Essays about: "marginalized communities"

Showing result 21 - 25 of 51 essays containing the words marginalized communities.

  1. 21. INCLUDING HERSTORY IN HISTORY -A gender-based policy analysis of Participatory Rangeland Management in relation to Participation, Influence and Empowerment

    University essay from Örebro universitet/Institutionen för humaniora, utbildnings- och samhällsvetenskap

    Author : Aila Nilsson; [2020]
    Keywords : Participatory Rangeland Management PRM ; participation; influence; empowerment; women; gender-based WPR; feminist epistemology; development discourse;

    Abstract : This thesis examines how preparatory, policy and review documents of the Participatory Rangeland Management (PRM) in East Africa, problematize and represent the ‘problems’ which resulted in the design of the development program. The focus is on how these problematizations can hinder or facilitate participation, influence and empowerment of women and marginalized groups in decision-making processes. READ MORE

  3. 22. WOMAASHI (We press on): Communications and Activism in the Ada Songor Salt Women’s Association, Ghana

    University essay from Malmö universitet/Fakulteten för kultur och samhälle (KS)

    Author : Eibhlín Ní Chléirigh; [2019]
    Keywords : Activism; Women; Ghana; Land Rights; Solidarity; Social Movements;

    Abstract : The purpose of the project is to create a model for improved and expanded participation in an activist network, The Ada Songor Salt Women's Association (ASSWA) by enhancing communications. ASSWA is an organization of Brave Women (Yihi katseme) salt winners from the Songor lagoon area in south eastern Ghana. READ MORE

  4. 23. Practices for co-productive planning modes: Urban development in Cape Town : A case study based on the implementation of a design and building development incubator

    University essay from KTH/Urbana och regionala studier

    Author : Idil Warsame; [2019]
    Keywords : Co-production; spatial planning; housing; urban development; informal settlements; small-scale; local communities;

    Abstract : Together with a steadily increasing urban population, South Africa and the city of Cape Town is facing continuously expanding informal settlements and communities with no access to basic human services or adequate housing. There’s an urgent need to design, plan and implement alternative and creative approaches to help stimulate an equal, inclusive and sustainable urban development and strategic spatial planning. READ MORE

  5. 24. A greener peace: Ensuring environmental sustainability in post-conflict Colombia

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Internationella miljöinstitutet

    Author : Alejandro Valencia; [2019]
    Keywords : Deforestation; substitution of illicit crops; alternative development; environmental justice; glyphosate; Earth and Environmental Sciences;

    Abstract : Despite its small size Colombia hosts 10% of the planet’s biodiversity, in the over 53% of its territory which is covered by different types of tropical and Andean forests. However, decades of war have had devastating effects on the country’s environment, which is threatened with deforestation for the clearing for agriculture areas, mostly for illegal crops; as well as on its population, which has seen forced displacement of an estimated 8. READ MORE

  6. 25. Livet i mellanrummen : vardagslivet i en småort

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

    Author : Viktor Botvidsson; [2019]
    Keywords : community; plats; identitet; bruksanda; globalisering; vardagsliv;

    Abstract : Många småorter bär på en framgångsrik historia. De har ofta växt upp runt en lokal industri, en järnväg eller varit centrum för landsbygdskommuner. Inträdet i en ny tid präglad av globalisering och konsumtion har dock gjort dem marginaliserade och istället har de blivit monu-ment för en tid som inte längre är. READ MORE