Essays about: "Widows"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 7 essays containing the word Widows.

  1. 1. How individuals engaged in social work in Bali perceive their room for action when working with jandas : A qualitative study on social work with socially vulnerable women in Bali

    University essay from Marie Cederschiöld högskola/Institutionen för socialvetenskap

    Author : Camilla Johansson; Elin Rosenblad; [2023]
    Keywords : Janda; Bali; Social Work; Room For Action; Empowerment; Patrilineal; Patriarchal; Law; Culture;

    Abstract : The main purpose of this study is to investigate how individuals engaged in social work with socially vulnerable women in Bali perceive their room for action. Our participants' clients are widows, divorced women, unmarried women, or women with children born out of wedlock. In our thesis, we refer to these women as jandas. READ MORE

  3. 2. Widows, land rights and women’s empowerment: “Who will own the kitchen”? - findings from the Kilimanjaro region, Tanzania

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för kulturgeografi och ekonomisk geografi; Lunds universitet/LUMID International Master programme in applied International Development and Management

    Author : Elin Johansson; [2023]
    Keywords : Widows; Tanzania; Land rights; Women’s empowerment; Local government; Participation; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : Women around the world are constantly being denied their land rights due to discriminatory practices. Widowed women are particularly at risk. This prevents advancing women’s empowerment and women’s equal opportunities for participation and leadership at all levels of decision making processes. READ MORE

  4. 3. Among Landladies and Brewery Operations : - Women's Participation on the 18th Century Housing Market in Stockholm

    University essay from Stockholms universitet/Institutionen för ekonomisk historia och internationella relationer

    Author : Emelie Carlsson; [2023]
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    Abstract : This thesis investigates women’s participation on the 18th century housing market in Stockholm. General and independent participation, including the distribution of marital status among female buyers and sellers are investigated for four years (1725, 1745, 1765 and 1785). Original hand-written sources, circa 700 of them, have been examined. READ MORE

  5. 4. 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

  6. 5. The traditional levirate custom : As practised by Luo of Kenya

    University essay from Högskolan i Gävle/Avdelningen för socialt arbete och psykologi

    Author : Caroline Lutta; [2015]
    Keywords : Levirate-custom; widow; Luo; Kenya; Dominance;

    Abstract : The aim of this thesis was to investigate views on the the traditional Levirate custom in modern society specifically regarding repercussions on the freedom of widows in the traditional Luo community. Qualitative research has been used this thesis, using both primary and secondary sources. Phenomenology as a principle of science has been adopted. READ MORE