Essays about: "Kibera"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 27 essays containing the word Kibera.

1. 1. WOMEN’S EMPOWERMENT - A STUDY ON THE ECONOMIC EMPOWERMENT OF WIDOWS IN NAIROBI, KENYA

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Graduate School

   Author : Kajsa Lindström; [2023]
   Keywords : Widowhood; Women’s Empowerment; Gender Equality; Kenya; Power Structures.; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : As international actors and public policies have centered the ambition of gender equity, empowerment has become a buzzword within international development. With its original conceptualization suggesting a process of redefining the structures of power, feminist scholars have noted how empowerment has been robbed of its central element; power. READ MORE

3. 2. The perception of local knowledge in development cooperation : A case study of a local NGO in Kibera, Nairobi

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Kulturgeografiska institutionen

   Author : Matilda Lindberg; Kajsa Wictorin; [2022]
   Keywords : local knowledge; civil society; sense of place; locality; social capital; Kibera;

   Abstract : This thesis aims to study the perception of local knowledge within Wale Wale Kenya, a small local organization operating in Kibera, Nairobi. The people who run the Kenyan organization have all grown up in Kibera and thus have strong local roots. READ MORE

4. 3. Rights of The Child in The Right to The City : Exploring participatory practices of child engagement and the construction of their Sense of Place in Kibera, Kenya

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Kulturgeografiska institutionen

   Author : Lovisa Stenhammar; Disa Nilsson; [2022]
   Keywords : Sense of Place; Right to The City; Children s Participation; Critical Development and Children s Rights in Kenya; Platskänsla; rätt till staden; barns deltagande; kritisk utveckling och barns rättigheter i Kenya;

   Abstract : In this minor field study, we have employed a qualitative methodology to examine the role of  the non-governmental organisation Wale Wale in the operationalisation of supranational mandates to improve the rights and experiences of children in Kenya through participatory activities. In doing so, this study is able to combine the literature on Sense of Place and The Right to The City with Critical Development in novel ways. READ MORE

5. 4. Participation as a Way for a Postcolonial Design of ICT4Ds

   University essay from Malmö universitet/Institutionen för konst, kultur och kommunikation (K3)

   Author : Georgios Koletis; [2022]
   Keywords : C4D; ICT4Ds; design for social change; participatory design; postcolonialism; stereotypes; knowledge and identity creation; pluriverse; universalisms;

   Abstract : The ongoing digital transformation of our societies impacts all aspects of our lives aswell as the international development and the design for social change. Having said that,in this paper I studied whether the design of participatory ICT4Ds can engage the localend-users/beneficiaries in the processes of knowledge and identity creation, and thus,achieve their self-representation in order to break the colonial-based stereotypes. READ MORE

6. 5. From Smart to Shrewd: Provincializing “Smart” Urbanism through the Heterogenous Infrastructure of Waste Work in Kibera and Mathare, Nairobi

   University essay from KTH/Hållbar utveckling, miljövetenskap och teknik

   Author : Sonto Amy Mkize; [2022]
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   Abstract : Urban global waste generation has been growing at alarming rates and innovative sustainable solid waste management is considered vital to addressing the waste crisis. The vision to achieve this globally has mostly been taken its inspiration from cities in the Global North. READ MORE