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1. 1. Dialling up women farmers’ empowerment vis-à-vis agriculture: Exploring the effects of mobile phones in rural India

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för kulturgeografi och ekonomisk geografi; Lunds universitet/LUMID International Master programme in applied International Development and Management

   Author : Vanessa Berghoff; [2021]
   Keywords : agriculture; agricultural development; agricultural transformation; India; feminisation; farmer; women farmer; gender equality; empowerment; rural livelihoods; rural development; mobile phones; mobiles; smartphones; technology; ICT4D; ICT4Ag; mixed methods; quantitative methods; qualitative methods; case study; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : Despite women being the backbone of the agricultural sector in India, the patriarchal agrarian system poses major obstacles and challenges specific to women farmers with consequences well beyond the individual. This research aims to explore how mobile phones can empower rural women vis-à-vis agriculture. READ MORE

3. 2. CAPABILITIES INSIDE FOUR WALLS : A qualitative field study on the capabilities and freedoms for women in a developing context challenging the approach of Amartya Sen

   University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för samhällsstudier (SS)

   Author : Olivia Jakobsson; Talvin Kaur Logani; [2019]
   Keywords : Amartya Sen; Martha Nussbaum; Feminism; Power; Capabilities; India; Women;

   Abstract : The ‘’capability approach’’, developed by the Indian economist Amartya Sen, has been widely used in the field of development and has contributed a perception of development that is different from the traditional understanding of it. Despite this, the theory has received a great amount of feminist critique and it has been concluded that the field lacks empirical data on how women in developing countries can be fully understood from the approach of Sen. READ MORE

4. 3. From mud to shampoo : conversions and empowerment among Santali women in India

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

   Author : Sofie Gerges; [2018]
   Keywords : empowerment of women; personal empowerment; Santals; Santali women; religion; Christianity; conversion; India;

   Abstract : The aim of this thesis is to study personal empowerment processes and theinfluence religion have in such processes. The theory of Naila Kabeer,Srilatha Baltiwala and Sara Mosedale has mainly been used as thetheoretical framework in this thesis. In order to study the influence ofreligion i.e. READ MORE

5. 4. "I expected a male reporter" : a qualitative interview-study of the Kerala working culture in media newsrooms

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Journalistik

   Author : Sofia Hermansson; [2017]
   Keywords : movements; femininity; embodiement; Gendered spaces; strategies; female empowerment; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : This thesis is a qualitative interview-study of the working conditions for female journalists within an Indian and Keralan context focusing on the female body and spaces. The study takes place in the Keralan society focusing on how women journalists cope with working in a traditional male dominated area and how the female body somehow is seen as an invader in the journalism field, based on pre-assumptions on sex and gender and female placement. READ MORE

6. 5. Feminist citizen media in India : A study of media strategies and feminist approaches in India of today

   University essay from Stockholms universitet/JMK

   Author : Helena Boman Brodie; [2016]
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   Abstract : This thesis is a qualitative analysis of conceptions of identity, media strategies and the work practices of six Indian feminist citizen media organizations. The main actors of these organizations have been interviewed to add knowledge regarding the complex character and phenomena of the feminist citizen media outlets working to raise awareness of gender equality in India. READ MORE