Browsing Master of Human Rights and Multiculturalism by Title
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Immigrant women’s participation in a voluntary organization. A tool towards empowerment, recognition and social capital?
(Master thesis, 2016)In Norway, many immigrant women from Oslo lack inclusion in mainstream society and employment (NOU 2011:14, p.82). This thesis was set out to explore how these struggles can be met through participation in a voluntary ... -
The implementation of child refugees’ right to participation in Greek public Primary Schools: A qualitative study on empowering and emancipatory pedagogy
(Master thesis, 2020)This thesis explores the extent of refugee students’ participation in public Primary schools in Greece, and how their right to be heard is supported. The research question is: To what extent the strategies implemented in ... -
Indigenous Immobilities as Coloniality: Indigenous Struggles in the Artic and the Representations of Climate Change Displacement in State and Federal Policies in The United States
(Master thesis, 2024)In the face of a warming Arctic climate, Indigenous communities in the state of Alaska have been faced with a difficult choice: to remain in place or to relocate. Remaining in place means villages will have to withstand ... -
Institutional misgendering
(Master thesis, 2022)Norway has an institutionalised binary system of gender that is reproduced through gender-specific regulations. One of these regulations is the fact that there are only two legal genders. This means that only people who ... -
Institutionalizing toddlers – A Human Rights violation? An Ethnographic study of whether the practice of the comprehensive institutionalization of one-year-old`s sufficiently safeguards children`s rights according to the Convention on the Rights of the Child articles 3, 6 (no.2) and 12, assessed against neuro affective development psychology.
(Master thesis, 2020)The aim of this master thesis research project has been to evaluate whether the practice of the comprehensive institutionalization of one-year-olds sufficiently safeguards these children`s rights as stated in articles 3, ... -
Investigating Norwegian women with Muslim background position in public debate about hijab
(Master thesis, 2022)There is still an ongoing discussion in Europe about multiculturalism, feminism and the intersection of these two. In this thesis, the aim was to take a closer look at the nuances and position that Norwegian women with ... -
iving Homeless Under the Patriarchy An exploration of womens lived experiences during Glasgow's neoliberal era of capitalism
(Master thesis, 2021)The thesis was an exploration of women in homelessness in Glasgow during a neoliberal era of capitalism. -
Judeo-Spanish in Istanbul: The role of education in Sephardic Jews’ loss of language, identity, and cultural heritage
(Master thesis, 2021)This thesis explores the relation between education and a group’s identity and cultural heritage in a multicultural and multilinguistic context. More specifically, focus is set on the small community of Sephardic Jews ... -
Labour migration: Seasonal workers' rights in the midst of structural injustices and vulnerability
(Master thesis, 2022)Over the past few decades, we could evidence how temporary (seasonal) labour migration programs gained new popularity among different states. Such programs became more restrictive and selective. The findings of this master ... -
Language Diversity and Transnational Political Engagement The Case of Eritrean Muslim Diaspora in Norway
(Master thesis, 2018)This thesis examines the role of language diversity in the diasporic political engagement of Eritrean Muslim non-Tigrigna speakers and Tigrigna speakers in Norway. It attempts to explore the interplay of language in the ... -
Listen to children’s heart - A study of ‘voice’, participation and child rights in multicultural primary schools in China
(Master thesis, 2014)This paper explores the extent of child participation in and beyond classrooms in Chinese multicultural primary schools. It draws on Freire’s theory of critical pedagogy and on the insights of Hart (1992) and Lundy (2007) ... -
Migration and Motherhood The Journey of Migration into Europe: From a Motherhood Perspective
(Master thesis, 2022)The journey of migration is not inherently dangerous but due to border tactics and increasingly use of securitising borders through both physical and technological deterrence tactics causing the growing vulnerability of ... -
Migration, technology, and control: A critical discourse analysis concerning data gathering and information sharing of third-country nationals
(Master thesis, 2022)The use of technology in migration management and border control is not a new phenomenon. However, the use has grown enormously since 9/11 and the so-called “refugee crisis” of 2015/2016 in Europe; now, also, since the ... -
Multiculturalism, Integration and Human Dignity The Case of Caritas Norway
(Master thesis, 2018)Caritas Norway does an important work in the integration of migrants, refugees and asylum seekers in the Norwegian society. Understanding to what extent this organization takes into account multiculturalism theories and ... -
My freedom is: to be what they do not want me to be” Subtitle: A study of Norway’s Integration Policy Through the Obligatory Information Program for Asylum Seekers
(Master thesis, 2017)Like the vast majority of European countries, Norway receives asylum seekers from all over the world. Most of those have origins in the Middle East, Africa and Asia. The vast majority of all asylum seekers in Norway reside ... -
Narrating history in the museum: the Oslo Holocaust Centre, multiculturalism and human rights education
(Master thesis, 2013)Museums are implicated in the national project of identity formation; exhibition narratives can be reaffirming and equally contestable. Citizens confront culture, memory, history, and myth in the museum narrative which may ... -
Normative change in Transitional Justice: A discourse analysis on the Government of Sri Lankas contestation of the international Transitional Justice norm
(Master thesis, 2021)This study explores what precedence the Government of Sri Lanka har created in the international Transition norm. In the last three decades, the international norm of Transitional Justice has been regarded as a means ... -
Palestinian Elementary School Curriculum as an Instrument for Liberation and Consolidation of National Identity: A Critical Freirean Study Based on Teachers’ Perspectives in the Gaza Strip
(Master thesis, 2023)This study explores the role of the Palestinian curriculum at the elementary stage in providing an instrument for liberation and in promoting the Palestinian national identity. The thesis is based on the perspectives of ... -
Participatory Parity of Ethnic Minority Families and Their Relations with Norwegian Child Welfare Services Recognition, Multiculturalism, and a Hierarchy of Knowledge
(Master thesis, 2018)Public discourse, international demonstrations, and human rights monitoring mechanisms have expressed concern over the relationship between ethnic minority families and Norwegian child welfare services (CWS). This thesis ... -
Post-return experiences in Afghanistan: perceptions of the 'rightless' on failed reintegration policies and their paths from returnees to internally displaced persons (IDPs)
(Master thesis, 2020)States in 2001 became stricter and forced Afghan refugees to return to their country of origin. These returnees face various barriers in their reintegration to the political community. This study explores the post-return ...