Sökning: "Stories from the Grassroots"

Hittade 2 uppsatser innehållade orden Stories from the Grassroots.

  1. 1. Women Farmers in Rural Uganda : A Case Study of Livelihood Threats and Building Resilience Among the Most Vulnerable

    Kandidat-uppsats, Jönköping University/Högskolan för lärande och kommunikation

    Författare :Sara Tillenius; Joline Forsberg; [2022]
    Nyckelord :Women; Farmers; Rural communities; Field work; Minor Field Studies; Ethnography; Uganda; East Africa; Sustainable development; Livelihoods; Grassroots resilience; Challenges; Threats;

    Sammanfattning : This case study is conducted through ten weeks of field studies in South-Eastern Uganda. Both authors have received funding from Minor Field Study scholarships. These scholarships were provided by Sida, Sweden's government agency for development cooperation. LÄS MER

  3. 2. Stories from the grassroots : Garima activists about their fight for freedom and dignity as Dalit women in Indian Madhya Pradesh

    Kandidat-uppsats, Institutionen för kommunikation, medier och it

    Författare :Anna-Carin Svensson; [2012]
    Nyckelord :Garima campaign; manual scavenging; India; Dalit women; empowerment; Bourdieu; symbolic violence; human rights; grassroots level; rhetoric;

    Sammanfattning : This research is a result of a nine week field study during spring 2012, with the purpose of highlighting the stories of Dalit women in Madhya Pradesh, India. Together with a fellow student at Södertörn University, I investigated the Garima Campaign, an ActionAid project working with Dalit women forced to endure the illegal practice of manual scavenging, the manual removal of human excreta from dry toilets. LÄS MER