Search for dissertations about: "gender equality and women empowerment, economic development"

Found 3 swedish dissertations containing the words gender equality and women empowerment, economic development.

  2. 1. Promoting equality between women and men in bilateral development cooperation : Concepts, goals, rationales and institutional arrangements. Part One. Theory, practice and priorities for change. Part Two. Empirical studies in two sectors in Tanzania: Household water supplies and health development

    Author : Carolyn Hannan; Institutionen för kulturgeografi och ekonomisk geografi; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; water supplies; United Nations; Tanzania; organizational change; mainstreaming; institutional development; human geography; health development; feminist geography; Gender equality; bilateral development cooperation; women´s empowerment.; Social geography; Socialgeografi;

    Abstract : Gender equality has been on the development cooperation agenda for more than three decades. Bilateral agencies have developed policies, strategies, methodologies and tools to support achievement of this important goal. READ MORE

  4. 2. Challenging the gender paradox. women's collective agency in the transformation of Kerala politics

    Author : Monica Erwér; Göteborgs universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; gender and development studies; power empowerment; collective agency; women s interests; gender politics; autonomous feminist network; Left Women s Movement; left parties; Kerala; India;

    Abstract : The thesis investigates gender and power theoretically by linking the field of gender and development with the debates within social movement theory. It builds a framework on the concepts of Empowerment, Agency, Political Field, Organisational Structure, Framing Processes, and Women's Interests and Identities. READ MORE

  5. 3. Socioeconomic development initiatives and women’s welfare in rural Bangladesh

    Author : Rabiul Karim; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
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    Abstract : Background: Socioeconomic development initiatives (SDIs) are not only regarded as vehicles for poverty eradication but as promotion of women‟s welfare in terms of their economic independence, empowerment, and safety from domestic violence (DV), particularly in male-dominated low-income countries. It is often assumed that women‟s participation in SDIs will increase their income and independence. READ MORE