Essays about: "LUMID thesis health"
Showing result 1 - 5 of 19 essays containing the words LUMID thesis health.
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1. “Don’t do it, but do it” : Exploring a legal window of opportunity for safe abortion and the role of healthcare practitioners in implementing the right to health in Ethiopia
University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för kulturgeografi och ekonomisk geografi; Lunds universitet/LUMID International Master programme in applied International Development and ManagementAbstract : Unsafe abortion is a major contributing factor to maternal mortality with 47,000 largely avoidable deaths occurring globally every year, the majority in the global south. Ethiopia has taken a unique approach to addressing maternal mortality impacted by unsafe abortion through a 2005 reform of the abortion legislation in which abortion is illegal but available under a range of exceptions. READ MORE
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2. Gender-based violence against Women with Disabilities in Uganda - A qualitative study about how local organizations are working with the issue
University essay from Lunds universitet/LUMID International Master programme in applied International Development and ManagementAbstract : Gender-based violence (GBV) is both a human right violation, a threat to develop-ment and a global health issue. Women with disabilities (WWD) are a group more exposed to GBV. However, research has been scarce about WWD and GBV, espe-cially in the Global South. READ MORE
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3. (Un)universal health care for all: A qualitative study exploring the access to health care for Venezuelan migrants in Medellín, Colombia
University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för kulturgeografi och ekonomisk geografi; Lunds universitet/LUMID International Master programme in applied International Development and ManagementAbstract : The aim of this thesis is to understand how migrants perceive their opportunities to access health care, and how underlying factors result in barriers impacting their access to health care and ability to safeguard their health. It does so by answering the research question: How do Venezuelan migrants in Medellín perceive their access to health care? To fulfil the aim and answer the research question, interviews and focus groups were carried out with 30 migrants in Medellin. READ MORE
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4. Exploring Roma CSO’s Work on Empowering Reproductive Choices among Roma Women and Girls in Serbia
University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för kulturgeografi och ekonomisk geografi; Lunds universitet/LUMID International Master programme in applied International Development and ManagementAbstract : Reproductive choice, one’s ability to make informed decisions regarding sexual relations, contraceptive use, and reproductive health care, is not a given. Empowerment is considered a tool for improving women’s ability to make reproductive choices. However, it is a very context-specific approach needing contextual pathways of change. READ MORE
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5. “They are being made into like baby-making machines” : a study of the impact of gender structures and norms on family planning for Xhosa women in rural Zithulele, South Africa
University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för kulturgeografi och ekonomisk geografi; Lunds universitet/LUMID International Master programme in applied International Development and ManagementAbstract : Women in rural areas of South Africa battle with many structural issues, including unemployment, education and accessibility to health services, greatly delimiting family planning. However, socially constructed and internalized gender norms pose an additional and potentially greater barrier to family planning in traditional and patriarchal settings. READ MORE
