Sökning: "empowerment och fattigdom"

Visar resultat 1 - 5 av 13 uppsatser innehållade orden empowerment och fattigdom.

  1. 1. Development Initiatives’ Impact on Women’s Empowerment : A Field Study on a Business Training and Microcredit Program in Kenya

    Master-uppsats, KTH/Industriell ekonomi och organisation (Inst.)

    Författare :Josefin Grafford; Josefin Hansson; [2020]
    Nyckelord :Women’s empowerment; Development; Development initiatives; Poverty alleviation; Microcredit; Business training; Self-help groups; Gender inequality; Feminist theory; Kenya; Kvinnors egenmakt; Utveckling; Utvecklingsinitiativ; Fattigdomsbekämpning; Mikrokredit; Entreprenörskapsutbildning; Självhjälpsgrupper; Ojämställdhet; Feministisk teori; Kenya;

    Sammanfattning : The primary goal of development organizations is poverty reduction, but their initiatives have in recent years also been recognized as a potential tool in empowering women and raising their status. Previous knowledge on the topic is largely based in an understanding of empowerment that seems to miss or overlook limitations and impacts of initiatives which authors with a more feminist view on empowerment address. LÄS MER

  3. 2. Mikrolån i Indien : Regelverket och dess effekter

    Magister-uppsats, Karlstads universitet/Handelshögskolan (from 2013)

    Författare :Maria Lind; [2019]
    Nyckelord :Microcredit; Regulation; India; Women Empowerment; Mikrolån; Regelverk; Indien;

    Sammanfattning : The purpose of the thesis is to study microcredit regulation in India, how it is designed, and how it affects the borrowers. Since microfinance institutes (MFIs) often claim that microcredit is a tool for empowering women, the impact on women has been studied in particular in the thesis. LÄS MER

  4. 3. Vulnerability to Social Risks through the Lens of Food Security : A Mixed Methods Study at the Household Level in Cape Town, South Africa

    Master-uppsats, Karlstads universitet

    Författare :Helena Römmelmann; [2018]
    Nyckelord :Social risks; Food security; vulnerability; intersectionality; urban; South Africa; youth;

    Sammanfattning : Abstract Background The number one goal of the United Nations (UN) Agenda 2030 is to eradicate poverty. The second goal is to end hunger. The impact of climate change on food production is likely to exacerbate already widespread hunger by a negative effect on the supply of food, which again will increase the gap between the rich and the poor. LÄS MER

  5. 4. Gender mainstreaming i sociala trygghetssystem : Sveriges internationella utvecklingsbistånd i Afrika, söder om Sahara

    Kandidat-uppsats, Umeå universitet/Institutionen för socialt arbete

    Författare :Charles Jeganeh; Antonio Bracamonte; [2017]
    Nyckelord :Social Protection Systems; Gender Mainstreaming; Gender Equality; Social Cash Transfers; Feminism; International Aid; Foreign Aid; SIDA; Ministry of Foreign Affairs; UNICEF; Empowerment; Extreme Poverty; Public Administration.; Sociala trygghetssystem; gender mainstreaming; jämställdhet; sociala kontantöverföringar; feminism; internationellt bistånd; Sida; Utrikesdepartementet; UNICEF; empowerment; extrem fattigdom; offentlig förvaltning.;

    Sammanfattning : Denna kvalitativa studie om internationellt utvecklingsbistånd undersöker effekterna av gender mainstreaming i sociala trygghetssystem i Afrika, söder om Sahara, med särskilt fokus på jämställdhet, kvinnors empowerment och biståndets effekter på familjeförhållanden. Studien lyfter fram en historisk bakgrund av gender mainstreaming i politiken, men även dagens internationella engagemang för att bekämpa den extrema fattigdomen. LÄS MER

  7. 5. Children's uncontrollable behaviour : A qualitative study of how social workers in Heidedal, South Africa works with the issue

    Kandidat-uppsats, Högskolan i Jönköping/HHJ, Avd. för beteendevetenskap och socialt arbete

    Författare :Emelie Isaksson; Caroline Ståhl; Emma Bertilsson; [2017]
    Nyckelord :Uncontrollable behaviour; South Africa; children; social work; substance abuse; poverty; Okontrollerbart beteende; Sydafrika; barn; socialt arbete; drogmissbruk; fattigdom;

    Sammanfattning : The preconditions for social work changes rapidly in South Africa and the country  is characterized by pervasive inequality with extremes of wealth and poverty.  Access to employment is difficult in rural areas and this leads to large-scale unemployment and poverty in the country. LÄS MER