Sökning: "Local NGOs"
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1. Spatial Stories of Peace. The case of the Greater Gola Landscape.
Master-uppsats, Lunds universitet/Graduate SchoolSammanfattning : This thesis follows the interdisciplinary tradition that exists in global studies by performing a spatial analysis of the imaginary of peace(s) and conservation as a practice of peace(s) and thus contributing to the fields of environmental peacebuilding, peace- and conflict studies, and geography. The thesis has its theoretical starting point in environmental peacebuilding and is drawing and building on spatial theory as a way of understanding the construction of peace(s) in the context of the Greater Gola Landscape, straddling the border of Sierra Leone and Liberia. LÄS MER
2. Examining Conservation Narratives : An Environmental Discourse Analysis of WWF Madagascar
Master-uppsats, Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för arkeologi och antik historiaSammanfattning : This thesis examines the conservation narratives of Madagascar the ambiguity of forest cover and deforestation estimates, and the difficulty in deconstructing the narratives linked to the idea of a once fully forested island. In particular, shifts in the conservation debate are related to the discursive power of a large-scale international NGO, the WWF. LÄS MER
3. The right to a planned parenthood: A qualitative study of NGOs’ work to empower women’s reproductive choice in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Kandidat-uppsats, Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för globala studierSammanfattning : Brazil is a country where the average births per woman has dropped considerably in the last 60 years- from 6.3 to 1.7. However, there are large inequalities among the people in Brazil and many still lack access to education and resources for family planning. LÄS MER
4. A Multi-Level Perspective: Construction and Demolition Waste Management System : Case Study: Bengaluru
Master-uppsats, Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för byggd miljö och energiteknik (BET)Sammanfattning : A significant proportion of construction and demolition (C&D) waste is encompassed within the broader category of global waste. The handling of C&D waste is subject to the influence of a tripartite of environmental, social, and economic factors. LÄS MER
5. The influence and impact of Japan to upbringing the human rights norms in Southeast Asia through the world of business
Master-uppsats, Lunds universitet/Juridiska institutionen; Lunds universitet/Juridiska fakultetenSammanfattning : Japan’s influence in Southeast Asia has been enormous throughout history, whether in its military occupation, culture, or economic ties, and there is no doubt that Southeast Asia has developed under its influence. Have Southeast Asian states then developed and improved their human rights situation because of Japan? Or has Japan aggravated the situation being “blue washed”, by performing its business activities to be “cooperative”, or to simply make profit? My answer to these questions is that Japan has certainly done a considerable amount of upbringing human rights norms, with afterwar compensation and ODA to help shape the infrastructure of many countries in the region, and this can especially be seen in economic, social and cultural rights. LÄS MER
