Essays about: "youth leadership"

Showing result 11 - 13 of 13 essays containing the words youth leadership.

1. 11. RAUKA! AMA HATUTA SURVIVE/ ARISE! OR WE WON’T SURVIVE: YOUTH ORGANIZING FOR CLIMATE JUSTICE IN KENYA

   University essay from Lunds universitet/LUMID International Master programme in applied International Development and Management

   Author : Leah Serafini; [2012]
   Keywords : youth organizing; social justice youth development; positive youth development; climate change; Kenya; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : This thesis explores the concept of youth organizing in the context of two interrelated youth-led organizations addressing climate change in Kenya. A growing body of interdisciplinary research points to the ways in which engagement in youth organizing initiatives can contribute to the individual development of the youth involved. READ MORE

3. 12. Their different perspectives: A narrative analysis of a UN agency's work with young people

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Sociologi

   Author : Daniel Stoltz Holgersson; [2012]
   Keywords : organizational studies; narrative analysis; young people; United Nations; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : Author: Daniel Stoltz Holgersson Title: Their different perspectives: A narrative analysis of a UN agency’s work with young people Bachelor thesis, SOCK01, 15 hp Supervisor: Katarina Sjöberg Problem/background: ‘Young people’ have for long been the focus of international development cooperation efforts, and has taken many forms: youth development, youth engagement, youth participation, and youth leadership to name but a few concepts. However, a recent UN report concludes that while over 75 years has passed since youth first entered the global agenda, the UN as not yet been successful in integrating youth and youth perspectives into international policy discourse and decision making processes. READ MORE

4. 13. "I take him as my brother, a brother from another mother". : a qualitative study on how youth in a disadvantaged community in South Africa experience the social impact of sport.

   University essay from Ämnesavdelningen för pedagogik

   Author : Caroline Jonsson; Elin Hägglund; [2009]
   Keywords : organised sport; youth; social impact; disadvantaged community; group interview;

   Abstract : The impact of sport participation among youth is a widely discussed phenomenon. Researchers argue that sport participation can contribute to both positive and negative impact. The aim of this study is to find out how youth in a disadvantaged community in South Africa experience the social impact of sport. READ MORE