Essays about: "International NGO"

Showing result 16 - 20 of 142 essays containing the words International NGO.

  1. 16. NGOs impact on women with physical disabilities: an independent life in Colombo, Sri Lanka?

    University essay from Stockholms universitet/Institutionen för socialt arbete

    Author : Maja Naumann Umegård; Annastasia Wrembicki; [2022]
    Keywords : Women with physical disabilities; independence; non gonvernmetal organisation; NGO; Social model of disability; medical model of disability; social barriers; Sri Lanka; Colombo; CRPD;

    Abstract : This study aimed to explore how non-governmental organisations (NGOs) in Sri Lanka define and interpret an independent life for women with physical disabilities (WWPD) in their services. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with five employees at five Sri Lankan NGOs. READ MORE

  3. 17. The Gendered Secondary Impacts of COVID-19 as a Critical Juncture for NGO Program Policy? Insights from The Hunger Project

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för kulturgeografi och ekonomisk geografi; Lunds universitet/LUMID International Master programme in applied International Development and Management

    Author : Carolina Ernst; [2022]
    Keywords : Critical Juncture; COVID-19; Historical Institutionalism; Institutions; Non-Governmental Organizations; Path Dependence; Women’s rights; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : This thesis employs a historical institutionalist lens to analyze whether the gendered impacts of COVID-19 have initiated a critical juncture in The Hunger Project’s program policy. Crises such as COVID-19 may lead actors within organizations to question existing policies, giving them greater opportunities than normal to transform these, with lasting consequences. READ MORE

  4. 18. How Can We Understand Success and Failure in Conflict Mediation with Islamist Parties?

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Charlotta Johansson; [2022]
    Keywords : Mediation; Islamism; Taliban; Moro Islamic Liberation Front MILF ; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : This thesis explores how we can understand mediation success in conflicts involving at least one islamist conflict party. Building on previous research about Islamism in conflicts and peace process contexts, and using broader theory regarding international mediation success, a theoretical framework describing mediation success with jihadists is developed. READ MORE

  5. 19. The Nature of Digital Extension Services in the Developing World

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Ekonomisk-historiska institutionen

    Author : Elliot Mackenzie; [2022]
    Keywords : Business and Economics;

    Abstract : The rapid diffusion of mobile phones and the internet in Kenya is hoped to be an effective solution to meeting the crucial information needs of smallholder farmers to improve their economic and environmental resilience. This thesis conducts a case study based on interviews with actors who provide digital agricultural extension services to farmers in Kenya to assess the Agricultural Innovation System (AIS), and its features and current trajectory. READ MORE

  6. 20. Gambling with grains? A critical case study of the U.S. Commodity Futures Modernization Act and its implications for global food insecurity

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Gabriel Snygg Kvernes; Albin Lagerlöf; [2022]
    Keywords : Commodity Futures Modernization Act; Food Insecurity; Agricultural Commodities; International Political Economy; Historical Materialism; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : In 2000, the Clinton Administration in the U.S. adopted the Commodity Futures Modernization Act, which deregulated the U.S. READ MORE