Essays about: "cross cutting"

Showing result 21 - 25 of 62 essays containing the words cross cutting.

1. 21. Gendered Empowerment? A Case Study of iDE's Women's Economic Empowerment Model in Gimbuchu, Oromia, Ethiopia

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för kulturgeografi och ekonomisk geografi; Lunds universitet/LUMID International Master programme in applied International Development and Management

   Author : Rebecca Merrifield; [2019]
   Keywords : women’s empowerment; gender equity; power relations; gender norms; feminism; Ethiopia; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : As empowerment retains its status as a buzzword among international development agencies, it has lost its essential element – power – intended to highlight the unequal structures and relations allowing disempowerment. Nonetheless, it has proliferated in the discourse and practice of women’s empowerment, as gender equity has become an important cross-cutting issue for many organizations and governments. READ MORE

3. 22. An Analysis of Elements of Communications for Development (C4D) incorporated into the Community Consultation Mechanism of the Myanmar Peace Support Initiative

   University essay from Malmö universitet/Fakulteten för kultur och samhälle (KS)

   Author : Melissa Andersson; [2019]
   Keywords : Communication for Development; Communication for Social Change; Peace Support Initiatives;

   Abstract : The Myanmar Peace Support Initiative (MPSI) was a program launched in March 2012, following a request from the government of Myanmar to the government of Norway to lead international support to the Myanmar peace process. The initiative was implemented over a period of three years bringing together and facilitating collaboration amongst various stakeholders in the peace process. READ MORE

4. 23. Debt Beyond Borders

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för kulturgeografi och ekonomisk geografi; Lunds universitet/LUMID International Master programme in applied International Development and Management

   Author : Natasha Maria Lund Andersen; [2019]
   Keywords : Debt; Loans; Migration; Development; Myanmar; Thailand; Perceptions; Borrowing Behaviour; Social Cognition Theory; Social Cognition Models; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : In a time where concern over migrant indebtedness as a cross-cutting development issue is growing around the world, this paper sets out to explore how migrant workers from Myanmar in Thailand perceive loans and debt, and how these perceptions may link with the migrants’ borrowing behaviour. Despite the prominence of the Myanmar-Thai migration corridor and evidence that indebtedness is common amongst Myanmar migrants, research and reliable data on the topic remain scarce, ultimately constituting a barrier to evidence-based interventions and policy-making. READ MORE

5. 24. Dehumanization in Everyday Politics : A study of discursive dehumanization of beggars on social media

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

   Author : Joanna Hellström; [2019]
   Keywords : Dehumanization; political communication; discourse; right-wing populism; social media; political participation;

   Abstract : Social science scholars mainly regard dehumanization as a phenomenon of conflict and war. Concurrently, dehumanizing attitudes and behavior in democratic, non-conflict settings is a significant field within social psychology. READ MORE

6. 25. The Problem With Problematising Rural Electrification

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

   Author : Darcy Boyes; [2019]
   Keywords : Electric Poverty; WPR Approach; Rwanda; Kenya; Rural Electrification; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : The modernisation of the Global South is a complex and often overwhelming task. However, one of the most cross-cutting issues is often overlooked. The arena of energy poverty – specifically electric poverty in rural areas and how state policies tackle this problem - is one that often discussed in the wider development discourse. READ MORE