Essays about: "Child Marriage"

Showing result 21 - 25 of 44 essays containing the words Child Marriage.

  1. 21. Multidimensional Empowerment in Child Marriage Interventions : A study of four Sub-Saharan African cases

    University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för samhällsstudier (SS)

    Author : Franciska Reinholds; [2019]
    Keywords : child marriage intervention; empowerment; Uganda; Malawi; Ethiopia; Zimbabwe; Sustainable Development Goals;

    Abstract : Child marriage constitutes one of the currently biggest obstacles to gender equality and human development. As the practice has gained more attention in the international arena within the past two decades, a number of evaluations have been produced. READ MORE

  3. 22. Is the Glass Ceiling a Motherhood Ceiling After All?

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Ekonomisk-historiska institutionen

    Author : Karolina Jennings; [2019]
    Keywords : gender inequality; gender pay gap; child penalty; fertility; South Korea; Business and Economics;

    Abstract : South Korea has the highest gender pay gap and the lowest fertility rate in the OECD (OECD Data, n.y.). Gender equity theory suggests that there is a link between high gender inequality and low fertility, as women struggle to have both a career and a family. READ MORE

  4. 23. Addressing discourses in manuals/texts on male engagement in ending child marriage

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

    Author : Jessica Eng; [2019]
    Keywords : gender; child marriage; communication; depvelopment; human rights;

    Abstract : AbstractFor this thesis I have conducted a discourse analysis on which discourses that are being reproduced in texts on the issue of male engagement in ending child marriage. I am looking at the agency of both males and females, what is taken for granted, words that carry norms and how these are maintain or challenging the dominant discourse on the topic. READ MORE

  5. 24. Child marriage, only for some - An argumentation analysis of the arguments regarding child marriage in the Swedish political arena

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

    Author : Johanna Sabel; [2019]
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    Abstract : This thesis deals with a sensitive and very relevant topic, child marriage with focus on the girl. To be exact, I study arguments concerning child marriage put forward in Swedish public debate over the past decade, arguments made in public commissions, by the government, by political parties and occasionally by non-governmental organisations. READ MORE

  6. 25. 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