives in shaping perceptions about ‘the other’ during situations of inter ethnic violence. It focuses on the communication dynamics within the Hindu community during ...

    • Female genital mutilation : a case of the Sabiny in Kapchorwa district, Uganda 

      Namulondo, Joan Isabella (Master thesis; Mastergradsoppgave, 2009-06)
      Female Genital Mutilation/cutting/circumcision (FGM/C) are terms used to incorporate a wide range of traditional practices that involve the partial or total removal of the external female genitalia basically for traditional and cultural reasons in mostly African societies. This study addresses the perceptions of this practice and looks at different efforts by the Community Based Organisations and ...

    • Assessing the impact of forced displacement on communities in small island states : the case of the Chagossian tragedy 

      Moumou, Martial Joachim (Master thesis; Mastergradsoppgave, 2009-05-28)
      The dissertation is centred on a case study of a small community, called the Chagossians who were former inhabitants of the Chagos Archipelago. They were forcibly displaced and relocated on the Islands of Seychelles and Mauritius between 1965 and 1973 by the UK and US governments to make way for the construction of a US military base. Numerous research conducted on the case has tended to focus mainly ...