Peace and Conflict Studies Research Papers/Topics

Bride Price and the Cost It Entails on Domestic Violence, A Study of Tunyai Division, Tharaka District in Kenya

ABSTRACT The purpose of the study was to examine the bride price and the cost it entails on domestic violence in Tunyai Division, Tharaka south District-Kenya. The research was guided by the following objectives: to analyze the bride price in Tharaka Community, to determine the impact of bride price on family violence in Tharaka Community and to identify the way forward on bridal price in Tharaka Community The research applied both qualitative and quantitative research designs in presenting a...

Socio-Economic Reintegration of Ex-Combatants and Peacebuilding in Kamanyola Town, South Kivu, Democratic Republic of Congo

ABSTRACT This study delved into the relationship between reintegration of ex-combatants and peace building process where the following aspects were investigated: (1) socio-demographic characteristics of the respondents; (2) social reintegration of ex-combatants and peace building, implementation of reintegration process of ex-combatants and others as well. This study is contextually new which intend to fill in the gap where there was no similar been done in the specific area of reintegration ...

Child Protection Systems and Response to Child Protection Concerns in Selected Payams in Tambura County, Western Equatoria States, South Sudan

ABSTRACT The study was meant to investigate Child protection system and response to child protection concerns in selected Payams in Tambura County, Western Equatoria South Sudan from May to September 2012.Both primary and secondary data were examined. It was also a descriptive-correlation since it sought to examine the relationship between the independent variables and the dependent variable. The population of this study was the records on the variables of the study and targeted 400 responden...

Street Children Panacea for a Healthy Future of Society in Uganda. A Case Study of Lira Municipal Council.

TABLE OF CONTENTS; Pages ~cknowledgement I )eclaration jj ~pproval Ill [able of Contents IV .0 CHAPTER ONE • .1 Background 1 1.2 Statement of the Problem 4 1.3 Research Objectives 5 .4 Specific objectives include 5 • .6 Research questions 5 • .7 Scope of the study 5 • .8 Significance of the study 6 CHAPTER TWO LITERATURE REVIEW ~.2 Causes of influx of children onto the streets 7 ~.3 The problems faced by street children in Uganda 9 ~.4 Interventions made to solve the problem of street...

Cultural Conflict as a Correlation of Commercializing Fishing Industry on Gender Roles: A Case of Nyachebe Village, Mbita District, Kenya

ABSTRACT This study set out to establish the implications of commercialising fishing industry on gender roles in the fishing community. This was done through an analysis of the dynamic and changing gender roles in the fishing sector resulting from commercialisation focusing on the experiences of a fishing community, Nyachebe village Mbita district Kenya A combination of quantitative and qualitative methods of data collection were used to conduct the research that: examined the influence of cu...

Road Communication Network as a Factor in Resolving Recurrent Conflict Amongst Pastrolists in Mandera and Garissa Districts of Northern Kenya

ABSTRACT The study was set out to establish the efficiency and effectiveness of improved road communication network in affecting the trends, intensity and impact of recurrent ethnic conflict among pastoralist communities of Garissa and Mandera. Over the years conflict has remained the major cause of under-development in the area. The conventional cause i.e scarcity of pasture, water, small arms proliferation e.t.c appears not to have eminent solution due to the deteriorating climatic change a...

An Appraisal of Mediation as Alternatwe Dispute Resolution in Kenya

ABSTRACT The purpose of this study was to appraise the different methods used in conflict resolution as opposed to litigation, and make recommendations to the Proposed Amendments to 1~ntroduce Alternative Dispute Resolution and Case Management in Kenya This study sought to assess the views on mediation as an alternative method to dispute resolution, and also to consider whether mediation should be adopted as an alternative dispute resolution in judicial proceedings. The research was a cross-s...

Ethnic Conflicts and Economic Development in Kayunga District, Uganda

ABSTRACT  The study was conducted in Kayunga district. A total of 130 respondents participated in the study. The study was guided by research objectives which included: establishing the sources of ethnic conflicts in Kayunga district; establishing the sources of economic development in Jthe relationship between the sources of ethnic conflicts and sources of economic development in Jeconomic development in Jstudy found that they were mainly; the prevalence of tribal conflicts are mainly ...

Resettling Internally Displaced Persons in Rift Valley Province of Kenya A Case Study of Idp Camps In Nakuru District

ABSTRACT This study was to establish the major challenges that face the resettlement of internally displaced persons in Nakuru district. The study was based on three objectives. That to establish the challenges in resettling internally displacement persons, find the challenges encountered by the government in resettlement process and assess the efforts of the non-governmental organizations. The review of literature indicated that although there are many scholars who have written about electio...

Effects of Conflict on the Delivery of Social Services a Case Study of Kyuso District Eastern Kenya.

ABSTRACT This study investigated effects of armed conflicts on delivery of social services in Kyuso District of Kenya. The region continue to experience intermittent conflict from Somali and Kambas. The specific study objectives include; to find out the services affected by the conflicts; to identify the people affected by conflicts in accessing services and to find new methods of delivering the services in such violence — tone areas. The literature indicates little success in resolving the...

The Contribution of Roman Catholic Church’s Justice and Peace Commission in Peace Building in Nyundo Diocese, Rwanda

ABSTRACT The study was conducted in Diocese of Nyundo of Roman Catholic Church with the aim of illustrating the CDJP’s activities in the field of peace building. The study entitled “The contribution of Roman Catholic Church’s Justice and Peace Commission in Peace Building in Diocese of Nyundo, in Rwanda” was carried out basing on four specific objectives: i) To establish the socio-demographic characteristics of the respondents, (ii) To identify different Social conflicts and define th...

The Threats to Regional Peace and Security in the Great Lakes of Africa.

Abstract The tranquility hitherto enjoyed by citizens of the world appears to have significantly atrophied; no longer is it possible to sleep with the two eyes closed nor is it reasonable to freely traverse wherever one chooses; as natural threats plague man so are manmade threats, and of late, the most dreadful and severe of the threats to humanity is that of terrorists who seem ubiquitous and scattered over all the nooks and cranny of the entire globe with the concomitant fear that they cou...

Domestic Violence and Women’s Dis-Empowerment in West Point Township-Monrovia, Liberia

ABSTRACT This study was done to establish the impact of domestic violence on women’s disempowerment in West Point Township Monrovia, Liberia, The study objectives were to determine the forms of domestic violence, examine the causes of domestic violence and how domestic violence dis empowers women in West Point Township. The study was conducted based on a sequential mixed method design in which both quantitative and qualitative methods of data collection were used. Quantitatively the study u...

Civil Society Organizations and Resettlement of Internally Displaced People in Nandi County of Kenya Case Study: Tinderet District

ABSTRACT Development projects and war regularly lead to the internal displacement and involuntary resettlement of tens of millions of people each year. Though most “[nternally displaced people” settle spontaneously, a significant proportion is involuntarily resettled into planned “camps” and “settlements”. Drawing on a vast and rapidly growing literature, this study sought to establish the salient roles of civil society organizations in the resettlement of the internally displaced...

The Contribution of World Vision to Food Security in Baringo District - Kenya

ABSTRACT In Baringo District, food insecurity significantly contributes to the never ending conflicts among the communities. The research carried out a study on the contribution of World Vision to food security in Baringo District. The objective of the study was to find out the causes of perennial food insecurity despite efforts employed by World Vision and other stakeholders in Baringo. The technologies promoted by World Vision in Baringo in addressing food insecurity were also identified. T...


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