Confronting NGOs: A critical discourse analysis of Norwegian NGOs understanding of women´s poverty in the global south.

Norwegian NGOs are organizations that are highly visible in the media in Norway regarding development and aid. With such a prominent place in the media and enormous visibility, these organizations influence the population in Norway with their knowledge production. There is little research into how Norwegian NGOs frame the issue of women's poverty in the global south and how this framing creates practical development interventions. This qualitative research examines how the NGO frames women's poverty through a thematic analysis of interviews that maps the discourse of poor women in the global south and how these framings reflect the development interventions. A critical discourse analysis of…