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Emotions in professional social work practice
(2018-07-17)Social workers manage demands in their everyday professional practice, handling personal emotions and requests from the organisation and the situation. This thesis explores such emotions and demands and the discrepancies ... -
Empowered at Dusk - A Qualitative Study About Sex Work Activism in Kampala
(2017-01-24)Sex workers around the world have always suffered from discrimination and stigmatization. This puts them in a vulnerable situation because of little social support. In the Ugandan context, sex workers suffer from stigma ... -
EmpowermentofEthiopianwomenandtheachievementoftheUNMillennium DevelopmentGoals(MDGs)EmpowermentofEthiopianwomenandtheachievementoftheUNMillennium DevelopmentGoals(MDGs)
(2020-07-01)The aim of this study was to investigate the connection between rural Ethiopian women empowerment and the development progress process that Ethiopiais achieving contemporarily.It also studied whether the Millennium Development ... -
“Even if they live a destructive life, at least they won´t die” A qualitative study of how social workers at housing facilities for individuals in homelessness and substance abuse perceive and act upon violence against women
(2020-09-10)The aim of this study is, from a Swedish point of view, to investigate and analyse how social workers at housing facilities for people in homelessness and substance abuse perceive and act upon violence against women. ... -
Experiences and challenges of Collaboration between Civil Society Organizations and the United Nations
(2023-11-17)Interorganizational collaboration is defined by Phillips, Lawrence and Hardy (2000) as “a co-operative relationship among organizations that relies on neither market nor hierarchical mechanisms of control” (pp. 24). They ... -
Falling through the net: An exploratory qualitative study of food poverty and food insecurity in Sweden
(2021-06-28)When thinking of food poverty, Sweden may not be the first country that comes to the forefront of your mind. Indeed it appears as a somewhat neglected field of study in a country that while maintaining a presentation as a ... -
FAMILJESKAPANDE - en studie om dygnsvårdsplacerade ungdomars syn på och tankar kring familj och föräldraskap
(2015-06-24)ABSTRACT Syftet med denna studie var att undersöka och jämföra dygnsvårdsplacerade ungdomars syn på och tal om familj och föräldraskap utifrån tre olika familjeperspektiv; den biologiska familjen, familjehemmet och egen ... -
En fenomenografisk studie av fem kvinnors upplevelser av sin beroendeproblematik
(2015-07-02)Denna masteruppsats handlar om fem kvinnors upplevelser av sin beroendeproblematik av alkohol, läkemedel och narkotika. Dessa kvinnor har fullföljt en behandling på ett 12-stegsbehandlingshem enbart för kvinnor. Studien ... -
Food Banks: An eco-social solution? Critical perspectives on food charity in Europe
(2023-11-03)This aim of this thesis was to investigate food banking organisations as part of food charity on different governance levels within the EU in relation to aspects of sustainability. The Doughnut model after Raworth (2017) ... -
Formal Foster Care in Ghana; The Experiences and Perceptions of Foster Children and Foster Parents
(2021-02-03)This paper reports on an exploratory qualitative study of seven (7) foster children and four (4) foster parents in formal foster care in Ghana using in depth semi structured- interviews. The sample was selected purposively ... -
Framställandet av psykisk ohälsa hos ungdomar - En diskursanalys av svensk press
(2021-06-29)The purpose of this research is to explore representations of youth mental illness by analysing articles in Swedish newspapers. Mass media has a central role in depicting social problems and shaping public discourse on ... -
“Getting the agencies together”: A qualitative study of the professionals’ perceptions of collaboration in prevention of juvenile criminality
(2016-10-03)Interagency collaboration is increasingly recognized as an effective approach in prevention of crimes among young population. Sweden along with Denmark and Norway was among the pioneers in introducing the platform for ... -
Girl Empowerment and Child Marriage: Empowering girls to prevent and end child marriage in Zambia
(2018-07-23)Child marriage is human rights violation that violates the rights of a girl child and robs her of her innocence. It is a widespread social problem that cuts across the globe. The purpose of the research was to investigate ... -
Harassing, Silencing and Dismissive Attitudes Women’s and Professionals’ Experiences of Online Violence Against Women and the Help-Seeking Process in Finland
(2022-08-24)The increased use of internet and rapid technology development has created new ways to commit violence against women in online contexts. The aim of this study was to explore women’s and professionals’ experiences of ... -
Healthcare based on need, not judicial status - A qualitative study of professionals’ view on EU-migrants’ right to healthcare in Sweden
(2014-11-18)The aim of this research was to investigate right to healthcare for deprived EU-migrants in Sweden. This was done by gathering the views of professionals working with EU-migrants. The objectives were to explore their ... -
“I give birth through my vagina and not my legs” - Ethiopian women with disabilities share their challenges in access to sexual and reproductive health services
(2022-11-25)The research aim was to learn more of the actual experiences women with disabilities have of their access to sexual and reproductive health services. Another purpose was to contribute more to the current literature due ... -
Identifying and supporting young carers in Sweden : School social worker’s perspectives
(2021-07-01)Research on young carers has been enriched over recent decades, but there are still many gaps to be explored. There is a lack of local research in many countries about the prevalence, identification, and interventions of ... -
Impacts of The Asylum-Seeking Process on The Mental Health of The Unaccompanied Minors in Gothenburg, Sweden
(2018-07-23)The aim of the study was to investigate factors associated with mental health among unaccompanied asylum-seeking minors in Gothenburg, Sweden. It is a qualitative study based on semi-structured interviews with one nurse, ... -
(Inte) som andra barn En diskursanalytisk studie om hur ensamkommande barn konstrueras inom socialtjänsten
(2015-06-24)Genom ett lagförtydligande som trädde i kraft i juli 2006 har landets kommuner och de kommunala socialtjänsterna fått ett utökat ansvar när det gäller att se till att ensamkommande barn får det stöd de behöver. Detta ansvar ...