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The Implementation of the Convention on the Rights of the Child – A study of 3 municipalities in Sweden: Örebro – Strängnäs – Borås
(2012-05-10)
This research aims at discovering how the Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC) is being implemented within three municipalities in Sweden. By doing so, the research will unthread obstacles as well as possibilities ...
The abolishment of the Lebanese marriage loophole – article 522. A qualitative social movement study that analyses and explores Lebanese women’s movement advocacy towards legislative changes and social change related to gender equality
(2019-08-13)
In Lebanon, women have a long history of organizing and working towards equal legislation
for all, just as in other countries around the world. After several rounds of advocacy by actors
from the Lebanese women's movement, ...
Barns rättigheter - en självklarhet?
(2014-09-22)
Numerous studies have showed that Swedish municipalities are responsible for several of the activities that concern children and their rights, e.g. school and health care. Furthermore, the Convention of the Rights of the ...
Finns det plats för mångkultur i den franska enigheten?: En kvalitativ undersökning om hur ett förbud mot utländska flaggor i Frankrike kan förklaras med nationalistisk och postkolonialistisk teori.
(2015-09-28)
When the Algerian national team in June 2014 won their first game in the Men’s World Cup in football since 1982, Algerians all over the world celebrated the victory. In several French cities large masses of people defiled ...
Understanding Peace & Violence from the Perspective of Street-Living Adolescents in Cusco, Peru
(2012-06-20)
Young people often tend to be depicted either as a risk factor or passive victim. Few youth
have the possibilities to actively take part in decision-making processes affecting their lives.
However, researchers increasingly ...
Defending Journalism in Court - A case study on how journalists in Uganda are mobilising for media freedom
(2019-10-18)
There is a global decline in media freedom. Journalists are increasingly being harassed,
assaulted and imprisoned. While there is a lot of research on this depressing trend, there is
little research on how social actors ...
Coping with climate variability in West Pokot, Kenya: The influences of land use on responses to climate variability, by pastoralist and agro-pastoralist communities in arid and semi-arid areas of West Pokot, Kenya.
(2015-03-09)
Many pastoralist and agro-pastoralist communities in semi-arid and arid areas in East Africa, face the challenge of climate change, while the pressure on land is increasing and at the same time land use changes are ongoing. ...
Föreställningar om våld − En kvalitativ multimodal analys av Saabs marknadsföring av krigsmateriel
(2019-11-07)
Violence and conflicts continue ravaging the world all the while the arms industry is providing the means for this to go on. The aim of this thesis is to analyse how the Swedish arms company Saab in its marketing of three ...
Steps toward sustainability in higher education institutions: Management practices on focus.
(2012-08-07)
The purpose of this research is to assess the state of management efforts
towards sustainability in higher education institutions. The analysis is
based on two main sources of data. On the one hand an analysis of ...
Are polygamous marriages to be considered a human rights violation or a human rights realization in the contexts of Sweden and Tanzania?
(2017-06-28)
This two-case study “Are polygamous marriages to be considered a human rights violation or a human rights realization in the contexts of Sweden and Tanzania?” focuses on whether polygamous marriages can be considered a ...