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The thesis analyzes how two NGOs working with female sex workers in India, Purnata and National Network for Sex workers, define and construct the problems they are trying to solve by using Carol Bacchi’s ‘What’s the problem represented to be?’ approach on discourse analysis. By analyzing written material from both of the NGOs, posts from their Facebook pages, and an interview with an employee from

Women in rural areas of South Africa battle with many structural issues, including unemployment, education and accessibility to health services, greatly delimiting family planning. However, socially constructed and internalized gender norms pose an additional and potentially greater barrier to family planning in traditional and patriarchal settings. This thesis aims to contribute to the growing re

Environmental Education [EE] was created in the pursuit of providing specific targets to promote environmental, knowledge, attitudes, skills, participation and creating the societal shift. India was perhaps one of the first nations to have internalized EE in primary school curriculums, however, its application is still far from flawless. Teachers have often been observed as they take a central rol

The gendered nature of impacts from climate change and disasters has become increasingly apparent. As such, this thesis analyses gender mainstreaming at the Development Cooperation Section of the Swedish Embassy in Bangkok with specific reference to its climate change and disaster risk reduction contributions in the Asia-Pacific region. Gender mainstreaming is contextualised within a wider theoret

Denna examensuppsats behandlar djurskydd ur ett rättsutvecklingsperspektiv från tiden innan vår tidräkning och fram till idag. Jag redogör för de ideologiska och filosofiska strömningar som lett fram till de olika förändringar som skett under århundradena. Människor har redan innan vår tidräkning haft filosofiska resonemang kring förhållandet mellan djur och människor. I uppsatsen analyseras hur lThis thesis investigates animal protection from a legislation development perspective from 400 B.C. to today. I describe the ideological and philosophical trends that have influenced the changes that have occurred throughout the centuries. People have for thousands of years had thoughtful discussions about the relationship between humans and animals. The thesis analyzes how the legislation has bee

Domestic workers are an essential part of Vietnam’s urban labour market. However, many are in informal employment, which means they lack needed legal and social protections. In 2014, legal protections were introduced to formalise domestic work in Vietnam. This study aims to increase understanding of the formalisation process of domestic workers in Vietnam. A framework that conceptualises formalisa

Fathers’ involvement (FI) in the education and development of their young children is a growing phenomenon. Research has shown that children with parents involved in shared reading exhibit stronger cognitive, social, and problem-solving skills (Betawi et al., 2014). Unfortunately, FI is still lacking in shared reading, especially in the Middle East and North Africa region. We Love Reading (WLR) tr

Since March 2017, when the EC allowed visa-free travel to the Schengen area for Georgian citizens, the member states warned about the sharp and continuous rise in the number of unfounded asylum seekers from Georgia. It became the subject of active discussion at the political level, as the visa-waiver deal with the EU is an important aspect of EU-Georgia relations. Even though the rising number of

How can critical pedagogy (CP) further Indigenous women’s sociopolitical agency and liberation? This case study is engaging with a CP project conducted by the Ecuadorian NGO GAMMA with Indigenous Saraguro women. Given its methodological approach, the project represents an interesting case for looking into alternatives to top-down and technocratic capacity building approaches within mainstream deve

By realizing the imbalanced focuses of Community Based Forest Management (CBFM) on livelihood improvement at community and household levels, this thesis specifically explores the impacts of CBFM on the livelihoods of forest-dependent poor households. By adopting the lens of exclusion, an analytical framework was established to connect three main concepts consisting of CBFM, exclusion and livelihoo

Designed as a case study, this thesis sheds light on women’s narratives about their experiences as home-based seamstresses working in the informal sector in Hanoi. It examines the ways in which social reproduction (SR) intersects with productive activities through the integration of paid work into the domestic space. It brings literature on informality and home-based work into conversation with fe

Poor menstrual health (MH) harms women in various ways globally, and therefore maintaining sufficient MH is vital. However, MH is not considered as a Human Right and is generally unprioritized, especially in resource poor areas. There is a prominent research gap on MH and in particular among women in different ages in rural areas. This study therefore aims to investigate the MH among mothers, in v

In recent years there has been a shift in discourse from ensuring universal primary education to focusing on the right to quality education. However, as millions of children remain out of school, this research brings back attention to this unresolved issue with an objective to increase the understanding of persistently low primary school attendance. Introduced in this research is an approach that

Higher education for refugees is garnering greater attention worldwide as a means of countering the negative effects of displacement, particularly in response to the Syria crisis. This thesis contributes to literature seeking to understand the psychosocial outcomes of higher education for refugees. Through the theoretical lens of subjective well-being, which prioritises individuals’ perceptions of

In opposition to most hydrological studies in Jordan, this study examines water from an interdisciplinary perspective with a particular focus on the social component. This qualitative case study was conducted over 9 weeks from December 2019 to February 2020. Extensive data was collected from various sources, while intensive data was collected through semi-structured interviews, focus groups, and o

Although the Bangsamoro peace-process in the Southern Philippines has been valued for its gender commitments and potential to build just and sustainable peace, discrimination of the Bangsamoro peoples and other minorities prevail. This thesis uncovers how women peace advocates understand social justice and its remedies in the context of the Bangsamoro peace-process, and which opportunities they ha

Inadequate water infrastructural development and high costs of water are few of the many challenges that affect water access in Kibera. Consequently, many alternatives to piped water grew out of necessity to meet the needs of residents. The aim of this thesis is to examine the conditions that have led to poor water provision in Kibera and how transitions to improved water access can be achieved by

This study explores gender identity, vulnerability, and agency in the lives of smallholder farmers, within the context of climate variability in Ky Anh, Central Vietnam. The study first explores how gender identity and power is constructed within everyday rural practices. It then examines how men and women experience differential vulnerabilities in relation to changes such as climate variability.

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According to the World Health Organization (WHO), antibiotic resistance is a serious threat to our society. Infections with multi-resistant bacteria are causing increased mortality and social costs. Few new drugs are in the pipeline and no prospective of significantly improving the situation seems to be present. Sialic acids are a wide family of acidic sugars found in the terminal position of gly