Essays about: "local development and gender"

Showing result 16 - 20 of 123 essays containing the words local development and gender.

  1. 16. Looking into the black box: The roles of development workers in enhancing climate resilience and gender equality for ethnic minority women through the EmPower project in Vietnam

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för globala studier

    Author : Hong Hanh Nguyen; [2022-01-18]
    Keywords : feminist political ecology; development workers; climate change; gender equality; ethnic minorities; Vietnam;

    Abstract : The climate change-gender nexus has increasingly become the arena in which adaptation interventions take place. One such intervention is the EmPower program in the Asia-Pacific region by UN Women and UNEP. This research is a case study on how one program component on women’s renewable energy entrepreneurship is implemented in Vietnam. READ MORE

  3. 17. Heritage cereals : tasty and sustainable? : acceptance and important qualities of heritage cereals

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Urban and Rural Development

    Author : Malin Ekblad; [2022]
    Keywords : heritage cereals; consumer awareness; consumer acceptance; consumer preference; food quality;

    Abstract : Heritage cereals, a group of cereals that have not been subjected to modern crop breeding, have been getting attention due to their generally high genetic diversity, traits like high drought and disease tolerance as well as high nutritional values. Knowledge about how consumers relate to heritage cereals in Sweden is limited, and therefore this thesis aims to, firstly, explore acceptance, awareness and preferences among a specific consumer group; students in the agriculture program at the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, and, secondly, quality perception in relation to heritage cereals among consumers, bakers and retailers, in a Swedish context. READ MORE

  4. 18. EU Development Cooperation in MENA : Mainstreaming Gender In Media Development. Case study: Tunisia

    University essay from

    Author : Nabila Zayati; [2022]
    Keywords : ;

    Abstract : Following the increasing recognition of the media’s considerable potential to achieve gender equality and women’s empowerment, different media development interventions have been launched to fuel development cooperation efforts structured around a North-South binary. However, the dynamic interplay of forces behind these efforts puts the effectiveness and sustainability of their results into question. READ MORE

  5. 19. The gender equality and diversity gap in the transport sector : could the GaDAP-tool help and push systematic implementation?

    University essay from Linköpings universitet/Tema teknik och social förändring

    Author : Emma Frid Eriksson; [2022]
    Keywords : GaDAP-tool; Gender equality and diversity perspectives; Local level; Systematic implementation; Transport sector;

    Abstract : Gender equality and diversity (Ge&D) perspectives in the transport sector have been neglected within scientific research and policymaking processes for a significant time. Gender is somewhat considered, meanwhile diversity is seldom taken into account. READ MORE

  6. 20. Integrating feminist foreign policy and climate resilient development : Case study of socio-cultural configurations in Liberia

    University essay from KTH/Lärande

    Author : Martin Demmelmaier; [2022]
    Keywords : Socio-cultural configurations; Climate resilient development; Feminist foreign policy; Ethnography; Liberia; Informal settlements; Socio-economic disadvantaged communities; Embassy of Sweden; Climate adaptation; Marginalization; Social justice; Ecological masculinities; Environmental feminism; Gender as a social construction; Transforming masculinity norms; State-citizen relations; Female empowerment strategies; Land-ownership; Religious leaders; Sociokulturella konfigurationer; Klimatresilient utveckling; Feministisk utrikespolitik; Etnografi; Liberia; Informella bosättningar; Socioekonomiskt utsatta områden; Svenska ambassaden; Klimatadaptering; Marginalisering; Social rättvisa; Ekologiska maskuliniteter; Miljöinriktad feminism; Kön som en social konstruktion; Förändra maskulinitetsnormer; Stat-medborgare relationer; Strategier för kvinnlig egenmakt; Markägande; Religiösa ledare;

    Abstract : This thesis addresses the socio-cultural configurations in Liberia in relation to climate resilient development and feminist foreign policy carried out by the Embassy of Sweden in Monrovia. It builds on the intention to explore potential points of integration between the feminist foreign policy with the construction of climate adaptation capacity. READ MORE