Search for dissertations about: "Kitwe"

Found 3 swedish dissertations containing the word Kitwe.

  2. 1. Governing street and market vending in Kitwe, Zambia : Shifting rationalities and vendors' individual and collective agency

    Author : Lennert Jongh; Ilda Lindell; Andrew Byerley; Amin Kamete; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; urban informality; informal economy; street vendors; market vendors; vendors’ agency; urban space; collective organizing; vendors’ connections; gray spaces; government rationality; assemblage; Kitwe; Zambia; sub-Saharan Africa; Geography with Emphasis on Human Geography; geografi med kulturgeografisk inriktning;

    Abstract : This thesis studies the governing of street and market vending in the Zambian city of Kitwe. Street and market vending has often been studied in relation to neoliberal urban developments. Such studies have shown how governing practices are driven by ambitions to create “world-class cities” and to attract (international) investment. READ MORE

  4. 2. Between opportunities and risks : adolescent sexual and reproductive health in Zambia

    Author : Elisabeth Dahlbäck; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
    Keywords : Adolescents; premarital pregnancies; contraception; abortion; gender; Zambia;

    Abstract : Background: Adolescence is a dynamic period in life with both opportunities and risks related to the culturally constructed gender norms. Many adolescents in sub-Saharan countries, Zambia included, lack control over their own sexual and reproductive lives, due to factors such as gender inequality, poverty, and sociocultural and religious norms. READ MORE

  5. 3. Sexual and reproductive health services for young people in Kenya and Zambia : providers’ attitudes and young people’s needs and experiences

    Author : Linnéa Warenius; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
    Keywords : Adolescent sexual and reproductive health; attitudes of health professionals; religion; reproductive health services; Kenya; Zambia.;

    Abstract : Background: Unintended pregnancy, abortion and STI, including HIV are common sexual and reproductive health problems among young people in Kenya and Zambia. Yet, the reproductive health services are underutilised. Nurses and midwives are key providers in the promotion young people s sexual and reproductive health in Kenya and Zambia. READ MORE