Essays about: "power participation empowerment"

Showing result 21 - 25 of 55 essays containing the words power participation empowerment.

1. 21. Citizen participation within UK pension fund responsible investment decisions

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

   Author : Richard Sleight; [2018]
   Keywords : Responsible Investment; Investment; Pensions; Participation; Social Change; Development; Corporate Social Responsibility; UK; International Development; Power; C4D; Communication for Development; Communication;

   Abstract : Pensions funds represent the collective savings of millions of people and the decisions and actions they take can be greatly beneficial or detrimental to the global economy, society, and the lives of people around the world. The aim of this project is to investigate the possibilities of citizen participation in relation to responsible investment in UK occupational pension funds, and what the barriers and opportunities are for citizens, in this context pension holders, to participate in financial decisions made on their behalf. READ MORE

3. 22. Paths to Meaningful Youth Involvement at the International Climate Change Negotiations: Lessons from COP22 in Marrakesh

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för geovetenskaper

   Author : Larissa Kwiatkowski; [2017]
   Keywords : Deliberative Democracy; Agonistic Pluralism; Youth; Climate Change; Activism; Meaningful Involvement; Sustainable Development;

   Abstract : In the last decade, anthropogenic climate change has caused strong impacts on natural and human systems worldwide. It is of particular importance to include youths in the international decision-making process centred on climate change as they represent the closest living relatives to future generations. READ MORE

4. 23. A credit-plus approach : the way to increase women´s empowerment in microcredit? - Evidence from Colombia

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

   Author : Sara Eriksson; [2017]
   Keywords : ;

   Abstract : Does participation in microcredit programs lead to the empowerment of women? The answer is not clear-cut, and earlier studies report ambivalent results. The United Nations Sustainable Development Goals number 5 argues for the importance of finding paths to empowerment. READ MORE

5. 24. The Challenges of partnership in the light of citizens' participation - Linked to urban development at neighborhood scale, with the case BID Sofielund

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

   Author : Elin Lilja; [2017]
   Keywords : partnership; BID; citizen participation; community involvement; interface; power- relations; civic influence; empowerment; collaborative governance; urban development;

   Abstract : How people in a city should be governed has been discussed since ancient philosophy. The complexity of today's society can no longer be govern without the co-operations of actors. In recent years the shift from government to governance has created new governance spaces. READ MORE

6. 25. The World Bank on Empowerment in Liberian Project Evaluations: A Desk Review on Women’s Economic Empowerment in Liberia

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Sociologi

   Author : Josefin Hjertman; [2017]
   Keywords : Women; Empowerment; Liberia; Labour market; Feminist perspective; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : The World Bank is a key actor within development, continuously funding projects on women’s empowerment in countries world-wide; Liberia being one of them. Women and girls have been particularly affected by previous conflicts in Liberia, strongly impinging on their participation in the labor market still today (UN Women 2014). READ MORE