The under-representation of women in public decision-making in Peru has reaffirmed the need for further studying the reasons for low representation. This study focuses on the case at the lowest level of the Peruvian Judiciary: the Justices of the Peace (JoP) who judge cases in their community based on the knowledge of the specific sets of values in the community. The study shines light on the (und

Covid-19 has served as a magnifying lens to the globally prevailing issue of domestic violence against women. This qualitative case study examines why domestic violence against women prevails in Pakistan, what factors have led to its increase during Covid-19, and how have civil society organizations responded to this issue. Primary data was collected through online interviews with 11 civil society

Climate migration is an emerging topic of research and policymaking in the region of Asia and the Pacific. Migration in the context of climate change is mediated by social, political, and historical factors not solely dependent on the impacts of climate change. Also, migration, including climate migration, is a socially unequal process and has differential impacts on people based on their identity

Efforts to empower Albanian women and strengthen their participation in decision-making in local Forest and Pasture Users’ Associations (FPUAs) have been undertaken by the Environmental Services Project, including implementing the Gender Action Plan. The phenomenon of women’s agency and participation in decision-making in this local setting is examined in this study by answering the following: (I)

Social inequalities predominantly shape the population's health outcomes. Especially, basic social structures are the fundamental causes of determinants of health. Meanwhile, there are active intermediary factors of the social determinants of health introduced by the Commission on Social Determinants of Health. This study aims to examine those factors, alongside a fundamental cause perspective

The study examines pleasure-inclusive CSE within the case of RFSU and their partner organizations and their experiences of challenges and possibilities with CSE implementation and its cultural sensitivity. Experiences in both formal national CSE curricula such as in school- settings, and non-formal settings which reach out-of-school youth, such as in community centres or faith-based organizations,

Objectives. Armenia demonstrates disastrous environmental and human health outcomes in mining-reliant regions with high indicators of environmental pollution, loss if biodiversity, and degraded human health caused by mining and processing activities. The study investigates the negative environmental and health impacts of such activities in Lori, Armenia to understand the neglected aspects, whic

The Logical Framework Approach (LFA) has been a prevailing project management tool in the international development sector for decades, largely driven by donors. However, few studies have analysed its use from the practitioner perspective. The few studies done on the topic flag several issues with LFA, and some also suggest alternatives. Sweden is a leading actor in the development aid sector, and

The purpose of the thesis is to examine the gender perception of a project designer, project implementers, and beneficiaries in disaster risk reduction (DRR) projects in Cambodia. This thesis studies a specific DRR project called the Adaptive and Resilient Communities (ARCII) project of a Swedish non-government organization (NGO), and the local partner in Cambodia. The research questions are as fo

This thesis aims to contribute to the growing concept of Digital Financial Inclusion by exploring the challenges that Microfinance Institutes (MFIs) experience to provide financial services to the unbanked population in Bangladesh. Though there is an emergence of digital financial services provided by the commercial banks based on the infrastructural development initiative taken by the Bangladeshi

Civil society is an integral part of reaching sustainable development, and a cornerstone in democratic societies. The aim of this study is to investigate how Swedish donors and local partners work with civic space in Liberia, specifically challenges related to civic space. It also examines strategies Swedish donors and their local partners apply to overcome these challenges. The study has a qualit

Despite progress over the last decades, East Africa has one of the highest ratios of preventable maternal mortality in the world. This qualitative case study sheds light on Midwife-Led Care (MLC) in Ethiopia, Kenya, Malawi and Somalia. MLC is a model of care associated with improved health outcomes and enhanced utilization of health systems resources. Nevertheless, the model is not properly integr

It is increasingly recognised that the urgent need for more climate-adapted, context-appropriate and sustainable agro-food systems requires fundamental and crosscutting transformations. Alternative Food Initiatives (AFIs) have been proposed as one actor advancing transformation from the bottom up. This thesis contributes to existing research on AFIs relating to if and how they propose viable alter

Det övergripande syftet med uppsatsen är att undersöka och analysera de aktiebolagsrättsliga kapitalbristreglerna. Inledningsvis ger uppsatsen en övergripande bild av reglernas konstruktion. Fokus läggs sedan på den sen-aste rättsutvecklingen som skett på området med avseende ansvarsperiodens upphörande. Eftersom den senaste rättsutvecklingen bl.a. berört förhållandet mellan kapitalbristreglerna oThe overall purpose of the essay is to investigate and analyze the capital deficiency rules in the Swedish Companies Act. Initially, the essay provides an overall picture of the rules' construction. The focus is then placed on the latest legal developments that have taken place in the area regarding the expiry of the liability period. Since the most recent legal development concerned the relat

Romana mors (=Roman death) was the expression the Romans used for suicide since the Latin word suicidium didn’t exist in classical Latin and didn’t appear until the late Middle Ages. Such deaths were common among the upper classes in the 1st century B.C. and A.D., the two periods which I have drawn material from, and were considered as a noble way to end one’s life, a turning-point being Cato’s su

The aim of this bachelor thesis is to analyze advertising pictures from the high end brand Chanel in order to find myths surrounding their products. The images are chosen from when Karl Lagerfeld and Coco Chanel were creative directors, in order to find how the myths about Coco Chanel have been communicated over time and have helped the fashion house Chanel become successful within the industry. T

Ethiopia produces 86% of its electricity from hydropower source, still they experience frequent power shortages. As they are part of the East African Power Pool, this power shortage is usually made up for by buying energy from other members of the pool. Forecasting the energy available for usage in the future allows Ethiopia to buy energy ahead of time when prices are low, but also to sell surplus

Even though flying is the most unsustainable mode of transport due to its high contribution to global climate change (global warming), it is widely used and is predicted to increase considerably in the future. This goes against the global goal to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emission in order to reach the two-degree target set in the Paris Agreement. I am addressing this problem by looking into the

The white blood cell count and differential is an important part of diagnosing a number of medical conditions. Instead of doing this by manual microscopy, CellaVision’s technology has automated the process of finding and classifying white blood cells. To support a diagnosis it is desired that the system can produce cytoplasm-to-nucleus-ratio. This ratio is calculated from a segmented image where t

One of the main challenge’s society faces today is climate change caused by CO2 due to the de-pendence on fossil fuels. To combat the increasing CO2 levels there is a need to develop renewable fuels. One such fuel could potentially be derived from lignin. In this thesis, lignin derived from a pulp and paper mill was first treated and cleaned. The lignin was then processed by catalytic hydroproces