Essays about: "women empowerment"
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1. Pamoja FM – The voice of Kibera : How young Kenyan adults in Kibera perceive the local urban community radio and how it influences the community
University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för samhällsvetenskaper, SV; Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för samhällsvetenskaper, SVAbstract : Media in Nairobi is segmented when it comes to news and information; different media target different audience groups in the society through their preferred channels in search of news and information. In Kibera, the biggest slum area in Nairobi and in whole East Africa, the urban slum community radio station Pamoja FM only works for the citizens living within Kibera. READ MORE
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2. Towards an explanatory model for e-health interventions for support and education in cancer care: An integrative review
University essay fromAbstract : This integrative review aims at providing an overview of supportive educational e-healthprograms, which have been offered to cancer patients, in order to gather more knowledge as tohow such interventions have been designed, implemented and who is to benefit from suchapproaches. Moreover, in this comprehensive summary, the resulting explanatory model isdiscussed in the light of empowerment. READ MORE
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3. Involvement without Influence? : Theoretical and Organisational Premises for Women´s Empowerment in Development Programmes
University essay from Södertörns högskola/Institutionen för livsvetenskaperAbstract : 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
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4. Corporate Social Responsibility through Public-Private Partnerships : Implications for Civil Society and Women's Empowerment in India
University essay from Stockholms universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen; Stockholms universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionenAbstract : This study investigates how Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) projects implemented through Public-Private Partnerships (PPPs) impact on the roles, relationship, responsibilities and agendas of the involved actors – the private sector, civil society and the state – and whether these can lead to women’s empowerment and the capacity building of civil society in India, through a case study of the CSR projects of the Indian wind power company Suzlon. The empirical findings in terms of women’s empowerment lead us to conclude that although the first dimension of power, the ‘power over’, reflected in unequal gender structures, only has been addressed to a minor extent through Suzlon’s CSR projects, women’s ‘power to’, ‘power with’ and ‘power from within’ have been enhanced significantly, particularly through the projects specifically aimed to address women’s empowerment. READ MORE
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5. Development from Participation in Women’s Groups : Experiences from Bolivia
University essay from Högskolan i Gävle/Akademin för hälsa och arbetslivAbstract : This report is the result of a field study conducted in urban Bolivia on women‘s group in which women are organised in order to work, get social support and personal capacity building under the responsibility of a licensed psychologist. The study sought to examine the groups by focusing on the experiences of the women in relation to the process of empowerment and the development of the community. READ MORE
