Essays about: "Youth empowerment"

Showing result 21 - 25 of 46 essays containing the words Youth empowerment.

  1. 21. How can development programs empower women's entrepreneurship through social innovation?

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Innovationsteknik

    Author : Boel Axelsson; Hedda Nilsson; [2017]
    Keywords : Social Innovation; Development Programs; Entrepreneurship; Gender Transformation; Youth Economic Empowerment; Design Thinking; Technology and Engineering;

    Abstract : Women in developing nations are facing many challenges in order to become entrepreneurs. Inequalities are common both in the working environment and the society. The unemployment among youth, in particular women, is a severe problem in many developing countries, including Uganda in East Africa. READ MORE

  3. 22. Lighting the Fire : Empowering Youth Towards Sustainability in Nature Camps

    University essay from Blekinge Tekniska Högskola/Institutionen för strategisk hållbar utveckling

    Author : Kilia Drossart; Stéphanie Alexandra Heckman; Brendan Tate Wistreich; [2017]
    Keywords : Youth Empowerment; Strategic Sustainable Development; Sustainability; Nature Camps; Nature Connection;

    Abstract : The scale of the sustainability crisis is mounting exponentially as human development pushes the socio-ecological system closer to its limits. 12 to 18 year olds, who are in a formative life stage, are critical stakeholders in the success of addressing this sustainability challenge. READ MORE

  4. 23. “Shout to the people the reality, and they dance it!” : A case study on the synergies and challenges between music, youth empowerment, sustainable development and social change in the Gambia

    University essay from Luleå tekniska universitet/Institutionen för konst, kommunikation och lärande

    Author : Elias Rådelius; [2016]
    Keywords : music; sustainability; development; communication for development; social change; music education; youth; freedom of expression; artistic expression; The Gambia; musik; hållbarhet; utveckling; kommunikation; social förändring; musikundervisning; ungdomar; yttrandefrihet; konstnärlig frihet; Gambia;

    Abstract : This case study examines the role of music and music-making for the youth in Brikama, the Gambia in terms of freedom of expression, sustainable development and social change. The study is situated within a project where young musicians with different backgrounds wrote and recorded their own songs during workshops with established musicians. READ MORE

  5. 24. Connecting young women in Malawi to ICTs - Strengthening SRH information as a pathway to empowerment?

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

    Author : Lovisa Klason; [2016]
    Keywords : ICT; socio-cultural norms; Information and Communication Technologies; Sexual and Reproductive Health: SRH; empowerment; gender inequalities; Malawi; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) are becoming increasingly influential in social, economic and political spheres and have also been recognised for their potential within health promotion, especially when targeting youth and adolescents. Despite the potential of these new technologies, there is a growing understanding of how prevailing inequalities between men and women and socio-cultural norms create barriers for women in accessing ICTs and forms a “gender digital divide”. READ MORE

  6. 25. Integration of Unaccompanied Asylum Seeking and Refugee Minors in Sweden

    University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för samhällsstudier (SS)

    Author : Viktoriia Gnatenko; [2016]
    Keywords : Immigrant s integration; Unaccompanied alone coming minors; Refugees; Sweden; Social powe; Discrimination; Invandrares integration; Ensamkommande flyktingbarn; Flyktingar; Sverige; Social makt; Diskriminering;

    Abstract : This study is focused on getting a deeper understanding of the access unaccompanied refugee youth have to integration. Thesis will examine what fosters and what hinders minors’ integration. Research is based on a qualitative field study carried out in Southern and Western Sweden. READ MORE