Essays about: "women empowerment and cooperative"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 6 essays containing the words women empowerment and cooperative.

  1. 1. Integrating gender and environmental issues : A case study on gender mainstreaming within the organisation of WIEGO and their waste management projects in Brazil

    University essay from Jönköping University/Högskolan för lärande och kommunikation

    Author : Victoria Nordell; Elin Niklasson; [2021]
    Keywords : Waste Management; Environmental Challenges; Gender Mainstreaming; Feminist Political Ecology; FPE; Environmental Justice; Intersectionality; Women’s Empowerment; Gender Equality; Waste Pickers; Waste Picking; Recycling; Informal Sector; Brazil; WIEGO; Climate Crisis; Gender; Avfallshantering; Miljöfrågor; Gender Mainstreaming; Feministisk Politisk Ekologi; FPE; Miljörättvisa; Intersektionalitet; Women’s Empowerment; Jämställdhet; Avfallshanterare; Återvinning; Den informella sektorn; Brasilien; WIEGO; Klimatkrisen; Genus;

    Abstract : The world is facing a global waste crisis due to half of the waste produced not being collected, treated or safely disposed of. Waste not managed in a proper way causes air and water pollution and has negative health and social impacts on people living or working close to the waste. READ MORE

  3. 2. We are Women in Coffee!: An explanatory case study of Fairtrade’s gendered impact on female and male farmers of a Fairtrade certified Kenyan coffee cooperative

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för globala studier

    Author : Fanny Rölander; [2016-09-28]
    Keywords : ;

    Abstract : Due to globalisation, the world is becoming increasingly intertwined with complex global trade networks linking producers and consumers through largely unequal relationships. Fairtrade addresses this inequality by supporting the vulnerable producers. READ MORE

  4. 3. Who has the power, men or women? : A qualitative study about womens' farmers' cooperatives in Nicaragua and women's power

    University essay from Umeå universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Carolina Köhler de Castro; [2015]
    Keywords : Nicaragua; Cooperative; Women; Decision-making; Power; Postcolonial feminism; Farmers; Empowerment; Development; We Effect; Femuprocan;

    Abstract : The aim of this thesis is to investigate the power relations in women’s farmers’ cooperatives in Nicaragua, and to see if the women feel that they have power over their decisions and if they feel that their power has changed after joining the cooperative. The theory used in this thesis is postcolonial feminism theories of women empowerment and frameworks on development efforts to women. READ MORE

  5. 4. Sex-Disaggregated Budgets as Driver of Social Change? - Exploring the Effects of Sex-Disaggregated Budgets in a Guatemalan Context

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Sociologi

    Author : Martin Broms; [2012]
    Keywords : sex-disaggregated budgets SDBs ; Guatemala; cooperative; empowerment; Swedish Cooperative Center SCC ; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : The aim of the study was to examine the effects of sex-disaggregated budgets (SDBs) by looking at Guatemalan cooperatives. The method of the study was semi-structured interviews carried out with Guatemalan cooperative members and staff accessed through the Swedish Cooperative Center (Swedish development non-governmental organization). READ MORE

  6. 5. Microcredit and Empowerment of Rural Women Experience from Mbeya Region Tanzania

    University essay from Lunds universitet/LUMID International Master programme in applied International Development and Management

    Author : Sylvia Mambiu Shekilango; [2012]
    Keywords : Microcredit; women empowerment; rural women; Mbeya; Tanzania; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : A concern for the status of women particularly in the developing country‘s context has created global and national level initiatives with a goal to empower them. Compared to men, women lack economic opportunities, have limited access to productive and financial resources; moreover they also have minimal participation in the decision-making process. READ MORE