Essays about: "Youth exclusion"

Showing result 16 - 20 of 26 essays containing the words Youth exclusion.

  1. 16. La Mesa de Juventud - A platform for active citizenship and community building among the Colombian youth?

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

    Author : Isabel Duchén; [2016]
    Keywords : youth organizing; youth platform; law 1622; youth civic engagement; community development; youth development; northern Cauca; Colombia; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : The purpose of this thesis was to explore how a newly founded Youth Platform in Colombia, called La Mesa de Juventud, could affect the youth community in promoting and capacitating organizational skills, youth citizenship rights and youth influence in public policy making. The study emanates from the region of northern Cauca situated in the South Western part of Colombia which is an area where youth are especially exposed to social exclusion and marginalization. READ MORE

  3. 17. Economic inequalities between countries and the impact on youth and elderly respectively: a comparative case study focusing on Greece and Sweden

    University essay from Linköpings universitet/Tema Genus

    Author : Antonios Evangeliou; [2015]
    Keywords : Economic inequalities; countries; social impact; youth; elderly; Intersectionality; Neo liberalism; Neo classical economics; Οικονομικές ανισότητες; χώρες. κοινωνικός αντίκτυπος; νέοι; ηλικιωμένοι; Νεο φιλελευθερισμός;

    Abstract : This thesis attempts to throw light on the underlying reasons behind the economic ambivalence between EU countries. In this sense, Greece and Sweden will be posted at the center of my research interest. READ MORE

  4. 18. The Promise of the Revolution Three Years On : Egyptian Youth Working for the Butterfly Effect

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Centrum för Mellanösternstudier

    Author : Lidija Levkov; [2015]
    Keywords : youth; post-revolution; Egypt; youth exclusion; civic engagement; Egyptian revolution; generation; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : This thesis explores the experience of being young, Egyptian, supportive of the 2011 revolution, and active in civil society in the post-revolutionary period in Cairo and Alexandria. It draws from 5 in-depth interviews, and aims to understand the reasons behind youth’s engagement in the revolution beyond the framework of youth economic exclusion. READ MORE

  5. 19. Ungdomsarbetslöshet i Namibia : En kvalitativ studie bland unga arbetslösa i Katutura

    University essay from Karlstads universitet/Handelshögskolan

    Author : Therese Bigenius; [2014]
    Keywords : Unemployment; shame; exclusion;

    Abstract : The purpose of this study was to reach an understanding of how young unemployed in Namibia perceive their chances of getting an official employment. The unemployment rates in the country are high and many have to work on the informal labour market toget an income at all. READ MORE

  6. 20. Transitioning to Adulthood: Unaccompanied Asylum Seeking Young People Leaving Care. A qualitative study in Hamburg.

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för socialt arbete

    Author : Julia Ahrens; [2013-08-08]
    Keywords : Unaccompanied Asylum Seeking Children Young People; Youth; Transition to Adulthood; Social Capital;

    Abstract : International research has shown that care leavers face a series of complex transition tasks on their way to adulthood. They have to master these with less emotional and financial support than their peers with access to family support. Consequently they are at higher risk of homelessness, unemployment and social exclusion. READ MORE