Essays about: "Gender and Development GAD"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 9 essays containing the words Gender and Development GAD.

  1. 1. How do climate change adaptation plans consider gender? : An analysis of National Adaptation Plans in Sub- Saharan Africa

    University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för samhällsstudier (SS)

    Author : Elin Wredström; [2024]
    Keywords : Gender; Climate Change; National Adaptation Plans NAPs ; Sub-Saharan Africa; Gender and Development GAD ;

    Abstract : Climate change is today an urgent threat, posing grave danger and requiring immediate attention. In order to adapt to the changes, policies, plans, and programmes have been created all over the world, such as the National Adaptation Plans (NAPs). READ MORE

  3. 2. Women Empowered in their Vulnerability : An In-depth Case Study about the Framing of Gender in the EU’s Development Cooperation with Ethiopia

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Julia Mikkola; [2020]
    Keywords : The EU; Development Cooperation; Gender Equality; Gender Mainstreaming; Ethiopia;

    Abstract : The overall aim of this master’s thesis is to increase our understanding about the framing of gender in EU’s development policies. To reflect to this aim, the thesis examines how gender is framed in EU’s development cooperation with Ethiopia in the governance sector. READ MORE

  4. 3. Gender, Development and the World Bank - A Critical Discourse Analysis of women in World Development Reports between 1998 - 2018

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

    Author : Ahling Yeh; [2018]
    Keywords : critical discourse analysis; women; World Bank; gender equality;

    Abstract : The purpose of this study is to look at how women are represented in neoliberal discourses of development, if there has been a change on representation of women over the last three decades and how these discourses reflect broader developments in gender equality. The World Bank has been selected to serve as an instance of neoliberal development discourse and one World Development Report (WDR) from each decade is analysed. READ MORE

  5. 4. Following the mainstream? : A case study on the women's organisation Kvinna till Kvinna and its potential shift in ideology

    University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för samhällsstudier (SS)

    Author : Jennie Sjöstrand; [2014]
    Keywords : GAD; gender mainstreaming; Kvinna till Kvinna; WID;

    Abstract : Abstract In the 1970s women started to be taken specifically into consideration when talking about development. Over time several approaches appeared where the focus varied from integrating women into existing structures in society (Women In Development (WID)) to changing the socially constructed gender roles (Gender And Development (GAD)). READ MORE

  6. 5. When the other became the actor : A critical discourse analysis of women in Swedish development policy since the 60s

    University essay from Institutionen för samhällsstudier (SS)

    Author : Cathérine Söderberg; [2013]
    Keywords : Boserup; WID; WAD; GAD; gender mainstreaming; women; Swedish development policy; foreign aid; critical discourse analysis.;

    Abstract : By adopting the Policy for Global Development (PGD) in 2003 the Swedish parliament established gender mainstreaming as a goal in development cooperation policy, thereby emphasizing women’s role as agents of empowerment in development. This has not always been the case. READ MORE