Essays about: "Children’s empowerment"
Showing result 1 - 5 of 10 essays containing the words Children’s empowerment.
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1. Non-governmental organizations preventive work against female genital mutilation in Kenya : a qualitative minor field study
University essay from Sophiahemmet HögskolaAbstract : FGM is practiced in around 30 countries, mainly in Africa, The Middle East, and Asia. An estimated 200 million girls and women have been cut anywhere between infancy and 15 years old. This practice is usually linked to traditions, cultures, and sometimes religion, although this seems to be more of a question of how religion is interpreted. READ MORE
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2. 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
University essay from Uppsala universitet/Kulturgeografiska institutionenAbstract : 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. READ MORE
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3. Cooking fuels and children respiratory health: Evidence from Nigeria
University essay from Jönköping University/Internationella HandelshögskolanAbstract : Household air pollution (HAP) has been recognized as one of the lethal causes of millions of premature deaths every year, victimizing mainly children and women. Literature suggests that transition to modern cooking fuels such as electricity, biogas from the conventional ones, for instance, fuelwood, coal, can reduce HAP, thus minimize the likelihood of respiratory health problems among household members. READ MORE
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4. Hej Åsikter! : An Ecosystem of Child and Youth Participation.
University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för design (DE)Abstract : One of the major contributions of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child(UNCRC) to the context of children’s rights was the introduction of participation.In addition to the right to provision and protection, participation gives children theright to express their opinions in all matters affecting them. READ MORE
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5. Becoming Citizens : Representations of Citizenship in European Children's Literature
University essay from Uppsala universitet/Teologiska institutionenAbstract : This thesis examines the representations of citizenship in award-winning children's novels from Finland, France, Sweden and the UK to analyse how the effects of recent cultural and economic developments affecting European societies are described and explored in children's literature. In recent years, both the EU and the nation-state have seemed to be in a state of crisis. READ MORE
