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‘When helpers hurt’: Women’s and midwives’ stories of obstetric violence in state health care institutions, Colombo district, Sri Lanka
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018)Background The paper explores how age, social position or class, and linguistic and cultural background intersect and place women in varying positions of control and vulnerability to obstetric violence in state health ... -
When the dust has settled : a post-disaster recovery study of water and sanitation reconstruction after the 2015 flood in Phalombe and Nsanje Districts, Malawi
(Master thesis, 2016)This thesis is the result of the research project carried out as part of the Master Programme MPhil in Development Studies, Specialising in Geography, at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology. The aim of the ... -
When two worlds meet : an analysis of possibilities for cooperation between Norges Bank Investment Management and UNICEF around children’s rights protection in the Bangladesh ready-made garment sector
(Master thesis, 2017)The United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) implemented in 2015 present a comprehensive normative framework for global and national actors in politics, civil society and business. As the SDGs underline the ... -
Where are the outcrops? Automatic delineation of bedrock from sediments using Deep-Learning techniques
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)The delineating of bedrock from sediment is one of the most important phases in the fundamental process of regional bedrock identification and mapping, and it is usually manually performed using high-resolution optical ... -
Where the Arctic River Meets the Sea; Connections Between Fluvial and Shoreline Processes in Isfjorden, Svalbard
(Master thesis, 2021)Denne oppgaven er en geomorfologisk og overflatesedimentologisk studie av fem forskjellige steder i det store fjordsystemet Isfjorden, som ligger på det vestlige kysten av Svalbard. Denne studien tar sikte på å få en bedre ... -
Who are the 'citizens' in co-producing smart sustainable cities? An intersectional analysis of the Borgerkraft citizens' jury in Trondheim
(Master thesis, 2021)This thesis uses the citizen co-production initiative Borgerkraft in Trondheim as a case study to explore the function of citizen participation in smart sustainable city work. More specifically it looks at the use of a ... -
WHOSE DEVELOPMENT COUNTS?: Political Ecology of Displacement of Bulyanhulu Mining Community in Tanzania
(Master thesis, 2007)In 1996, an estimated 400,000 people in a gold mining community in rural Tanzania were forcibly evicted from the area to allow for the development of a large-scale gold mine project to take place. The good-intentioned ... -
Wind farm site selection assessment in the Greater Accra, Volta and eastern regions of Ghana : a GIS spatial multi-criteria assessment
(Master thesis, 2016)Global temperatures have increased since preindustrial times and will continue to do so unless practical measures are taken to halt the emission of carbon and other ozone depleting substances. Wind energy alone has the ... -
Wind farms and their perceived impact on local landscapes : a comparative study between China and Norway
(Master thesis, 2014)It is widely recognized that developing of renewable energy is a good way to reduce carbon emissions. China has set ambitious goals to increase the use of wind power. Developing wind power in rural areas is also one of the ... -
Women adjusting their sails: The role of motility in women's livelihood strategies in a fishing village in Tamil Nadu, India
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)This article draws on research conducted in a fishing village in southern India to examine the ways in which middle-aged women in a precarious socio-economic position used mobility and immobility strategies to improve their ... -
WOMEN AND CHILDREN AT RISK: A CASE STUDY OF INTERNALLY DISPLACED PERSONS FROM WARAFFECTED NORTHERN UGANDA TO KAMPALA CITY.
(Master thesis, 2008)OHCHR (2007) reports that at the international level, no single agency or organization has been designated as the global lead on protection and assistance of internally displaced persons. The case of women and children ... -
Women and Land Ownership Rights in Kilimanjaro: A Tension between Women Land Ownership Rights and Culture: A case of Moshi Rural District Tanzania
(Master thesis, 2011)Despite the efforts and strategies geared towards women in realizing property rights in terms of empowerment, participation and decision making in the global context today many African societies are still characterized by ... -
Women Participation In Political Leadership and Decision Making ; The Role of National Gender Policies In Ghana and Rwanda
(Master thesis, 2022)ABSTRAKT Denne studien undersøker kvinners deltakelse i politisk ledelse og beslutningstaking gjennom en gjennomgang av den nasjonale kjønnspolitikken i Ghana og Rwanda. Mens Rwanda er verdensledende når det gjelder ... -
Women, poverty and HIV/AIDS in the Abura-Asebu-Kwamankese district
(Master thesis, 2006)This is about women, poverty and vulnerability of HIV/AIDS in Moree and Asebu in the Abura-Asebu-Kwamankese District in the Central Region of Ghana. The main objective of the study is to find out whether poverty actually ... -
Women, sexual rights and HIV in the Kumasi metropolitan area of Ghana
(Master thesis, 2007)This study is about women, HIV/AIDS and sexual rights in the Kumasi Metropolitan Area in Ghana. The study aimed at discovering the factors that undermine women’s ability to negotiate safe sex and consequently become exposed ... -
Women’s representation in spaces of participation and power: A study of tribal and non-tribal women in local systems of governance in Orissa, India
(Master thesis, 2011)This study investigates the real representation of women in two villages in Orissa, India. Through my own feminist lens I have brought in theory of spaces of participation and power and hence linked this to the concept of ... -
World heritage and cultural sustainability. The farmers and fishermen of Vega, Northern Norway
(Chapter, 2018)Heritage is acknowledged as crucial for cultural sustainability. This chapter investigates how the world heritage status of Vega, an archipelago in northern Norway, and its promoted values are utilised, understood and ... -
You can’t sit with us : a quantitative analysis of the middle eastern and north African countries’ reluctance to membership in the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative
(Master thesis, 2017)The Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI) was created in the early 2000s as a response to the growing concern of corruption in the natural resource industries. 52 states have since joined, but countries ... -
Youth and political participation in Venezuela : a case study of the Venezuelan student movement
(Master thesis, 2014)Youth’s political participation in Venezuela has become very important in the last fourteen years due to the unstable economic, social and political context of the country. Youth have come together as a student movement ...