Essays about: "youth in society"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 167 essays containing the words youth in society.

  1. 1. Fighting Stereotypes and Empowering Roma Youth through Participatory Film : A Case Study Based on a Participatory Film Project Conducted in the Roma Community in Glasgow, Scotland

    University essay from Malmö universitet/Institutionen för konst, kultur och kommunikation (K3)

    Author : Katarzyna Dlugosz; [2024]
    Keywords : communication for development; participatory video; video for social change; Roma; young people; self-representation; stereotype; community; transformation; empowerment;

    Abstract : The Roma community has long been subjected to negative stereotypes and misrepresentations in the public sphere, leading to discrimination and prejudice. Roma youth in Glasgow, Scotland, supported by the Roma-led organisation Romano Lav, have taken an active role in challenging these negative portrayals through a participatory film project. READ MORE

  3. 2. Working with Mentors in Violence Prevention: The experiences and understandings of professionals

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för socialt arbete

    Author : Meron Temesgen; [2023-02-08]
    Keywords : Mentors in Violence Prevention MVP ; Youth; Social Norms; Hegemonic Masculinity; Bridging and Bonding;

    Abstract : The purpose of this study was to explore the experiences and analyse the understanding the professionals’, who work with youth at one of the schools where Mentors in Violence Prevention (MVP) was implemented, have of their work. Particular emphasis was made on the professionals’ own positioning in relation to the gender theoretical starting points and structural perspective of the MVP-programme. READ MORE

  4. 3. Education, Employability and Imagining the Future: A Minor Field Study of Goals and Motivations in a South African Small-Scale Development Programme

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Sociologi

    Author : Melina Pettersson; Julia Rönnbäck Finocchio; [2023]
    Keywords : Youth unemployment; Development; Education; Inequality; South Africa; Employability; Horizons of opportunity; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : South Africa is one of the most unequal countries in the world, and that shows in the distribution of opportunities amongst South Africans. In the face of political failures to deliver improvements for unemployed youth NGO projects become more important avenues for young people to acquire resources needed to improve their lives. READ MORE

  5. 4. The Violent and Dangerous Suburb : A Qualitative Study of Suburban Youth View of Exclusion, Suburbs, and Suburban Problems

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

    Author : Iman Brkic; [2023]
    Keywords : Suburb social problems;

    Abstract : This study examines the perspectives of five young individuals on marginalization, suburbs, and suburban issues. All participants are male and between the ages of 16 and 20 years old, residing and growing up in the suburb of Nydala in Malmö County. READ MORE

  6. 5. HASSELA SKÅNE OUTPATIENT CARE : MAPPING RISK FACTORS WITHIN A CRIMEPREVENTION INTERVENTION

    University essay from Malmö universitet/Fakulteten för hälsa och samhälle (HS)

    Author : Simone Rothe; [2023]
    Keywords : Children; Crime prevention intervention; Norms; Risk factors; Social vulnerability; Youtths;

    Abstract : Crime prevention is taking action early before serious problems arise. Waiting for a problemto arise is costly, inefficient and worse for the individual and society. Nevertheless, much ofthe preventive work today is devoted to intervening in individuals with obvious and numerousrisk factors. READ MORE