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Caught in the crossfire: The impact of international sanctions on the human security of Syrian women
| Resumo: | This dissertation examines the impact of international sanctions on Syrian women’s socioeconomic and health status. Sanctions are an integral part of today’s international diplomacy and a tool to force target governments to change their behaviour. Although intended to be a non-violent alternative to armed intervention, they frequently have negative consequences. According to most literature on the topic, political leaders are largely spared from the economic and humanitarian difficulties brought on by sanctions, while the population tend to endure these burdens disproportionately, with the most marginalised, vulnerable social segments and in more susceptible positions, being the most impacted, including women. Through the prism of human security and based upon IASC’s “Handbook for Assessing the Humanitarian Implications of Sanctions”, bibliographic and documental analysis, this dissertation investigates the gendered implications of sanctions upon Syrian women’s security, well-being, and livelihood. It argues that although sanctions are not the drivers of destruction nor the main driver of the humanitarian crisis, they have worsened the consequences caused by the conflict, climate change and the patriarchal culture. Economic sanctions on the oil and agricultural sectors have negatively affected the economy and aggravated the women’s capacity to fulfil basic needs and meet urgent humanitarian concerns. |
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| Autores principais: | Silva, Pedro Gonçalves |
| Assunto: | Syrian women Sanctions Gender Human security Syria Mulheres Sírias Sanções Género Segurança humana Síria |
| Ano: | 2023 |
| País: | Portugal |
| Tipo de documento: | dissertação de mestrado |
| Tipo de acesso: | acesso aberto |
| Instituição associada: | ISCTE |
| Idioma: | inglês |
| Origem: | Repositório ISCTE |
| Resumo: | This dissertation examines the impact of international sanctions on Syrian women’s socioeconomic and health status. Sanctions are an integral part of today’s international diplomacy and a tool to force target governments to change their behaviour. Although intended to be a non-violent alternative to armed intervention, they frequently have negative consequences. According to most literature on the topic, political leaders are largely spared from the economic and humanitarian difficulties brought on by sanctions, while the population tend to endure these burdens disproportionately, with the most marginalised, vulnerable social segments and in more susceptible positions, being the most impacted, including women. Through the prism of human security and based upon IASC’s “Handbook for Assessing the Humanitarian Implications of Sanctions”, bibliographic and documental analysis, this dissertation investigates the gendered implications of sanctions upon Syrian women’s security, well-being, and livelihood. It argues that although sanctions are not the drivers of destruction nor the main driver of the humanitarian crisis, they have worsened the consequences caused by the conflict, climate change and the patriarchal culture. Economic sanctions on the oil and agricultural sectors have negatively affected the economy and aggravated the women’s capacity to fulfil basic needs and meet urgent humanitarian concerns. |
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