Essays about: "Widowhood"

Found 4 essays containing the word Widowhood.

  1. 1. WOMEN’S EMPOWERMENT - A STUDY ON THE ECONOMIC EMPOWERMENT OF WIDOWS IN NAIROBI, KENYA

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Graduate School

    Author : Kajsa Lindström; [2023]
    Keywords : Widowhood; Women’s Empowerment; Gender Equality; Kenya; Power Structures.; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : As international actors and public policies have centered the ambition of gender equity, empowerment has become a buzzword within international development. With its original conceptualization suggesting a process of redefining the structures of power, feminist scholars have noted how empowerment has been robbed of its central element; power. READ MORE

  3. 2. The Impact of Changes in Family Structure on Individuals’ Financial Risk Attitudes: A longitudinal analysis from the Netherlands

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Nationalekonomiska institutionen

    Author : Alida Persson; Caroline Hovstadius; [2022]
    Keywords : risk attitude; family structure; panel data; Netherlands; Business and Economics;

    Abstract : Risk attitudes influence a wide range of financial decisions in the household, such as investments, consumption, and savings. It is, therefore, crucial to understand risk attitudes and how they change throughout the life cycle, in order to determine and predict economic behavior. READ MORE

  4. 3. The Functions of Journey and Ascent in Selected Short Stories in Margaret Drabble’s A Day in the Life of a Smiling Woman

    University essay from Avdelningen för språk och kultur; Filosofiska fakulteten

    Author : Daria Zheltukhina; [2013]
    Keywords : Psychological journey; ascent; multiple angles; Margaret Drabble s short stories.;

    Abstract : The present essay studies the functions of journey and ascent as recurrent motifs in A Day in the Life of a Smiling Woman by Margaret Drabble. The relationships between the geographical and psychological journeys and ascents are explored. READ MORE

  5. 4. Give a child a family - Foster Families as a model of care for Orphans and Vulnerable Children in Mozambique?

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för socialt arbete

    Author : Carina Winberg; [2010-12-15]
    Keywords : Orphans; foster family care; AIDS; Mozambique;

    Abstract : In 2006 approximately 1 600 000 children in Mozambique, under the age of 18, were orphaned mainly due to HIV and AIDS. This corresponds to 12-16% of the total population. Extended families are no longer capable of providing for more orphans given the severe economic constraints. READ MORE