Essays about: "social welfare and social work in Africa"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 10 essays containing the words social welfare and social work in Africa.

1. 1. Gender-Based Violence: A feminist social work analysis on the processes and perceptions on seeking justice by the Domestic Violence Victim Support Unit at Mampong, Ghana.

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Graduate School; Lunds universitet/Socialhögskolan; Lunds universitet/Master of Science in Social Studies of Gender

   Author : Clinton Ofori Boateng; [2021]
   Keywords : Gender-Based Violence; Patriarchy; Ghana; Justice; Gender Equality; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : Gendered violence against woman and children has been in existence and predominant in various societies for a long period of time with its intensity varying from one factor to the other. Many nations around the world including Ghana in West Africa have measures and directives to mitigate of the persistent social menace and possibly eradicate it towards sustainable welfare and development for individuals in the country. READ MORE

3. 2. Challenges of Professional Integration: Experiences of non-EU Highly Skilled Professional Immigrants in Gothenburg, Sweden

   University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för socialt arbete

   Author : Joyce Awori; [2019-07-03]
   Keywords : Non-EU skilled Professional immigrants; experiences; Swedish labour market; employment; human capital; social capital and low skilled jobs;

   Abstract : Migration has been a global phenomenon. Sweden being one of the most industrious countries of Europe, with the best welfare system, Sweden has experienced considerable flow of both professional and nonprofessional immigrants. READ MORE

4. 3. From global North to global South : A qualitative study about Swedish social work students' international field training in South Africa

   University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för socialt arbete (SA)

   Author : Miranda Hörnquist; Nicole Stula; [2019]
   Keywords : Postcolonial; South Africa; Field traning; Social work student; International social work; Privilege;

   Abstract : In light of globalization, international social work from global North to global South is accelerating and the emphasis from Swedish universities on international experience among students has increased. Various scholars problematize the domination of the global North as theories and practice have historically been unquestionably transformed from so-called developed to developing countries. READ MORE

5. 4. The goats are my friends, my children, my everything! : a study of remote farmers and farm workers in Botswana and their attitudes to their goats

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

   Author : Anna Arvidsson; [2017]
   Keywords : political ecology; intersectionality; goats; power; livestock; passive resistance; agriculture; Botswana;

   Abstract : Through offering a variety of funding programmes, in recent years the government of Botswana has made an attempt to promote goat production, partly with the aim of alleviating poverty among the resource-poor rural population. Goat production is also emerging as an alternative for the non-poor, as the goat market is expected to grow and as goats are perceived as a good complement or alternative for cattle, as they are better adapted to the more frequent climate change-induced droughts expected in southern Africa. READ MORE

6. 5. Biomass utilization for energy purposes in Kenya : Fuel characteristics and thermochemical properties

   University essay from Umeå universitet/Institutionen för tillämpad fysik och elektronik

   Author : Natxo García López; [2016]
   Keywords : Bioenergy; Countries with developing economies; Wood; Agricultural residues; Thermochemical behaviour;

   Abstract : About forty percent of the world´s population, mostly inhabitants of countries with developing economies, rely on the traditional usage of biomass for energy purposes. The major negative consequences are environmental and health effects. READ MORE