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Dancing With Culture: A Grounded Theory Study On Latin American And Spanish Speaking Caribbean Women Living In The United States Process For Dealing With Internal Conflicts, Iler Leticia Rivera Chicas
Dancing With Culture: A Grounded Theory Study On Latin American And Spanish Speaking Caribbean Women Living In The United States Process For Dealing With Internal Conflicts, Iler Leticia Rivera Chicas
Department of Conflict Resolution Studies Theses and Dissertations
This grounded theory study explored the competing cultural expectations and cultural approaches by women from Latin American and Spanish-speaking Caribbean countries living in the United States. The study explored the following questions: In what ways do women from Latin America living in the United States establish priorities among potentially conflicting cultural expectations or roles? What internal conflicts result out of living between two cultures? What does the process for making sense of cultural expectations look like? How do Latin American women living in the United States make sense of this process? Using a constructivist grounded methodology, the research reflects the …
Women’S Experiences In Peace Building Processes: A Phenomenological Study Of Undeterred Female Leaders In Northern Nigeria, Roselyn Ifeyinwa Onyegbula
Women’S Experiences In Peace Building Processes: A Phenomenological Study Of Undeterred Female Leaders In Northern Nigeria, Roselyn Ifeyinwa Onyegbula
Department of Conflict Resolution Studies Theses and Dissertations
Women living in northern Nigeria face a herculean challenge of overcoming direct and indirect violence. These include domestic violence, political instability, social inequality, and the threat of Boko Haram. Boko Haram is an extremist militant group that has been known to kidnap, rape, and torture women and young girls as means of terrorizing the Nigerian community. Northern Nigerian women have also faced challenges within their own community as they are barred from participating in public activities, are under-represented in government, forced into early marriages, and are often victims of domestic violence. This study examines the lived experiences of women peacebuilders …
A Critical Analysis Of Presidential Term Limits In Africa: A Mixed-Methods Case Study Of Causes Of Political Violence In Burundi, Foday Darboe
Department of Conflict Resolution Studies Theses and Dissertations
The crisis in Burundi began when President Pierre Nkurunziza declared that he would pursue a third term despite a two-term limitation in Burundi’s Constitution. Opposition parties along, with some members of President Nkurunziza’s own National Council for Defence of Democracy, Forces for the Defence of Democracy (CNDD-FDD), argued that President Nkurunziza’s decision to extend his rule beyond the maximum two-terms was in direct violation of the Arusha Peace and Reconciliation agreement, also referred to as the Arusha agreement, signed in 2000. This action triggered opposition parties and civil society groups to organize peaceful protests to challenge President Nkurunziza’s third term …