Essays about: "poverty and social exclusion target"

Found 4 essays containing the words poverty and social exclusion target.

  1. 1. Fire Risk and Vulnerability in Urban Informal Settlements in Metro Manila

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Avdelningen för Riskhantering och Samhällssäkerhet

    Author : Darlene Rini; [2018]
    Keywords : Urban fire risks; informal settlement fires; urban fire risk management; GIS; URDI; urban disasters; risk indexing; fire statistics; Metro Manila; Quezon City; Science General;

    Abstract : Urban fires, particularly in informal settlements in rapidly urbanizing cities in the developing world, are an “everyday disaster” that oftentimes goes unnoticed or under-served in the face of disturbances of the more “lethal reputation”. These disturbances of normal existence are arguably the most debilitating to vulnerable communities and sustainable development, and yet get little attention in disaster literature or in practice. READ MORE

  2. 2. Being damned if you do and damned if you don't - a qualitative study about the life situation of Romanian women who beg in the streets of Malmö.

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Socialmedicin och global hälsa

    Author : Matilda Ottelid; [2017]
    Keywords : Begging; Migration; Agency; Coping Strategies; Discrimination; Exclusion; Poverty; Sweden; Malmö; Health Equity; Socio-Economy; Social Determinants of Health; Mental Health; Health; Public Health; Romania; Romanians; Romas; Roma; EU migrants; Vulnerable EU citizens; Beggars; Harassment; Homelessness; Unemployment; anti-Gypsyism.; Medicine and Health Sciences;

    Abstract : Title: Being damned if you do and damned if you don’t - a qualitative study about the life situation of Romanian women who beg in the streets of Malmö. Background: Health is unevenly distributed within and among the countries of the world, and usually follows a population’s socio-economic status. READ MORE

  3. 3. Poverty and Social Exclusion Target. Europe 2020 Strategy Too Much Actor Diversity For Consensus?

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Andrea Locke; [2014]
    Keywords : Europe 2020; poverty and social exclusion target; diversity; welfare regimes; civil society; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : The purpose of this thesis is to question the cause of the lack of consensus surrounding Europe 2020s poverty and social exclusion target – to lift 20 million people out of poverty and social exclusion. The target was a major development for the European Union’s social dimension. READ MORE

  4. 4. The "Unwilling Parent"

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Graduate School

    Author : Nora Wegner; [2012]
    Keywords : welfare regime theory; commercial sex; Uganda; exclusion; HIV AIDS; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : Understanding and assessing the existing welfare structures and patterns in developing countries is essential for the aim of eradicating poverty around the globe. In this case study welfare patterns, accessible by female commercial sex workers operating in a slum area of Kampala, Uganda are investigated. READ MORE