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  1. 1. Menstrual Blood, Sweat and Tears: A Qualitative Study on Women’s Menstrual Health Management at Workplace Settings in Maputo, Mozambique

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Graduate School

    Author : Ellinor Berglund; [2023]
    Keywords : menstrual health management; Mozambique; decent work; gender equality; socio-ecological model of health.; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : Equal participation in safe and decent work is a crucial factor for achieving gender equality. Despite this, gender-based obstacles remain as workplaces often fail to ensure the human rights, health, and general wellbeing of their employees, with menstrual health being an especially neglected aspect of the gendered workplace experience. READ MORE

  3. 2. From Conflict to Crisis : Investigating the long-term effects of conflict on public health and the burden of disease attributable to environmental risks

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för freds- och konfliktforskning

    Author : Cecilia Natalie Strom; [2023]
    Keywords : conflict; conflict impact; public health; burden of disease; environmental risk; WASH;

    Abstract : This thesis investigates, if the exposure to conflict impacts the level of morbidity attributed to environmental risks, while addressing a gap in understanding the triple nexus between conflict, environmental hazards, and public health. Utilizing a subset of the Global Burden of Disease Study dataset, the variation of the rate of disability-adjusted life years (DALY) attributable to unsafe access to water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) due to conflict is examined. READ MORE

  4. 3. Assessment Based on Indicators of the Sustainable Development Goals in Spain : A Data Science Approach

    University essay from KTH/Maskinkonstruktion (Inst.)

    Author : Carlos de Miguel Ramos; [2020]
    Keywords : SDG; correlation; regression; SDG; korrelation; regression;

    Abstract : The global sustainable development has been marked by the United Nations plans for more than two decades. These plans have been adopted by most of the developed and developing countries to achieve the 2030 Agenda, currently formed by the 17 Sustainable Development Goals. READ MORE

  5. 4. Sustainable life, not sustainable development - “Other” epistemologies in sanitation policy in Rural Brazil : The case of Brazil’s National Program for Rural Sanitation

    University essay from Linköpings universitet/Institutionen för tema

    Author : Layla Nunes Lambiasi; [2020]
    Keywords : sanitation; rural; Brazil; PNSR; decolonization; political ecology.; saneamento básico; rural; Brasil; PNSR; decolonização; ecologia política;

    Abstract : Despite decades of global efforts to provide the whole of the world’s population with appropriated water and sanitation, these remain one of the biggest challenges of our time, with the gap being even greater in rural areas. Commonly dominated by technological and managerialist solutions, the field of water and sanitation have been subject, since its origins, to rationalities grounded in western knowledge. READ MORE

  6. 5. Assessing individual water and sanitation insecurity : A novel tool to track universal access, the case of Mukuru informal settlements in Nairobi.

    University essay from KTH/Hållbar utveckling, miljövetenskap och teknik

    Author : Adriana Lucia Soto Trujillo; [2018]
    Keywords : SDG 6 monitoring; water and sanitation insecurity; informal settlements;

    Abstract : Securing universal, safe, inclusive and affordable water and sanitation services, as targeted by SDG 6, is a challenge for urban settings. Particularly in informal settlements of Mukuru, Nairobi, were its crowded population, insecure land tenure and location in areas prone to environmental hazards places their inhabitants at greater risk of water and sanitation insecurity. READ MORE