Essays about: "thesis on gender and development in the philippines"

Found 4 essays containing the words thesis on gender and development in the philippines.

  1. 1. An alternative agenda for gender just peace? : social justice and women’s peace advocacy amid the consolidation of Bangsamoro autonomy in the Southern Philippines

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

    Author : Alexandra Håkansson Schmidt; [2020]
    Keywords : Social Justice; Peacebuilding; Bangsamoro; Philippines; Islam; Feminism; Counter-hegemony; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : Although the Bangsamoro peace-process in the Southern Philippines has been valued for its gender commitments and potential to build just and sustainable peace, discrimination of the Bangsamoro peoples and other minorities prevail. This thesis uncovers how women peace advocates understand social justice and its remedies in the context of the Bangsamoro peace-process, and which opportunities they have to advance a transformative agenda for justice in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region of Muslim Mindanao (BARMM). READ MORE

  3. 2. The Filipino-American Care Chain : Gender, Transnational Migration and the Globalisation of Care

    University essay from Stockholms universitet/Socialantropologiska institutionen

    Author : Thydén Nanna; [2019]
    Keywords : Care chains; domestic workers; care drain; remittances; transnational families; Philippines; United States;

    Abstract : By caring for children, the elders and the ill, care workers are fundamental for the global economy and for peoples’ well-being. As confirmed in this thesis, the majority of domestic workers are migrant women. READ MORE

  4. 3. Family Planning (In)Activity - A Case Study of Women and Men’s Role and Responsibility on Family Planning in Metro Manila, the Philippines

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

    Author : Katarina Lindgren Cortés; [2018]
    Keywords : Contraceptives; Family Planning; Sexual and Reproductive Health; Responsible Parenthood and Reproductive Health act; Philippines; Urban Poverty; Power; Agency; Gender norms and roles; Feminization of Contraception; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : Having access to family planning (FP) services is a cornerstone for economic and social development. Because of reproductive health disparities between income groups, progressive policies have been passed in the Philippines to reduce the gaps. READ MORE

  5. 4. Involvement without Influence? : Theoretical and Organisational Premises for Women´s Empowerment in Development Programmes

    University essay from Institutionen för livsvetenskaper

    Author : Moa Cortobius Fredriksson; [2011]
    Keywords : Women‟s empowerment; development programmes; gender approach; collectivity; bottom-up influence; involvement of men; resource and responsibility allocation; integration;

    Abstract : The objective of the thesis is to discuss how the theoretical and organisational premises of the gender approaches of development programmes affect their possibilities to empower women and to enhance gender equality. This will be done through a study of the gender approaches of six development programmes for democratic and economic governance in the water and sanitation sector located in Angola, Ecuador, Honduras, Mexico, Paraguay and Philippines respectively. READ MORE