Search for dissertations about: "Rural communities"
Showing result 1 - 5 of 105 swedish dissertations containing the words Rural communities.
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1. Women in rural communities : Peasants, patriarchy and the local economy in Northeast France, 1650-1789
Abstract : This dissertation investigates gender relationships and the role of women in French rural society in the seventeenth and eighteenth century from two different perspectives—economic and socio-legal. I not only show female peasants’ social importance as I demonstrate that they had a prominent role not only within their respective households but also within their communities, but I also demonstrate that women were not as passive and submissive as the traditional historiography and common assumptions have asserted. READ MORE
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2. Moved by the mountains : migration into tourism dominated rural areas
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3. Hybrid E-learning for Rural Secondary Schools in Uganda : Co-evolution in Triple Helix Processes
Abstract : For the last two decades, a number of policies aimed at increasing participation of female students in higher education have been implemented by Uganda Government. However, the participation of female students in the engineering courses in Makerere University, Uganda’s biggest University, has remained between 17% to 20% only. READ MORE
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4. Improving Health-seeking Behavior and Care among Sexual Violence Survivors in Rural Tanzania
Abstract : The aim of this thesis was to assess the effects of providing community education and training to healthcare workers to improve community response, healthcare and support for rape survivors in the Kilombero district of Tanzania. The overall design of the project was to begin with an exploratory study (Paper I) to establish the community’s perceptions towards sexual violence and their perceived recommendations to address this issue. READ MORE
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5. Small town, big move : Constructions of place in transiting mining communities
Abstract : The dissertation accounts for construction of place in mining communities as they undergo a major urban transformation. In the 2010s, urban centres in the northern Sweden mining communities of Gällivare and Kiruna entered a new execution phase of a large-scale transformation precipitated by ground subsidence caused by mining activities, a transformation that continues. READ MORE