Essays about: "Rebecca Summerton"

Found 2 essays containing the words Rebecca Summerton.

1. 1. INDIGENOUS FEMALE YOUTH IN COLOMBIA - Resisting the Powers of Internal Armed Conflict

   University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för socialt arbete

   Author : Maria Andersson; Rebecca Summerton; [2013-06-25]
   Keywords : Internal Armed Conflict; Colombia; Indigenous Female Youth; Vulnerability; Resistance;

   Abstract : This study aims to investigate how the vulnerabilities of indigenous female youth in the Colombian region of Vaupés are expressed in terms of intersections of ethnicity, class, age and gender, ways in which these youth exert resistance to the power structures within the internal armed conflict, and how these youth experience their life situations. This qualitative research is based on multi-sighted ethnographic approaches entailing numerous data collection sources. READ MORE

3. 2. Preventive Work Among Youth at Risk in Tegucigalpa - Subjective Experiences of Institutional Care

   University essay from Institutionen för pedagogik, psykologi och idrottsvetenskap, PPI

   Author : Rebecca Summerton; Paulina Grönevik; [2011]
   Keywords : youth; street children; risk factors; protective factors; poverty; social work; preventive work; institutional care; ungdomar; gatubarn; riskfaktorer; skyddsfaktorer; fattigdom; socialt arbete; preventivt arbete; institutionsbehandling;

   Abstract : This study aims to explore how secondary prevention carried out at a Honduran institution for youth at risk is experienced by its professional workers and former residents. This qualitative research is based on ethnographic approaches conducted at Hogar de Niños Renacer, Tegucigalpa, which is a facility for institutional care of youth at risk. READ MORE