Essays about: "africa civil society"

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  1. 1. Corruption as an obstacle for development: A case study of environmental CSOs working in South Africa

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Malte Killander; [2023]
    Keywords : corruption; environmental CSOs; South Africa; organizational objectives; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : The topic for this thesis is corruption as an obstacle for development. More specifically the research looks at how corruption affects one of our most important agents of change; the Civil Society Organizations (CSOs). READ MORE

  3. 2. The shadow pandemic : a feminist institutional perspective on civil society's work on gender-based violence in post COVID -19 South Africa

    University essay from Enskilda Högskolan Stockholm/Avdelningen för mänskliga rättigheter och demokrati

    Author : Louise Lindfors; [2023]
    Keywords : Gender-based violence; institutional feminism; CSO civil society organizations; grassroot activists; South Africa;

    Abstract : This field study is a thematic and feminist institutionalist analysis on how the civil society and grassroot activists in Gauteng province, South Africa, has been affected and mitigated during and after the COVID -19 pandemic in their work against gender-based violence. The data consist of five semi structured interviews with primary sources, divided in the two sub-groups of activists and formal NGO representatives. READ MORE

  4. 3. Hegemony, Water and Power: A Case Study on Water Allocation Inequalities within Agriculture in the Western Cape, South Africa

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för geovetenskaper

    Author : Lukas Weindl; [2022]
    Keywords : Water; Agriculture; Power; Hegemony; Inequality; Sustainable Development; South Africa;

    Abstract : This thesis investigates the underexplored relationship between water allocation inequalities in agriculture and power distributions in the context of a recent water drought in the Western Cape province in South Africa. The thesis focused on the Municipality of Stellenbosch. READ MORE

  5. 4. The Meaning of Gender Issues as Narrated and Negotiated by Activists in Mozambique

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Mänskliga rättigheter

    Author : Karina Squiassi; [2022]
    Keywords : Civil society in Mozambique; Civil society in Africa; post-colonial feminism; feminist participatory democracy; gender relations; women’s human rights; rights communication.; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : Feminist activism in Mozambique has suffered dramatic changes throughout the many socio-political processes the country has encountered. Consequently, the activists in civil society still struggle to fight against patriarchal oppression, political repression, and socio-cultural norms that hinder women's full realization of their rights. READ MORE

  6. 5. SMALL AND MEDIUM SCALE ENTERPRISES (SMEs) IN THEDEVELOPMENT OF TOURISM IN THE GLOBAL SOUTH : THEIR ROLE AND CHALLENGES

    University essay from Mittuniversitetet/Institutionen för ekonomi, geografi, juridik och turism

    Author : Isaac Mantey; [2021]
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    Abstract : The tourism industry in many parts of the world is highly developed and this is attributed to the influx and fast growing of Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) operations in the sector. However, there seems to be paucity of studies on Small and Medium Scale Enterprises in the development of tourism in Africa in general and Ghana in particular. READ MORE