Blar i SAM - Master in International Social Welfare and Health Policy på emneord "VDP::Samfunnsvitenskap: 200::Kvinne- og kjønnsstudier: 370"
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A Study to Explore Single Mother’s Experiences in Raising their Children in Chibolya, Zambia.
(Master thesis, 2017)The objective of this thesis is to explore the situations and experiences of single mothers in raising their children in Chibolya, Zambia. The breakdown of family structure in developed, and recently in developing countries, ... -
Autonomy and Marriage: Impact on Mental health. A study on local Indian women in India and Indian immigrant women in Norway Oslo
(Master thesis, 2016)This thesis aims to understand the factors that contribute to poor mental health among local Indian women living in India and Indian immigrant women living in Norway. By focusing on the interplay of marriage and autonomy ... -
Being in control or being controlled? A qualitative study to explore women’s empowerment in Eastern Nepal
(Master thesis, 2016)The overall aim of this thesis is to explore women’s empowerment as a strategy for development. Awareness raising and changing power relations lay on the core of empowerment, and as such this thesis assesses, as part of ... -
Caste – the actual cost of empowerment? : Dalit women & NREGA - a study of the poverty, social exclusion & shame nexus
(Master thesis, 2012)This thesis seeks to examine the lives of rural Dalit women in private as well as public spheres. A theoretical framework of poverty, shame and social exclusion has been used to explore the objectives. The study goes further ... -
Dhaka Women - Negotiators for Gender Equality and Change A Critical Discourse Analysis about women, family and society in Bangladesh
(Master thesis, 2016)The situation of women in different societies and cultures is a much debated and contested field. Scholars, politicians and others have throughout history upheld different beliefs about women, female agency and what ... -
“If you look at me, you would think that I am a normal woman. However, I am almost like a pharmacy.” : a phenomenological study of nine immigrant women’s life experiences and understanding of chronic musculoskeletal pain
(Master thesis, 2013)This study utilized a phenomenological hermeneutical approach exploring the illness beliefs and the lived experiences of nine non-Western immigrant women with chronic pain living in Oslo, Norway. The background for this ... -
Organising domestic workers : for decent work and the ILO Convention No. 189
(Master thesis, 2012)Domestic work is the largest sector of female employment world-wide, yet it is extremely undervalued and unprotected by labour law. Exasperating this situation, the estimated one hundred million domestic workers world-wide ... -
The pull and push factors in the acceptability and use of contraceptives among women in the Kwabre-east district of Ghana.
(Master thesis, 2018)This study explores why some women are able to use contraceptives and why others are not able to use contraceptives in relation to pregnacies in the Kwabre East District of Ghana. The study employs the qualitative method ... -
The Women’s Empowerment in Agriculture Index - A measurement tool striving to make women’s empowerment a tangible and measureable concept
(Master thesis, 2016)This thesis assesses the effectiveness and practicality of the Women’s Empowerment in Agriculture Index (WEAI) based on two pilots that were conducted in Bangladesh and Uganda. Currently, there is a major gap in gender ... -
Therapeutic abortion in Nicaragua and El Salvador : a comparative study of this policy and its influence on maternal mortality and the UN Millennium Development Goals
(Master thesis, 2012)The total prohibition on therapeutic abortion is an issue that prevents the delivery of quality medical care to women that are pregnant. Subsequent maternal mortality is one of the outcomes on this policy. The aim of this ... -
Women in labor : a comparative study of family leave policy and social citizenship rights in the United States and Norway
(Master thesis, 2012)Six large national and international reports regarding health indicators for women and children and the provision of national family leave policies came out in the period of 2011 to 2012. These reports, some of which ...