Essays about: "Non-governmental organisation NGO"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 24 essays containing the words Non-governmental organisation NGO.

1. 1. A Solidarity Model of Foreign Aid? : A case study of the Olof Palme International Center’s projects in South Africa

   University essay from Högskolan Väst/Institutionen för ekonomi och it

   Author : Malin Stål; [2023]
   Keywords : Foreign aid; international solidarity; charity; non-governmental organisation; development aid; South Africa; Sweden; Olof Palme International Center; Utländskt bistånd; internationell solidaritet; välgörenhet; icke-statliga organisationer; bistånd; Sydafrika; Sverige; Olof Palmes internationella center;

   Abstract : This bachelor thesis is a qualitative case study of whether the Olof Palme International Center’s (OPC) model of foreign aid, as a Swedish non-governmental organisation (NGO), is understood by leading figures of the three types of participants involved in the model; the OPC, Swedish member organisations, and, in this case, South African partner organisations, as taking either a solidarity- or charity-approach to foreign aid, in both theory and practise. The theories of Mutual Aid and International Solidarity are used to construct two opposing “solidarity” and “charity” models of foreign aid, against which the OPC model is compared. READ MORE

3. 2. Changing Tides and Navigating Uncertainty : An ethnographic study of NGO resilience in coastal South India

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Teologiska institutionen

   Author : Emma Berglund; [2023]
   Keywords : NGO; India; Localisation; Resilience; India; Blue Economy; Community centered practice;

   Abstract : What makes an non-governmental organisation (NGO) agile and resilient towards changes, pressures or uncertainties at community, state or macro-political level? By adopting a single case study based on semi-structured interviews and fieldwork, this thesis will dive into the life-world of a community-based NGO based in Nagapattinam, Tamil Nadu. Social Needs Education and Human Awareness (SNEHA) has since founding in the 1980s had a strong rights-based identity and evolved through various phases of community organising, disaster relief work, evidence-based advocacy and upholding of fisher communities traditional and customary rights. READ MORE

4. 3. Two steps forward, one step back – measuring social change in women’s rights through feminist values : An intersectional feminist critical content analysis on two NGO reports

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Mänskliga rättigheter

   Author : Yuser Zaher Abdulrazzaq Al-Alaq; [2022]
   Keywords : social change; human rights; development; feminism; intersectionality; Monitoring; Evaluating; Learning MEL ; feminist values; measure; non-governmental organisation NGO ; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : The need to measure and track both people and processes involved in change is increasing. Non-governmental organisations (NGOs), states, and research need to find tools to ensure that the treaties, programmes, and strategies meant to reduce poverty and increase equality are working. READ MORE

5. 4. 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

6. 5. The effects of female genital mutilation among teenage girls and young women in Nigeria.

   University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för statsvetenskap (ST)

   Author : Rita Keredei; [2022]
   Keywords : Female Genital Cutting FGC ; Non-governmental organisation NGO ; perception; legislation; awareness; Gender-Based Violence GBV ; practice; UNICEF; World Health Organisation WHO ; traditional; women; health; girls; circumcision.;

   Abstract : Female genital cutting is a problem that has taken several dimensions and continues to be practiced despite enormous efforts and resources invested by governments,non-governmental organizations (NGOs) and other stakeholders to ensure that the practice is discontinued worldwide. This study was conducted with the primary objective of assessing the views and perceptions of NGOs on the practice of female genital cutting in Nigeria. READ MORE