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Pregnant, away from home. Maternal Health Care in Norway : Exploring migrant women's experiences of the maternal health care system in Norway
2021
Master's thesis in Global Development and Planning (UT505) This master thesis explores migrant women’s experiences with the maternal health care system in Norway, using a qualitative research strategy. It is based on interviews conducted with migrant women living in Kristiansand, who have given birth in Norway, as well as interviews with health workers in the maternal health service. The migrant women shared their personal experiences from pregnancy to childbirth whiles the health workers also gave their personal experiences related to providing antenatal and post-natal care. This was specific to migrant women living in Norway. My study adopts the ‘Quality of Care’ framework with a focus on…
Determinants of Human Behavioral Change : Environmental Attitudes and Values Among Norwegian High School Students in Light of the Fridays for Future …
2020
Master's thesis in Global Development and Planning (UT505) There is wide scientific consensus that climate change is greatly impacted by anthropogenicfactors. This has been the origin for studies on human attitudes in a range of disciplines; if humans are responsible for the current climate crisis, we must surely also want to alter behaviors which significantly affects the prospects of safe living conditions for our own species? This question lays the foundation for my thesis whichfocuseson attitudes and values of Norwegian high school students in wake of the Fridays for Future movement. By drawing on wider contextual forces of ideology and world order this research investigates how Norwegi…
Beyond Forced Migration: Refugees’ everyday lives and their state of wellbeing : The Case of Rhino Camp Settlement, Uganda
2018
Master's thesis Global development and planning UT505 - University of Agder 2018 South Sudan has been experiencing conflict since December 2013 and such an experience has led to an upsurge of forced migration in the East African region. Over four million South Sudanese have fled their homes and with over one million having chosen Uganda as their destination to seek refuge from the life-threatening situation in their country. Uganda has been lauded by various sources as a ‘progressive policy’ argued to be premised on guaranteeing freedom of movement for refugees. Uganda has some notable policies and legislation which seek to create a favourable environment for refugees to integrate with the …
State fragility and Food security : Assessing the Impacts of Armed Conflict on Rural Food Security in Central Equatoria Region of South Sudan
2018
Master's thesis Global development and planning UT505 - University of Agder 2018 The primary thesis of this paper is to look at the impacts of armed conflict on rural food security in the Central Equatoria region of South Sudan. In the past 5 years since the outbreak of the conflict, South Sudan has been on record for severe food insecurity. The Central Equatoria region in the southern part of the country is a green belt and has always recorded good food security records relative to other states of the north. The central argument of this paper is that conflict has serious negative implications on food availability and food access by rural communities. The paper argues that the armed conflic…
Peeling Back the Layers : A critical analysis of climate change adaptation policies and programs in relation to differential vulnerability. A study o…
2019
Master's thesis Global development and planning UT505 - University of Agder 2019 This thesis is grounded in the discourse on differential vulnerability and climate change. People throughout the world are disproportionately affected by climate change effects, and a growing number of researchers argue that climate change adaptation plans and measures need to address differential vulnerability in order to ensure human security.The aim of this thesis was to analyze the extent differential vulnerability is considered in contemporary policy-making and projects related to climate change adaptation in Peru. To do so, a qualitative research approach was used to study the inclusion of differential vu…
Rural-urban migrants and urban employment in Ghana : A case study of rural migrants from Northern Region to Kumasi
2017
Master's thesis Global development and planning UT505 - University of Agder 2017 Studies have shown that rural-urban migrants migrate to search for employment opportunities in urban areas. Despite the prominence of this factor, little is known of how rural-urban migrants jostle for employment in the cities. Using a case study research design and a qualitative research strategy, this study investigates how rural migrants in Ghana jostle for employment in the urban areas. Specifically, the study investigates the factors that influence migrants’ decision to migrate to urban areas, their job search strategies, the challenges they face and their coping strategies. Also, the use of the outcomes o…
Plant a tree! : climate change communication and perception in rural Uganda
2019
Master's thesis Global development and planning UT505 - University of Agder 2019 The impacts of climate change are one of the most pressing issues in our times. Thus, climate change mitigation and adaptation strategies are of key importance in development. For individuals to employ adaptation strategies, a perception of risk towards climate change is necessary which is mostly received through communicative activities. Not only is riskperception dependent on communication, also climate change is a topic that is mainly spread through communicative activities. Little has been done about the perception of climate change in Africa in general and Uganda in particular.Therefore, the objective of t…
Identity crisis in the wake of mass migration : A study of identity crisis and acculturation strategies of Hazara diaspora living in Arendal
2018
Master's thesis Global development and planning UT505 - University of Agder 2018 In 2015-16 a record number of migrants applied for asylum in the 28 member states of the European Union, Norway and Switzerland– nearly double the previous high water mark of 1992 after the fall of the Iron Curtain and the collapse of the Soviet Union. This scenario raised a number of questions for researchers and development practitioners in understanding and managing the migration issues and acculturation processes develop in the aftermath of the scenario. Keeping in view this situation, the aim of this dissertation is to ascertain the consequences of migration on a group of people or community belonging to a…
Mind The Gap : Healthprofessional’s relation to Female Genital Schistosomiasis - Exploring perspectives, politics and practices during treatment on l…
2020
Master's thesis in Global Development and Planning (UT505) The main objective of the study was to elucidate why thereis a gap between medical research conducted on the neglected tropical disease Female Genital Schistosomiasis (FGS) and work-related knowledge about the disease amongst professional nurses in the Ugu District, South Africa. The study is based on qualitative field work in three local governmental clinics in this area, and the purpose is to explore why there is such a gap and why the development of knowledge concerning FGS seems to stagnate despite a relatively high level of awareness related to its "twin disease", Urological Schistosomiasis which is commonly referred to as Bilh…
Hate speech against religious queer women : Socio-democratic influences on civic participation in [Oslo] Norway
2020
Master's thesis in Global Development and Planning (UT505) In this thesis, the topic of hate speech and its implication on queer religious women was studied. The thesis explored the socio-political and democratic issues of hate speech, and ensued to answer the overall research question, -How is hate speech towards religious queer women influencing their civic participation in society? -How is democracy affected if minority perspectives are left out of the equation? Evaluating the issue of discriminatory prejudice against religious queer women, the impact of empowering a minority group provides a more diverse understanding of identity and the positive effect on the society as a whole (Escoba…