Essays about: "MDGS"

Showing result 16 - 20 of 40 essays containing the word MDGS.

  1. 16. UN's (in)consistency on gender?

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Vera Atarodi; [2014]
    Keywords : The Millennium Development Goals; The Sustainable Development Goals; Foucault; Discourse analysis; Postcolonial feminism; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : The development discourse on the international agenda is currently dominated by the MDGs and the SDGs, which is why it is important to analyze them. In this thesis my main purpose was to understand whether there were any changes within the discourses of the criticism on the different development goals, when using a postcolonial feminist theory. READ MORE

  3. 17. Legal and Policy Framework for Gender Equality and Women’s Empowerment: a Critical Analysis of the Third Millennium Development Goal in Liberia

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

    Author : Jerry Calson Kammah; [2014]
    Keywords : Liberia; Gender; Empowerment; Culture; Violence; Education; Discrimination; History;

    Abstract : This paper critically analyse the extent to which legal and policy frameworks have contributed in achieving the third Millennium Development Goal (3rd MDG) in Liberia. It explores the feminist theory of Intersectionality by examining the intersection of historical, social and political context which all contribute to social division in Liberia. READ MORE

  4. 18. Investigating the Impact of Poverty Reduction Strategy Papers on Poverty Reduction and Economic Empowerment: The Case of Nigeria

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen; Lunds universitet/Master of Science in Development Studies; Lunds universitet/Graduate School

    Author : Emmanuel James Conable Nweke; [2014]
    Keywords : Empowerment; MDGs; Nigeria; PRSPs; World bank; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : Since the year 2000, achieving the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) has become the central focus of the international community. Using an empowerment framework, this study assessed the impacts of the four projects associated with Poverty Reduction Strategy Papers (PRSPs) or its Nigerian blueprint, National Economic Empowerment and Development Strategy (NEEDS). READ MORE

  5. 19. Determinants of Infant Mortality in Kenya - Analysis of Kenya DHS 2003 and 2008/9

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Ekonomisk-historiska institutionen

    Author : Danning Liu; [2014]
    Keywords : infant mortality; Kenya; regional differences; demographic determinants; socio-economic determinants; proximate determinants; Business and Economics;

    Abstract : Infant mortality rate is considered as sensitive indicators of living standard and socio-economic conditions of a country. It remains a big challenge for the Kenyan Government due to the high infant mortality rates as she strives to achieve the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). READ MORE

  6. 20. The Politicization of Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights: In the Post-Millennium Development Goals negotiations

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Adriana Pereira; [2014]
    Keywords : Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights; Human Rights; Post-MDGs; Women’s health; advocacy networks; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights (SRHR) emerged from a fragmentation of different meaning of SRHR coming together to form one complex policy area. SRHR has been politicized in the past by predominant activist groups such as human rights and feminists (including those working with both fields simultaneously). READ MORE