Essays about: "Caste based discrimination"

Found 3 essays containing the words Caste based discrimination.

  1. 1. Caste-Based Discrimination In Contemporary Nepal - A problematisation of Nepal’s national policies that address discrimination based on caste

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

    Author : Aastha KC; [2020]
    Keywords : Caste based discrimination; Nepal; Policy analysis; Dalits; social justice;

    Abstract : This paper critically interrogates Nepal’s national policies on caste based discrimination, thatwere implemented post the signing of the Comprehensive Peace Agreement in 2006. It usesCarol Bacchi’s ‘What’s the Problem Represented to be?’ (WPR) method for policy analysis tounderstand the problem representations within existing policies that address discrimination based on caste in Nepal today. READ MORE

  3. 2. Power dynamics and the construction of social categories among matchubes and rimbeh in Nokuta village, The Gambia – A qualitative case study

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Sociologi

    Author : Isabella Sjölander Thunberg; [2019]
    Keywords : social stratification caste; matchube; dimo rimbeh; social categories; categories of difference; descent-based discrimination; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : Like many other West African countries, The Gambia faces challenges regarding discrimination based on descent, which relates to the inherited disadvantage of being born into a specific group (RADDHO & IDSN, 2012). This sociological case study has the analytical purpose of discussing the case of social stratification and descent-based discrimination in the Fulani village of Nokuta in The Gambia. READ MORE

  4. 3. Ending the practice of child marriages in Nepal: viewpoints and suggestions from children’s rights activists

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Centrum för öst- och sydöstasienstudier

    Author : Suman Baral; [2019]
    Keywords : Child marriage; Dowry; Children’s rights; Enforcement of laws; Prevention measures; Child love marriage; Arrange marriage; Poverty; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : The thesis aimed to answer the research question: ‘What are the possible interventions measures to prevent child marriages in Nepal?’ by analyzing six in-depth semi structured interviews of people working for children’s rights. The earlier studies of child marriages and discussions of children and human rights has been used to analyse the data. READ MORE