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Bargaining with Heteronormativity: Elaborations of Transsexual Experiences in Turkey
(Master thesis, 2009-05-25)After gaining legal status in 1988, Turkey's transsexual people have become more visible. Especially in the music sector, transsexual stage performers have gained considerable popularity. However, there is limited opportunity ... -
Beyond parity: Understanding the construction of gender identity and gender relations in two secondary schools in Dhading district, Nepal
(Master thesis, 2014-05-26)A majority of academic and non-academic studies and debates on gender and education at international and national level centers around gender parity in education. Thus this study is an attempt to move beyond this vantage ... -
Challenges of pursuing schooling for former street and working children - The voices of adolescent girls in Bangalore, India
(Master thesis, 2013-05-30)India signed the Right to Education Act' in 2009. However, national policies in India do not always acknowledge the most vulnerable groups, in particular the group of street and working children and girls. This study is ... -
Child trafficking in Tanzania: Experiences of Trafficked Girls in Dar es Salaam
(Master thesis, 2011-05-13)This study focuses on the experiences of trafficked children in Tanzania. Trafficking of children deprives them of human rights and freedoms; it may also pose a public health risk. Migration of children who are fostered ... -
Citizenship, Gender and Work. Processes of exclusion and inclusion among married female migrants in Shanghai
(Master thesis, 2011-05-31)China has during the last couple of decades developed from a socialist to a more market oriented society. The country has experienced economic growth on a large scale, and is predicted to be the world's largest economy in ... -
Communicating Gender in the field of HIV/AIDS prevention: A contemporary study of gender as a category in HIV/AIDS prevention in the Dominican Republic
(Master thesis, 2010-05-10)This study is exploring the category of gender in the field of HIV/AIDS prevention. It has been done research on two Dominican organisations and how they communicate gender in their HIV/AIDS preventive strategies. R.Connell's ... -
Connectedness with Mangrove forest "Sundarbans": Perceptions and Behaviors of the forested community 'Shora' in Bangladesh
(Master thesis, 2013-05-31)The recurrence of environmental calamities is causing the degradation of the Sundarbans' forest in Bangladesh. The thesis aims to discover the forest societies' perceptions and behaviors about the Sundarbans,' considering ... -
Employment Opportunity and Women's Empowerment. A Study with Special Reference to Immigrant Women in Bergen
(Master thesis, 2013-05-30)Gender injustice towards women in societies is the basic reason for deprivation of women from expanding their abilities to make strategic life choices. Even today, we can find female oppression in many societies ranging ... -
Fatherhood in an Intergenerational Perspective - The case of Georgia
(Master thesis, 2015-06-01)The study explores Georgian fathers' perceptions on fatherhood and identifies their everyday fathering practices. Considering that fatherhood is a fluid concept, the research explores what a good father" is according to ... -
Fishing Communities: gender, economic life, and welfare regimes.
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Flood and socio-economic vulnerability. New challenges in women's lives in northern Pakistan
(Master thesis, 2013-05-31)There is growing concern regarding issues related to Climate change like periodic floods, earthquakes, cyclones, melting glaciers and so on. Pakistan was extremely hard hit by the flash flooding in 2010, which occurred due ... -
Food Security, Gender and Community Relations. Challenges and Strategies of Rural Women in Goncha Siso Enese Woreda, Ethiopia, and the Role of the Productive Safety Net Programme in Empowering Women.
(Master thesis, 2013-11-19)The study was designed to explore Food security, gender and community relations. Challenges and strategies of rural women in Goncha Siso Enese Woreda,Ethiopia, and the role of the Productive Safety Net Programme in empowering ... -
"I own that house and I believe in myself as a woman". The contribution of the National Agricultural Advisory Services (NAADS) Programme to Women's Empowerment: A case of Lwankoni sub-county in Uganda.
(Master thesis, 2011-05-30)The government of Uganda, in its endeavours to reduce poverty by empowering women, has since 2001 been implementing the National Agricultural Advisory Services (NAADS) programme. NAADS is aimed at enhancing rural livelihoods, ... -
"If you look beautiful, the world would be yours" Does cosmetic surgery lead to gendered empowerment in Bangladesh?
(Master thesis, 2015-08-14)This study tries to explore the interrelated dynamics among patriarchy, cosmetic surgery and empowerment. While poverty, poor health accessibility and gender inequality are common problems in Bangladesh, a growing number ... -
Life in a witch camp. Experiences of residents in the Gnani Witch Camp in Ghana
(Master thesis, 2013-05-29)One of the features of Ghanaian culture, which also form the worldviews of many Ghanaians, is the belief in and practice of witchcraft. Beliefs in and practices of witchcraft in Ghana cut across the geographical north as ... -
Livelihoods of female-headed households in Namuwongo slum, Kampala Uganda.
(Master thesis, 2015-05-31)This study focuses on the livelihoods of female-headed households (FHHs) in Namuwongo slum in Kampala Uganda. The trajectory of FHHs to Namuwongo slum, their livelihood challenges, and their livelihood strategies for ... -
Men's Involvement in Maternal healthcare in Accra, Ghana. From Household to Delivery Room
(Master thesis, 2013-05-31)Mid-way through working towards the Millennium Development Goal (MDG) five, which is concerned with improving maternal health, the international health community now realises that the goal is impossible to achieve without ... -
Microfinance schemes and poverty reduction among women in the northern region of Ghana : A Study of an NGO and a Rural Bank
(Master thesis, 2011-05-31)In Ghana like in other developing countries, microfinance has been acknowledged as a pro-poor development intervention because of its special programme models in meeting the special needs of the poor especially women. The ... -
The Nicaraguan Women's Movement after the comeback of the Revolutionary Heroes: Preventing and Responding to Violence against Women
(Master thesis, 2011-05-31)This thesis analyses the increasingly difficult situation for the Nicaraguan women‟s movement after the comeback of the heroes of the Revolution. I comparatively explore two women‟s organizations‟ goals, strategies and ... -
Paralegal Services and the Fight Against Gender-Based Violence and Other Gendered Injustices in Tanzania, The Case of Women's Legal Aid Centre (WLAC)
(Master thesis, 2013-05-30)Gender-based violence (GBV) is a key dimension which has brought attention across gender stakeholders in Tanzania regarding its prevalence. It is a phenomenon which we face every day from household levels to national levels. ...