Master in Comparative Social Work: Recent submissions
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The changes in the conduct of Yao boys' initiation seremonies : an empirical study of the impact of HIV and AIDS NGOs'/projects' interventions: "Nothing for us without us!"
(Master thesis, 2012)My study investigates how involvement of key community leaders and facilitators as part of service users affected success of the HIV and AIDS NGOs’/projects interventions on the conduct of Yao boys’ initiation. My study ... -
Poverty reduction in Bangladesh: A qualitative analysis of the "Allowance Scheme for Widowed and Husband-deserted Distressed Women"
(Master thesis, 2007)While Bangladesh has been persistently trying to overcome the poverty regime, yet most of the distressed widowed, divorced and husband-deserted women are struggling hard to subsist due to impoverished economic condition. ... -
A study of the experiences of domestic child labour among primary school children whose parents are in the formal or informal sector : the case of Itigi Ward in Manyoni district - Singida region in Tanzania
(Master thesis, 2007)The study aimed at developing an understanding of the attitudes and experiences of child labour among the primary school children whose parents were in the formal or informal sectors. It was hypothesized that the rights ... -
Nutritional support and care services for urban adult people living with HIV/AIDS : a case study from Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
(Master thesis, 2006)It is well known that nutritional status plays an important role in preventing opportunistic infections as it improves immunity system. Not so rnuch is known about how people living with HTV/AIDS manage their nutrition ... -
The life experiences of AIDS orphans in Malawi : a case of Area 23, Kalolo and Tsabango village in Lilongwe district
(Master thesis, 2005)This thesis reports on qualitative life history interviews of orphaned children who have lost both of their parents due to death by HIV/AIDS in Malawi. The focus is on double orphans who are between the ages of 15 and ... -
The livelihood in transition : a case of elderly women in Akitenino village in Uganda
(Master thesis, 2005)This study makes an investigation of the livelihood of elderly women in Uganda. The investigation is aimed at developing an in-depth understanding of how the elderly wornen perceive their basic needs and how they secure ... -
Lives beyond the line : the experiences of female headed households living in absolute poverty in the Wenela area of Kalabo district in Zambia
(Master thesis, 2006)This study was meant to explore the Iife experiences and coping mechanisms of female headed housel~olds living in absolute poverty in the Wenela area of Kalabo District in Zambia. The study was undertaken between November ... -
Organisation and human agency : a comparative study of challenges faced by fieldworkers in NGOs working to mitigate the impact of HIV/AIDS in Uganda
(Master thesis, 2006)As a devastating disease with bad long-term predictions and often with limited mponse, HIV/AIDS has cxeated health, social, economic and cultural crisis that requires a multiplicity of responses. There is increasing ... -
The Cuban Mother-Child Attention Program aiming at fulfil the ambition of the Comprehensive Concept of Health : a study through the practice of the community policlinic "Héroes de Girón" in Havana City
(Master thesis, 2006)The present thesis is a study about the development experience at the community level of the Cuban national program addressed to the attention to mothers and children: The Mother Child Attention Program. This program is ... -
Rural children and constraints to secondary education in Tanzania : a case study of children who completed primary education in Msimbu village, Msimbu ward in Sungwi division of Kisarawe district, coast region
(Master thesis, 2005)This study looks at the challenges facing Tanzania in her development of modem institutions in the economic, social, cultural, and politicai fields. The main focus is on formal education and the role of education in a ... -
A comparative study of youth attitudes to teenage suicide in Norway and South Africa : suicide, a permanent solution to a temporary problem!
(Master thesis, 2006)This research is a comparative study of the youths' views towards teenage suicide in Bodø, Norway and Durban, South Africa. The increase in self-destructive behaviour among teenagers was of concern in both countries. ... -
Orphanhood and primary education dropouts : an exploratory study of the causes and consequences of orphans' dropping out of primary education in Gweru City, Zimbabwe
(Master thesis, 2006)While the issue of primary school dropouts has attracted growing attention in educational research and social policy circles, very few researchers have directed their interests to explore in detail why orphans drop out ... -
Care and support services provided for children orephand [i.e. orphaned] and made vulnerable by AIDS in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (the case of Addis Ketema Sub-City)
(Master thesis, 2005)This study focuses on to investigate and understand how care and support services provided by CBO and NGO for children orphaned by AIDS. Qualitative Case Study Methodology were selected and used. In order to generate ...