Essays about: "youth agency"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 40 essays containing the words youth agency.

  1. 1. Dreams, hope and future; An anthropological study about poverty and future plans among of vulnerable youth in Cape Town

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för globala studier

    Author : Gustav Carlsson; [2023-09-27]
    Keywords : Hope; Social mobility; Capital; Social suffering; Temporality; Potentiality;

    Abstract : This thesis is a result of Minor Field Studies (MFS) carried out in Cape Town, South Africa and funded by the Swedish public authority SIDA - Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency. South Africa struggles with poverty and has the greatest inequality in the world. READ MORE

  3. 2. “We don't need more forests; we need more real forests!” : A study about youths’ motivations and experiences protecting forests from deforestation in Sweden

    University essay from Linköpings universitet/Tema Barn

    Author : Marcus Olsson; [2023]
    Keywords : ;

    Abstract : In Sweden today, the forestry industry is criticized by environmental activist networks and organizations for using clear-cutting to harvest forests, which causes great harm to biodiverse-rich forests. Although youth voices are less represented in environmental politics, they find ways to affect these through their engagement in social movements. READ MORE

  4. 3. EXAMINING TRANSFORMATIONAL LEARNING FOR SUSTAINABILITY IN EDUCATION - AN AFRICAN PERSPECTIVE

    University essay from Blekinge Tekniska Högskola/Institutionen för strategisk hållbar utveckling

    Author : Promise Fornjum; Kayode John Oyedele; Adeola Oluwakunmi Azu; [2023]
    Keywords : Essential Components; Transformational Learning; Education for Sustainable Development;

    Abstract : Considering the rise in global sustainability challenges and most especially in a continent like Africa, these challenges could pose a grave danger to the population owing to the limited commitment towards sustainability. This requires a proactive and systematic approach in order to propagate Education for Sustainable Development (ESD) on the continent. READ MORE

  5. 4. A qualitative study on professionals’ perception of unaccompanied minors’ uniqueness and its impact on drug prevention

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

    Author : Amelie Hoffren; [2023]
    Keywords : Unaccompanied minors; drug prevention; professionals; uniqueness; vulnerability;

    Abstract : This thesis explores how professionals working with unaccompanied minors (UM) perceive the uniqueness of this group in relation to substance use and prevention. Findings from the study suggest that professionals’ perceptions of UM’s uniqueness could be divided into five themes: financial situation; age; contact persons and authorities; prolonged waits at the migration agency; and access to health care. READ MORE

  6. 5. Goggan, avocado plants and Stockholmskosher : Doing Jewishness in contemporary Sweden

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Sociologiska institutionen

    Author : Hanna Nir; [2022]
    Keywords : Jewishness; Jewish experience; doing Jewishness; practice theory; lived religion; Jewish life in Sweden; youth;

    Abstract : This study seeks to understand how young Swedish Jews experience their Jewishness in contemporary Sweden. Many have tried to understand Jewishness through surveys. However, this study uses a qualitative approach as well as the lens of lived religion and theories of practice to move focus to how people do their Jewishness. READ MORE