Essays about: "Self-Help Group"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 16 essays containing the words Self-Help Group.

1. 1. Development Initiatives’ Impact on Women’s Empowerment : A Field Study on a Business Training and Microcredit Program in Kenya

   University essay from KTH/Industriell ekonomi och organisation (Inst.)

   Author : Josefin Grafford; Josefin Hansson; [2020]
   Keywords : Women’s empowerment; Development; Development initiatives; Poverty alleviation; Microcredit; Business training; Self-help groups; Gender inequality; Feminist theory; Kenya; Kvinnors egenmakt; Utveckling; Utvecklingsinitiativ; Fattigdomsbekämpning; Mikrokredit; Entreprenörskapsutbildning; Självhjälpsgrupper; Ojämställdhet; Feministisk teori; Kenya;

   Abstract : The primary goal of development organizations is poverty reduction, but their initiatives have in recent years also been recognized as a potential tool in empowering women and raising their status. Previous knowledge on the topic is largely based in an understanding of empowerment that seems to miss or overlook limitations and impacts of initiatives which authors with a more feminist view on empowerment address. READ MORE

3. 2. Saving for Change : A field study of Saving Groups impact on women’s empowerment in Uganda

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Kulturgeografiska institutionen

   Author : Sanna Börjeson; [2019]
   Keywords : Women’s Empowerment; Uganda; Microfinance; Saving Groups; Gender Equality;

   Abstract : This thesis examines the role self-help microfinance Saving Groups play in women’s empowerment in villages in Mbale district, Uganda. Central for the study is to identify the challenges and opportunities that participation in Saving Groups brings in women’s everyday life. READ MORE

4. 3. “I have the ability” - An explorative study into the volunteer leadership and followership of Neighbourhood mothers

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

   Author : Ellinor Hammarsköld; [2019]
   Keywords : immigrant women; volunteering; integration; municipal integration policy; social policy; leadership; followership; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : This thesis aimed to explore the immigrant women’s experience as Neighbourhood mothers within the project Stadsdelsmammor 2.0 in Helsingborg, and how leader and follower identities becomes prominent. READ MORE

5. 4. The perception of TrT among its implementers : Evaluating the implementation process of Teaching Recovery Techniques among implementers in an intervention targeting unaccompanied refugee minors in Uppsala, Sweden.

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för folkhälso- och vårdvetenskap

   Author : Erik Åhlin; [2017]
   Keywords : Project implementation; Mental Health; Unaccompanied Refugee Minors; Projekt implementering; Mental Hälsa; Ensamkommande Flyktingbarn;

   Abstract : This thesis looks at how involved implementers of the Teaching Recovery Techniques-project in Uppsala, Sweden have experienced the project. Teaching Recovery Techniques is originally a group-based intervention created for use in disaster areas. READ MORE

6. 5. Following Best Practices in Microfinance: The case of Disabled People’s Organisations in Nepal

   University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för samhällsstudier (SS)

   Author : Hannes Juhlin Lagrelius; [2016]
   Keywords : Best practice; Financial inclusion; Disability; DPO; Empowerment; Inclusive development; Management; Marginalisation; Microfinance; Microcredit; Nepal; Organisation; Self-Help Group;

   Abstract : Microfinance has generally been acclaimed as one way to reduce poverty through the provision of financial services targeting the previously “unbankable” poor. Persons with Disabilities (PWDs) are amongst society’s most excluded groups financially and the absence of PWDs within mainstream Microfinance urges Disabled People’s Organisations (DPOs) to directly engage in Microfinance. READ MORE