Sökning: "Non-governmental organisations"

Visar resultat 16 - 20 av 167 uppsatser innehållade orden Non-governmental organisations.

1. 16. Rights of The Child in The Right to The City : Exploring participatory practices of child engagement and the construction of their Sense of Place in Kibera, Kenya

   Kandidat-uppsats, Uppsala universitet/Kulturgeografiska institutionen

   Författare :Lovisa Stenhammar; Disa Nilsson; [2022]
   Nyckelord :Sense of Place; Right to The City; Children s Participation; Critical Development and Children s Rights in Kenya; Platskänsla; rätt till staden; barns deltagande; kritisk utveckling och barns rättigheter i Kenya;

   Sammanfattning : In this minor field study, we have employed a qualitative methodology to examine the role of  the non-governmental organisation Wale Wale in the operationalisation of supranational mandates to improve the rights and experiences of children in Kenya through participatory activities. In doing so, this study is able to combine the literature on Sense of Place and The Right to The City with Critical Development in novel ways. LÄS MER

3. 17. Of Legal Mobilisation and Active Citizenship: Examining NGO Litigation in India to Eradicate Manual Scavenging

   Master-uppsats, Lunds universitet/Rättssociologiska institutionen

   Författare :Alena Kahle; [2022]
   Nyckelord :active citizenship; Dalit rights; legal mobilisation; litigation; manual scavenging; neoliberal governance; public interest litigation; sanitation; Social Sciences; Law and Political Science;

   Sammanfattning : For decades, manual scavengers – people cleaning and engaging with human faeces as part of the sanitation chain, most of whom are Dalits – in India have been protesting against the severe health risks and exploitation associated with their work. Despite the enactment of stricter laws and high-profile court cases and wins, manual scavenging persists rampantly. LÄS MER

4. 18. Filling in the Blanks : framing and interpreting the environment in Swedish development cooperation

   Master-uppsats, SLU/Dept. of Urban and Rural Development

   Författare :Miron Moraitopoulos Arljung; [2022]
   Nyckelord :environment; communication; development; cooperation; framing; natural resources;

   Sammanfattning : This thesis explores how the understanding of such an ambiguous concept as “the environment” can be communicated in Swedish development cooperation by the Governments and Non-Governmental Organisations (NGOs) in a way that reconciles the need to deliver on policy goals while still allowing for an interpretative and participatory project design. The central research problem studied was thus how to communicate environmental understandings without explicitly doing so. LÄS MER

5. 19. Allmänhetens försvarare eller statens förlängda arm?: Lokala antidiskrimineringsbyråers arbete mot diskriminering i Nederländerna

   Master-uppsats, Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för globala studier

   Författare :Petra Elb; [2021-10-04]
   Nyckelord :anti-discrimination; human rights; human rights implementation; anti-discrimination agencies; non-governmental organisations; local actors; brokerage; broker; the Netherlands;

   Sammanfattning : Local actors working with human rights and legal aid are common in most countries. One ex-ample is local antidiscrimination agencies which can be found in countries such as Sweden, Spain and the Netherlands. LÄS MER

7. 20. Empowerment through art : non-governmental organisations’ art projects’ contribution to empowerment ofmarginalised groups in Mexico City and San Cristóbal de Las Casas, Mexico

   Kandidat-uppsats, Ersta Sköndal Bräcke högskola/Institutionen för socialvetenskap

   Författare :Ivana Baljkas; [2021]
   Nyckelord :Empowerment; Social work; Non-governmental organisations; Mexico; Marginalized groups; Indigenous people; Prisoners; Art;

   Sammanfattning : This study explores the ways marginalised groups can be supported in their empowerment process, and specifically how art projects organised by non-governmental organisations can contribute in the process. The focus is on prisoners and indigenous children and adults in Mexico City and San Cristóbal de Las Casas, Mexico who are involved in the organisations’ projects. LÄS MER