Essays about: "NGO power"
Showing result 1 - 5 of 96 essays containing the words NGO power.
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1. Examining Conservation Narratives : An Environmental Discourse Analysis of WWF Madagascar
University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för arkeologi och antik historiaAbstract : This thesis examines the conservation narratives of Madagascar the ambiguity of forest cover and deforestation estimates, and the difficulty in deconstructing the narratives linked to the idea of a once fully forested island. In particular, shifts in the conservation debate are related to the discursive power of a large-scale international NGO, the WWF. READ MORE
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2. Enhancing Accountability to Affected Populations through Donor Requirements : A grounded theory-based analysis of the current situation, donor motivations and bottlenecks around setting requirements, further constraints and how they could be overcome.
University essay from Uppsala universitet/Teologiska institutionenAbstract : Even though supporting affected populations is the raison d’etre for humanitarian action, organisations are frequently not accountable to populations they aim to serve. Despite several reform movements, the consultation and participation elements of accountability to affected populations (AAP), in particular, are still lacking. READ MORE
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3. African Women and Storytelling : Unveiling the Power of Narrative to Shape Collective Imaginary
University essay fromAbstract : During my eight years of work in the communication department of an NGO based in Kampala I have undetaken several workshops organized by istitutional donors, such as USAID, on how to write what the aid sector calls stories of change. Puzzled by the information and skills obtained in such context and the stories I have encounter and wrote during my job from one side, and on the other side acknowledging how novels helped me to navigate my feeling of disorientation while living and experiencing the Ugandan context; I have decided to embark in this research to better understand where the stories produced by INGOs and the contemporary literature differentiate. READ MORE
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4. Hegemonic Masculinity in Sally Rooney’s Novel Normal People: Subverting and Reinforcing Norms
University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för språk (SPR)Abstract : This essay explores how different traits of hegemonic masculinity in Sally Rooney’s Normal People are presented through the male characters using gender studies as the theoretical approach and whether they reinforce or subvert norms of hegemonic masculinity through their interactions with each other and Marianne. This essay claims that the novel presents both reinforcements and subversions of masculinity through the male characters introduced in the novel. READ MORE
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5. Transforming more woth less? : Exploring NGO Communication on Sustainable Anti-Consumption in the Context of Clothing
University essay fromAbstract : The textile industry is an unsustainable industry that contributes to many environmental and social challenges. As a promising approach to its transformation, this thesis explores the con-cept of anti consumption. It investigates how non governmental Organizations (NGOs) com-municate the concept in the context of fashion on Instagram. READ MORE
