Essays about: "women education in india"

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  1. 11. Environmental Education and Gender: Voices from India and Brazil

    University essay from Södertörns högskola/Institutionen för naturvetenskap, miljö och teknik

    Author : Analice Nogueira Martins; [2016]
    Keywords : Gender; education; environment; India; Brazil; NGO; Paulo Freire;

    Abstract : Dramatic changes in the environmental patterns represent a threat to human beings and life on this planet. However, due to differences in the social roles and rights between women and men, a gender perspective is essential to understand how these changes in the environment are affecting individuals in their societies. READ MORE

  3. 12. The power of parents´aspiration - A project evaluation in rural India

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för nationalekonomi med statistik

    Author : Alexandra Sundberg; [2015-02-06]
    Keywords : ;

    Abstract : The objective of this thesis is whether women accessing education and credit affect her and her husband’s aspiration concerning their child’s future age of marriage, preferred occupation and educational attainment. By measuring the effect of a Self Help Group (SHG) project in Tamil Nadu, India, it is shown that microfinance+ does affect fathers’ aspiration for their children’s future age of marriage. READ MORE

  4. 13. Thousands of plant breeders: women conserving in situ crop genetic resources : a case study in the Medak District of Telangana, Southern India

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of People and Society

    Author : Christopher Bradburn; [2014]
    Keywords : landrace; seeds; conservation; in situ; traditional; genetic resources; plant breeding; peasants; women; systems thinking; climate change;

    Abstract : This study focuses on in situ conservation of landrace crop varieties in the Medak district of the southern Indian state, Telangana. The objective of this work was to investigate two main questions: 1) Under what unique conditions are smallholder peasant farmers willing and able to continuously grow local, landrace crops? 2) What characterises the women farmers who grow local landrace crops in this district of landrace crop origins? A Systems Thinking methodology was used to develop and analyse the data. READ MORE

  5. 14. preliminary study of a Water, Hygiene and Ecological Sanitation project in a rural village in Bihar state of India.

    University essay from KTH/Mark- och vattenteknik

    Author : Abhilash Salimath; [2014]
    Keywords : Sanitation; Open Defecation; CompostEra; MHM; Ecosan; PAR;

    Abstract : There are 2.6 billion people who have no access to "improved sanitation" all over the world, of which 814 million people live in India. As a result of this, people resort to open defecation and this causes serious damage to the people‟s health and also pollutes the surrounding environment. READ MORE

  6. 15. Law and Culture in Conflict: A Legal Study of Dowries and Domestic Violence

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Juridiska institutionen

    Author : Sofie Lindholm; [2013]
    Keywords : Ämnesord: komparativ rätt comparative law Nyckelord: dowries; hedervåld; komparativ rätt; kvinnors mänskliga rättigheter; internationella mänskliga rättigheter; kultur; nationell lagstiftning; staters ansvar; våld i hemmet. Keywords: comparative law; culture; domestic violence; domestic legislation; dowries; honour-violence; international human rights; state responsibility; women’s human rights.; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : Våld mot kvinnor är ett av de mest allvarliga brotten mot internationella mänskliga rättigheter i världen. Det bekräftar underordningen av kvinnor, den patriarkatiska normgivningen och den otillräckliga implementationen av mänskliga rättigheter. Det här arbetet utreder vad våld i hemmet består av i Indien och i Sverige. READ MORE