Denna studie fokuserar huvudsakligen på socialtjänstens arbete med att säkerställa unga flickors frihet och rättigheter något som varje individ har i Sverige. Syftet med studien är att belysa ramverket inom socialtjänstens arbete med hedersrelaterat våld (HRV) och hur detta påverkar socialarbetare i deras interaktion med unga flickor som lever i en hederskontext. Vidare ämnar studien att definiera HRV och dess kännetecken samt undersöka de aktuella insatser som tillhandahålls för flickor som befinner sig i en situation med HRV. Metoden för studien involverar användning av kvalitativa semistrukturerade intervjuer för att närma sig studiens syfte och frågeställningar.  Genom tillämpning av genusteori, systemteori och tidigare forskning presenterar studiens resultat flera slutsatser. Med hjälp av tematisk analys har resultaten kunnat analysera den empiriska delen av studien. Resultaten visar att socialarbetare delar en gemensam definition av begreppet HRV och dess tillämpning inom det praktiska arbetet. Vidare indikerar resultaten på bristande generella riktlinjer inom den organisatoriska verksamheten. Slutligen framgår det från denna studie att det kvarstår flertalet utmaningar inom området av HRV. För att adressera denna kunskapslucka krävs ytterligare forskning och etablerad kunskap som kan möjliggöra omstrukturering av de allmänna riktlinjerna för hantering av HRV.

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This research sets out to examine the main excuses, often mentioned in connection to the so-called “honour killings” in Pakistan. In this way, the aim is to discuss the idea of “honour killings” by looking at trends and patterns in this kind of homicides in Pakistan. This study also explores what legal and judicial obstacles stand in the way of putting an end to the abuse of killing women in the name of honour.The first part is mainly theoretical and analytical. In this part a set of concepts is theorized as the notion of patriarchy, public/private division and cultural globalization. These theories test the empirical data of “honour killing” in the last decade and try to find their role in the society of Pakistan. This study also analyzes the “honour killing” cases in a different way by telling stories. Second part contributes to the research regarding Islam the official religion of Pakistan. This section mainly concerns the status of women in Islam and their rights of life and free will to choose their spouses. This study also tries to remove the misconception in the minds of the West regarding Islamic teachings towards women.This study proceeds mainly under the qualitative method with the supplementary help of quantitative method. At the end, the thesis bears some finding under the abductive technique. The results show that the tested theories have a significant role in upholding the ancient practice of “honour killings” in Pakistan, and Qur’aanic and Prophetic Islam has no link with the abuse of “honour killing” in general. It is ancient tribal phenomena that have entered in some cultural norms of the society.

Honor-based violence is currently a significant social issue in Sweden. Previous research shows that a lack of methods and approaches to address this issue leads to a misinterpretation of support and interventions for the victims. This study investigates the experiences of social workers in handling honor-related cases, aiming to shed light on the complexities involved. Through a qualitative analysis of semi-structured interviews with seven social workers across different Swedish organizations within social services, the study uncovers several key findings. The informants express the difficulty in working with honor-related violence due to its complex nature, often leading to difficulty in identifying victims, perpetrators, and/or the presence or absence of honor-related elements in the different cases they presented. Fear of errors or inadvertent discrimination further complicates the professionals' engagement with these cases, sometimes resulting in avoidance altogether. Moreover, the study highlights the risk of overlooking other vulnerable groups affected by such violence amidst its complexity. While current interventions primarily focus on relocating children to protected accommodations, the informants stress the necessity of tailoring interventions to the severity of each case, indicating that not all cases warrant this approach. Ultimately, the study underscores the pressing need for further research and development to inform effective strategies for addressing and working with honor-based violence in Sweden.

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Made available in DSpace on 2014-07-29T15:27:25Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Murilo Chaves Vilarinho.pdf: 651969 bytes, checksum: f72c47d0675bfe768145a2483b7649c7 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2011-02-23 / This dissertation is an analysis from the reports of two women who broke with the patriarchal tradition of their societies and resolved to fight for the dignity of women. We speak of Mukhtar Mai in Pakistan and Senegal Khady Koita. The first victim of gang rape was ordered by the tribal council of Meerwala in Pakistan. And the second had her clitoris removed at 7 years old in a traditional ritual purification procedure in Senegal. So, each in its context, both women have rebelled against the acts suffered and denounced the violence is committed in the name of tradition, or honor the man. Denouncing the violence were the world, a feat that became a symbol for the human rights of women. Mukhtar Mai and Khady gained fame locally and internationally in the fight for an end to honor killings and female genital mutilation. It's about attitudes to break with tradition, and the fight passed the reflections of this work. That is, in light of feminist theories, the field of Human Rights (formed by means of treaties, conventions and humanitarian letters), and human rights of women who seek to understand the break with the patterns of subordination in patriarchal societies entrenched like remember Therborn (2006), and they represent the achievements of these individuals for Human Rights in general and the condition of women in particular. / Esta dissertação de mestrado é uma análise a partir dos relatos de duas mulheres que romperam com a tradição patriarcalista de suas sociedades e resolveram lutar a favor da dignidade da mulher. Fala-se da paquistanesa Mukhtar Mai e da senegalesa Khady Koita. A primeira foi vítima de estupro coletivo ordenado pelo conselho tribal de Meerwala no Paquistão. A segunda teve seu clitóris retirado aos sete anos de idade num ritual de purificação, procedimento tradicional no Senegal. Assim sendo, cada qual em seu contexto, ambas mulheres, se rebelaram contra os atos sofridos e denunciaram a violência que é cometida em nome da tradição, ou seja, da honra do homem. Ao denunciar ao mundo as violências sofridas, um feito que se transformou em símbolo para os direitos humanos das mulheres, Mukhtar Mai e Khady Koita ganharam notoriedade local e internacional na luta pelo fim dos crimes de honra e mutilação genital feminina. É sobre as atitudes de ruptura com a tradição e sobre a luta destas mulheres que recaem as reflexões deste trabalho, ou seja, é à luz das teorias feministas, do campo dos Direitos Humanos (formado por meio dos tratados, convenções e cartas humanitárias), e dos direitos humanos das mulheres que se buscou compreender a quebra com os padrões de submissão em sociedades de patriarcalismo entrincheirado como lembra Therborn (2006), e o significado dos feitos desses indivíduos para os Direitos Humanos em geral, e para a condição feminina em específico.

This dissertation explores the ethnic and religious dimensions of the northern Nigeria conflict in which gruesome killings have intermittently occurred, to determine whether there are genocidal inclinations to the episodic killings. The literature review provides the contextual framework for examining the conflict parties and causation factors to address the research questions: Are there genocidal inclinations to the ethno-religious conflict in northern Nigeria? To what extent does the interplay between ethnicity and religion help to foment and escalate the conflict in northern Nigeria? The study employs a mixed content analysis and grounded theory methodology based on the Strauss and Corbin (1990) approach. Data sourcing was from 197 newspaper articles on the conflict over the study period spanning from the 1966 northern Nigeria massacres of thousands of Ibos up to present, ongoing killings between Muslims and Christians or non-Muslims in the region. Available texts of the conflict cases over the research period were content-analyzed using Nvivo qualitative data analysis software involving processes of categorizing, coding and evaluation of the textual themes. The study structures a theoretical model for determining proclivity to genocide, and finds that there are genocidal inclinations to the northern Nigeria conflict, involving the specific intent to ‘cleanse’ the north through the exclusionary ideology of imposition of the Sharia law through enforced assimilation or extermination of Christians and other non-Muslims who do not assimilate or adopt the Muslim ideology. The study also suggests that there is latency in the recognition of these genocidal manifestations due to their episodic nature and intermittency of occurrence. he study provides further understanding of factors underlying and sustaining the violent conflict between Muslims and Christians in northern Nigeria. It contributes new perspectives and theoretical model for determining genocidal proclivity to the field of conflict analysis and resolution, and proffers alternative strategies for relationship building and peaceful coexistence among different religious groups. The findings will guide recommendations on policy formulations for eliminating religious intolerance in northern Nigeria. The study creates further awareness on the need for global intervention on the region’s sporadic killings to avert full blown Rwandan type genocide in Nigeria.

The thesis analyses the legality of the use of drones in warfare based on the examination of three specific case studies. Firstly the use of armed drones in Afghanistan 2001 and 2002, then Pakistan drone strikes ongoing since 2004 and lastly the Yemen case study. A developed legal framework is used to assess the legality of the use of drones. Furthermore, it briefly touches upon the aspects of morality and ethics of the use of the unmanned aerial vehicles in combat.

This study examines the phenomenon of abusive violence (AV) in the context of the American Post-9/11 Counter-terrorism and Counter-insurgency campaigns. Previous research into atrocities by states and their agents has largely come from examinations of totalitarian regimes with well-developed torture and assassination institutions. The mechanisms influencing willingness to do harm have been examined in experimental studies of obedience to authority and the influences of deindividuation, dehumanization, context and system. This study used Interpretive Phenomenological Analysis (IPA) to examine the lived experience of AV reported by fourteen American military and intelligence veterans. Participants were AV observers, objectors, or abusers. Subjects described why AV appeared sensible at the time, how methods of violence were selected, and what sense they made of their experiences after the fact. Accounts revealed the roles that frustration, fear, anger and mission pressure played to prompt acts of AV that ranged from the petty to heinous. Much of the AV was tied to a shift in mission view from macro strategic aims of CT and COIN to individual and small group survival. Routine hazing punishment soldiers received involving forced exercise and stress positions made similar acts inflicted on detainees unrecognizable as abusive. Overt and implied permissiveness from military superiors enabled AV extending to torture, and extra-judicial killings. Attempting to overcome feelings of vulnerability, powerlessness and rage, subjects enacted communal punishment through indiscriminate beatings and shooting. Participants committed AV to amuse themselves and humiliate their enemies; some killed detainees to force confessions from others, conceal misdeeds, and avoid routine paperwork. Participants realized that AV practices were unnecessary, counter-productive, and self-damaging. Several reduced or halted their AV as a result. The lived experience of AV left most respondents feeling guilt, shame, and inadequacy, whether they committed abuse or failed to stop it.

Aiming to make an intervention in both emerging Slow Cinema and classical Trauma Cinema scholarship, this thesis demonstrates the ways in which the post-trauma cinema of Filipino filmmaker Lav Diaz merges aesthetics of cinematic slowness with narratives of post-trauma in his films Melancholia (2008), Death in the Land of Encantos (2007) and Florentina Hubaldo, CTE (2012). Diaz has been repeatedly considered as representative of what Jonathan Romney termed in 2004 “Slow Cinema”. The director uses cinematic slowness for an alternative approach to an on-screen representation of post-trauma. Contrary to popular trauma cinema, Diaz’s portrait of individual and collective trauma focuses not on the instantenaeity but on the duration of trauma. In considering trauma as a condition and not as an event, Diaz challenges the standard aesthetical techniques used in contemporary Trauma Cinema, as highlighted by Janet Walker (2001, 2005), Susannah Radstone (2001), Roger Luckhurst (2008) and others. Diaz’s films focus instead on trauma’s latency period, the depletion of a survivor’s resources, and a character’s slow psychological breakdown. Slow Cinema scholarship has so far focused largely on the films’ aesthetics and their alleged opposition to mainstream cinema. Little work has been done in connecting the films’ form to their content. Furthermore, Trauma Cinema scholarship, as trauma films themselves, has been based on the immediate and most radical signs of post-trauma, which are characterised by instantaneity; flashbacks, sudden fears of death and sensorial overstimulation. Following Lutz Koepnick’s argument that slowness offers “intriguing perspectives” (Koepnick, 2014: 191) on how trauma can be represented in art, this thesis seeks to consider the equally important aspects of trauma duration, trauma’s latency period and the slow development of characteristic symptoms. With the present work, I expand on current notions of Trauma Cinema, which places emphasis on speed and the unpredictability of intrusive memories. Furthermore, I aim to broaden the area of Slow Cinema studies, which has so far been largely focused on the films’ respective aesthetics, by bridging form and content of the films under investigation. Rather than seeing Diaz’s slow films in isolation as a phenomenon of Slow Cinema, I seek to connect them to the existing scholarship of Trauma Cinema studies, thereby opening up a reading of his films.