Essays about: "Nairobi"

Showing result 36 - 40 of 131 essays containing the word Nairobi.

  1. 36. Women's Voices

    University essay from KTH/Arkitektur

    Author : Anna Larsson; Sofia Enqvist; [2019]
    Keywords : Architecture Informal Settlement Kenya Equality  Public Space Streetscape;

    Abstract : In the rural village Umoja one can witness a reaction to the unequal society; the women opposed the deep-rooted cultural habits and created their own dream space, a place designed through the eyes of a woman. A village ruled by women, built up by their needs. READ MORE

  3. 37. “If your husband doesn’t beat you,he doesn’t love you” : A qualitative study about the work of change regardingIntimate Partner Violence in Nairobi, Kenya.

    University essay from Umeå universitet/Umeå centrum för genusstudier (UCGS)

    Author : Joanna Sjödin; [2019]
    Keywords : Intimate Partner Violence; norms; work of change; gender differences; Nairobi;

    Abstract : This qualitative interview study aims to examine the work of change regarding IntimatePartner Violence (IPV), through the voices of seven change workers at Non-GovernmentalOrganizations (NGO) in Nairobi, Kenya. The focus lies on identifying worker’s expresseddefinitions and comprehensions of violence and in what ways those affect the work of changein sectors as victim support, awareness creation & changing societal attitudes and norms. READ MORE

  4. 38. Ethical Dilemmas in Mediation of International Aid : We Effect's Visual Communication from Kenya to Sweden

    University essay from Södertörns högskola/Medie- och kommunikationsvetenskap

    Author : Julia Denifl Örtegren; [2019]
    Keywords : Mediation of distant sufferers; cosmopolitanism; global culture; encode decode; ethical dilemmas; engaging campaigns; international aid;

    Abstract : The purpose of this thesis is to investigate how international development organizations are working to communicate campaigns and photographs from one cultural context to another. Additionally, will challenges in making campaigns which are both ethical appropriate and engaging be highlighted and discussed in relation to today’s impatient media landscape where globalization and development are dominated by economic interests. READ MORE

  5. 39. En möjlig lösning på bristen på prisvärda bostäder i Nairobi, Kenya- En fältstudie i Nairobi County

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Avdelningen för Installations- och klimatiseringslära; Lunds universitet/Avdelningen för Byggnadsfysik

    Author : Kamil Abdi Sheikh; [2019]
    Keywords : Housing shortage; EPS technology; Lean construction; Technophobia Affordable housing; Technology and Engineering;

    Abstract : I ett försök att begränsa bostadsproblem i Nairobi, som är så enorma att det blir en av Kenyas regerings "fyra stora agenda" som innebär topp regeringens prioriteringar när det gäller utveckling. Denna studie fokuserar på den största staden i Kenya (hänsyn till befolkningen), Nairobi. READ MORE

  6. 40. The inclusion and exclusion of Somali communities as seen through the publicness of space in Nairobi and Stockholm

    University essay from KTH/Urbana och regionala studier

    Author : Julia Bürgi; [2018]
    Keywords : Somali; public space; Setha Low; Nairobi; Stockholm; technologies of control; flourishing society; inclusion; exclusion;

    Abstract : The neighborhoods of Eastleigh in Nairobi, Kenya and Rinkeby in Stockholm, Sweden are both home to Somali populations that have burgeoned over the last 25 years. While situated in vastly different urban contexts, the Somali communities in each location have needs related to public space, particularly when considering their status in both places as a minority group that is often marginalized by Kenyan and Swedish societies. READ MORE