Exploring coordination in a multi-agency partnership approach to prevention of gender-based violence in Zambia
This study identifies factors that fosters and hinders coordination among key agencies operating in one-stop centre in Zambia such as the police, health and social welfare that provide coordinated medical, social and legal services to the victims of gender-based violence. This is a primary qualitative study in which data was collected using interviews from participants…
Governing through development narrative in the era of ‘Africa Rising’
The findings of the study indicate that ‘mosaic’ planning, public participation and narratives of devolution are the mechanisms by which power operates in the field of development in Kisumu county. Master Thesis written at Lund University.
Refugee women’s economic empowerment through self-reliance?
This qualitative study focused on refugee women’s economic empowerment in Uganda, a country known for its progressive refugee policies built upon the notion of self-reliance. Master Thesis written at the University of Gothenburg.
In the eye of the storm
A gendered study on climate change adaptation in small-scale farming in Thái Bình, Vietnam. Vietnam is one of the countries in the world that is projected to be most impacted by climate change. Extreme weather events such as storms and floods are predicted to increase with the changing climate. As such, climate change adaptation is…
Toolbox for Local Governments to implement SDG#5 on Gender Equality
This policy brief summarizes the findings from our investigation into SDG#5, and the efforts to turn this global goal into local policies and practice in Bosnia-Herzegovina (BiH). It offers a toolbox for Local Governments to implement SDG#5 on Gender Equality in seven diffrent languages versions.
Outmigration, Development, and Global Environmental Change. A Review and Discussion of Case Studies from the West African Sahel
This working paper gives an overview over literature on emigration from the West Sahel, with a selective focus on resource-dependent livelihoods and how they are connected to outmigration from the Sahel, especially regarding Senegal and Niger. To complete the picture, we also cover some studies on urban population groups and regions beyond the Sahel, although…
Theories of Migration in and from Rural Sub-Saharan Africa: Review and Critique of Current Literature
This working paper presents an overview of the global literature on migration with a focus on rural areas. It discusses the general structure of the field of migration studies and outlines a typology of approaches found within this literature. Different theories on migration are examined. An interesting finding is the large amount of evidence confirming…
Our existence matters: Experiences and belonging of urban space
Our existence matters: Experiences and belonging of urban space from street hawkers perspective – a case study of La-Nkwantanang-Madina municipal area The study examines the experiences of street hawkers and contributes to the current but less represented debate on hawkers’ ways of appropriating the urban space through space modification and codification that serve greatly their…
Local Government and Migration: A Review of Literature and Media Narratives with focus on West African Sahel
Multiple questions are constantly asked about migration. What are the driving forces behind migration? What happens at the intersection of climate threats, social injustices and migration? Is migration a product of social structures or voluntary individual action? And in general, what is the role of local governments in relation to emigration? Many of these issues…
Political and Social Inclusion in Asian Cities – Indonesia Case Study
This study examines the relationships between local democracy and the barriers to political and social inclusion of marginalized communities in two cities, Bandung as an example of metropolitan city, and Surakarta to give the perspective of a middle-sized city. The research questions are: Since Indonesia has implemented decentralization reforms, basic service delivery is carried out…
