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  1. 1. Joining Forces: A Study of Multinational Corporations' Sustainability Contributions to a Cross-Sector Social Partnership

    University essay from Högskolan i Jönköping/Internationella Handelshögskolan

    Author : Malin Backman; Klas Jangsell; Josephine Lönnqvist; [2017]
    Keywords : Climate Council of Jönköping CC - Klimatrådet ; Cross-Sector Social Partnership CSSP ; Multinational Corporation MNC ; Sustainability; Triple Bottom Line TBL ;

    Abstract : Background: Cross-sector social partnership (CSSP) is a joint effort that utilizes resources from different sectors to solve social issues, such as poverty, pandemics and environmental degradation. According to the United Nations, the environmental tipping point of global warming is soon reached, and to avoid this irreversible situation, the collaboration between state and non-state actors is a requirement. READ MORE

  3. 2. Energy poverty in the Dublin region : modelling geographies of risk

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för naturgeografi och ekosystemvetenskap

    Author : Elin Haettner; [2017]
    Keywords : risk modelling; multicriteria analysis MCA; energy poverty; geography; geographical information systems GIS; Dublin; Ireland; Earth and Environmental Sciences;

    Abstract : Energy poverty (EP) is, in the scholarly literature, defined as a household’s inability to obtain a socially and materially acceptable level of energy services in the home. This is a widespread issue affecting an estimated 50 to 125 million people in Europe. READ MORE

  4. 3. ON DIFFERENT TERMS - Social work among vulnerable children in a developing country

    University essay from Malmö högskola/Fakulteten för hälsa och samhälle (HS)

    Author : Beatrice Eriksson; Maria Grönte; [2011]
    Keywords : Antonovsky; attachment theory; BBIC; developing country; developmental-ecological theory; intervention; motivation; orphanage; orphans and vulnerable children; prevention; protection factors; risk factors; salutogenes; social work; SOC; Uganda; volunteers;

    Abstract : The aim of this study is to get a deeper understanding, from a Swedish context, of how you can do social work with vulnerable and orphaned children in a developing country such as Uganda. We have investigated this through the example WEBALE, an NGO working in a context where among other things HIV/AIDS, poverty and a defective social safety net have led to social problems affecting children. READ MORE

  5. 4. Let's turn the ABC around : The communication needs of young women in Kampala to prevent HIV/AIDS

    University essay from HLK, Medie- och kommunikationsforskning

    Author : Malin Hallén; Malin Rindeskär; [2006]
    Keywords : Health communication; HIV AIDS; Uganda; Gender; MFS; ABC approach; Campaign; Attitudes; Mass media;

    Abstract : This thesis is a part of a Bachelor’s degree within the field of Media and Communication at the School of Education and Communication at Jönköping University in Sweden. It is based on a Minor Field Study accomplished from the 30th of October to the 17th of December 2006 in Kampala, Uganda, East Africa. READ MORE