Sökning: "Non-governmental organisation NGO"
Visar resultat 1 - 5 av 34 uppsatser innehållade orden Non-governmental organisation NGO.
1. A Solidarity Model of Foreign Aid? : A case study of the Olof Palme International Center’s projects in South Africa
Kandidat-uppsats, Högskolan Väst/Institutionen för ekonomi och itSammanfattning : This bachelor thesis is a qualitative case study of whether the Olof Palme International Center’s (OPC) model of foreign aid, as a Swedish non-governmental organisation (NGO), is understood by leading figures of the three types of participants involved in the model; the OPC, Swedish member organisations, and, in this case, South African partner organisations, as taking either a solidarity- or charity-approach to foreign aid, in both theory and practise. The theories of Mutual Aid and International Solidarity are used to construct two opposing “solidarity” and “charity” models of foreign aid, against which the OPC model is compared. LÄS MER
2. Changing Tides and Navigating Uncertainty : An ethnographic study of NGO resilience in coastal South India
Master-uppsats, Uppsala universitet/Teologiska institutionenSammanfattning : What makes an non-governmental organisation (NGO) agile and resilient towards changes, pressures or uncertainties at community, state or macro-political level? By adopting a single case study based on semi-structured interviews and fieldwork, this thesis will dive into the life-world of a community-based NGO based in Nagapattinam, Tamil Nadu. Social Needs Education and Human Awareness (SNEHA) has since founding in the 1980s had a strong rights-based identity and evolved through various phases of community organising, disaster relief work, evidence-based advocacy and upholding of fisher communities traditional and customary rights. LÄS MER
3. Two steps forward, one step back – measuring social change in women’s rights through feminist values : An intersectional feminist critical content analysis on two NGO reports
Kandidat-uppsats, Lunds universitet/Mänskliga rättigheterSammanfattning : The need to measure and track both people and processes involved in change is increasing. Non-governmental organisations (NGOs), states, and research need to find tools to ensure that the treaties, programmes, and strategies meant to reduce poverty and increase equality are working. LÄS MER
4. NGOs impact on women with physical disabilities: an independent life in Colombo, Sri Lanka?
M1-uppsats, Stockholms universitet/Institutionen för socialt arbeteSammanfattning : This study aimed to explore how non-governmental organisations (NGOs) in Sri Lanka define and interpret an independent life for women with physical disabilities (WWPD) in their services. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with five employees at five Sri Lankan NGOs. LÄS MER
5. The effects of female genital mutilation among teenage girls and young women in Nigeria.
Master-uppsats, Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för statsvetenskap (ST)Sammanfattning : Female genital cutting is a problem that has taken several dimensions and continues to be practiced despite enormous efforts and resources invested by governments,non-governmental organizations (NGOs) and other stakeholders to ensure that the practice is discontinued worldwide. This study was conducted with the primary objective of assessing the views and perceptions of NGOs on the practice of female genital cutting in Nigeria. LÄS MER