Essays about: "power of youth"

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  1. 21. Impact of the Botkyrka Project on Gender Equality and Youth Participation : A Capability Approach Perspective on #UrbanGirlsMovement

    University essay from KTH/Hållbar utveckling, miljövetenskap och teknik

    Author : Vittorio Esposito; [2020]
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    Abstract : The #UrbanGirlsMovement Pilot Project in Botkyrka was aimed at implementing feminist urban planning at local level, in order to develop innovative solution to improve socio-economically vulnerable urban areas. By laying its foundation on feminist urban planning practices, co-creation and youth participation, this case study aims at examining the implementation and potential impacts of the Botkyrka Pilot Project and how it could have potentially influenced a transformation in the practices of institutions towards more inclusive urban planning. READ MORE

  3. 22. Protest Movements and the Climate Emergency Declarations of 2019: A New Social Media Logic to Connect and Participate in Politics

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för informatik och media

    Author : Joseph Doolen; [2020]
    Keywords : Social media logic; participatory culture; connective action; Twitter; climate change; political participation; collective action; identity; protest movements;

    Abstract : This thesis investigates the relationship between contemporary climate protest movements (Extinction Rebellion and Fridays For Future) and governmental bodies in European countries that declared a climate emergency in 2019. The primary contribution of this thesis is to demonstrate how emerging communication practices by these movements compare to the perceived influence of such practices among political decisionmakers in their governing bodies’ votes for a climate emergency declaration. READ MORE

  4. 23. Place, youth and memory as resistance : An ethnographic case study of discussions about impunity at Londres 38,espacio de memorias

    University essay from Stockholms universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Alexander Mattiasson Nazar; [2019]
    Keywords : Chile; Impunity; Collective Memory; Ethnography; Discourse Analysis; Chile; Straffrihet; Kollektivt minne; Etnografi; Diskursanalys;

    Abstract : ” You don’t talk about politics or football around the dining table” is a Chilean expression that well describes how the dictatorship (1973–1990) is attached to the societal soul, with people’s diversifiedrelationships to its legacy. For the outside world, Chile is a thriving democracy that got out of Pinochet’s iron grip, but for many Chileans, the transition to democracy has excluded demands for justice and a real influence. READ MORE

  5. 24. Assessing the Relationship between Christian Congregations and Teenagers Infected with HIV as Infants: a Qualitative Study in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

    University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för samhällsstudier (SS)

    Author : Marie Kristin Pauline Kalender; [2019]
    Keywords : HIV AIDS; teenagers; Christian; church; South Africa;

    Abstract : Problem: With 20% being infected, South Africa still has the highest HIV prevalence worldwide, implying a large number of children being infected as infant over the past decades. Nowadays, many of these infants are in their teenage years. Little research has been conducted about those adolescents. READ MORE

  6. 25. Education for Peace or Conflict? : A Case Study of Palestinian Refugee Communities in Lebanon

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

    Author : Caroline Kölegård; [2019]
    Keywords : education; resilience; mobilization; armed groups; Palestinian refugees; youth; Lebanon;

    Abstract : This thesis studies the effect of education on youth within vulnerable settings to resist joining armed groups. Two alternate causal mechanisms are derived from existing research. READ MORE