Essays about: "instrumental approach to empowerment"

Found 4 essays containing the words instrumental approach to empowerment.

1. 1. Why Educating Girls Is More Important? : Human Capital, Human Rights and Capability approaches to the Importance of Girls’ Education

   University essay from Stockholms universitet/Institutionen för pedagogik och didaktik

   Author : Sineka Jayasundara; [2023]
   Keywords : Girls’ education; human capital; human rights; capabilities; development agencies; critical discourse analysis; what is the problem represented;

   Abstract : Girls’ education is one of the main attributes that contribute to the development of a nation and society. The purpose of this thesis is to investigate how the girls’ education is discursively constructed by the development agencies promoting girls’ education. READ MORE

3. 2. The Grameen Bank and Beyond the Millennium Development Goals : Microfinance and Poverty Alleviation

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för geovetenskaper

   Author : Georg Strasser; [2014]
   Keywords : Sustainable Development; microfinance; Grameen Bank; poverty; Millennium Development Goals;

   Abstract : Inspired by the precedence of eradicating worldwide poverty and the unresolved discussion how to solve this problem, this paper attempts to illustrate how microfinance by the Grameen Bank can alleviate poverty beyond the Millennium Development Goals (MDG). These goals are arguably limited by the use of poverty lines and may not reflect the true level of poverty beyond quantifications. READ MORE

4. 3. Linking ‘big D’ and ‘little d’ in development. The Case of ActionAid Ethiopia in West Azernet Berbere District, Southern Nations Nationalities and Peoples’ Regional State, Ethiopia.

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Graduate School

   Author : Ephrem Asaye; [2013]
   Keywords : Participation; Empowerment; NGOs; Instrumental; Transformative; ‘Big D’; ‘Little d’; Development; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : The critics about poor performance of NGOs over the last two decades focuses on their inclination towards ‘big D’ development – project based intentional activity in health, education and water which has little intention to challenge existing power relation and social structures - and underlined the loss of transformatory edge of participation. Critics further urged NGOs to realign their orientation towards ‘little d’ development - process of enabling and empowering local people to claim, defend, influence and advocate for their own rights and interests. READ MORE

5. 4. Beyond Women Empowerment - Exploring Perceptions of Women Empowerment among Women and Men in Ukerewe, Tanzania

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Sociologi

   Author : Frida Bengtsson; [2011]
   Keywords : women empowerment; gender; agency; qualitative research; instrumental approach to empowerment; male participation; Social Sciences; Cultural Sciences;

   Abstract : This thesis is a qualitative case study regarding women empowerment, conducted during a two-month Minor Field Study in the island of Ukerewe, located in Lake Victoria, Tanzania. I aim to explore the term women empowerment through a critical lens whereby I problematize the instrumental understanding of women empowerment. READ MORE