Essays about: "india ngo"

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  1. 1. Changing Tides and Navigating Uncertainty : An ethnographic study of NGO resilience in coastal South India

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Teologiska institutionen

    Author : Emma Berglund; [2023]
    Keywords : NGO; India; Localisation; Resilience; India; Blue Economy; Community centered practice;

    Abstract : What makes an non-governmental organisation (NGO) agile and resilient towards changes, pressures or uncertainties at community, state or macro-political level? By adopting a single case study based on semi-structured interviews and fieldwork, this thesis will dive into the life-world of a community-based NGO based in Nagapattinam, Tamil Nadu. Social Needs Education and Human Awareness (SNEHA) has since founding in the 1980s had a strong rights-based identity and evolved through various phases of community organising, disaster relief work, evidence-based advocacy and upholding of fisher communities traditional and customary rights. READ MORE

  3. 2. Of Legal Mobilisation and Active Citizenship: Examining NGO Litigation in India to Eradicate Manual Scavenging

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Rättssociologiska institutionen

    Author : Alena Kahle; [2022]
    Keywords : active citizenship; Dalit rights; legal mobilisation; litigation; manual scavenging; neoliberal governance; public interest litigation; sanitation; Social Sciences; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : For decades, manual scavengers – people cleaning and engaging with human faeces as part of the sanitation chain, most of whom are Dalits – in India have been protesting against the severe health risks and exploitation associated with their work. Despite the enactment of stricter laws and high-profile court cases and wins, manual scavenging persists rampantly. READ MORE

  4. 3. TO EMPOWER OR TO STOP STIGMATISATION? - THE WORK OF THE SHAKTHIDHAMA WOMEN’S REHABILITATION AND DEVELOPMENT CENTER WITHIN INDIAN SOCIETY

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

    Author : Klara Levin; [2019]
    Keywords : Empowerment; Gender equality; India; Karnataka; Shakthidhama; Social work; Stigmatisation;

    Abstract : Denna studie undersöker hur pass stor inverkan socialt arbete för empowerment kan ha för individers livsvillkor, om dessa individer samtidigt utsätts för stigmatisering. Syftet med studien är att få en djupare förståelse för hur och i vilken utsträckning de verksamma på Shakthidhama women’s rehabilitation and development center finner det möjligt att förverkliga deras vision att stödja utsatta kvinnor att återfå sin ”dignitet och jämställdhet i samhället”. READ MORE

  5. 4. NGOs, EDUCATION & ACCOUNTABILITY

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Sociologi

    Author : Paulina Dahl; [2017]
    Keywords : Accountability; NGO; Education; India; Poverty Reduction; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : During the last three decades, the number of NGOs within the educational field in India has increased dramatically due to the Indian government struggling with providing free quality education. NGOs in India have been praised for their contribution to development, but also criticized for inefficiency and lack of accountability. READ MORE

  6. 5. Participatory Budgeting in Pune: "My City, My Money"? : An NGO Perspective on Inclusion and Participation

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Företagsekonomiska institutionen

    Author : Malherbe Malherbe; [2017]
    Keywords : Participatory Budgeting; Pune; Social Inclusion; Social Exclusion; Participation;

    Abstract : Since the development and implementation of Participatory Budgeting (PB) as a democratic process adhering to civic improvement demands through municipal budget allocations, it promised great potential as a governance tool. Its core intentions are inclusion, participation and the redistribution of wealth to serve vulnerable members of society. READ MORE