Browsing Master of Human Rights and Multiculturalism by Title
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Talk to us, not for us The perspective of Norwegian Muslims of immigrant background on inclusion and representation of their community in the Norwegian mainstream media
(Master thesis, 2018)In the last century the world has seen more movement of people than any other time in human history. This has brought about a wave where societies, especially in Western Europe are becoming more and more multicultural. ... -
"The Black Serpent": Wet'suwet'en Perspectives on the Coastal GasLink Pipeline
(Master thesis, 2023)In 2018, Coastal GasLink (CGL) began construction on a 690km pipeline, of which a large proportion would go through unceded Wet’suwet’en territory. This extractive mega-project cuts through the heart of the territory, ... -
The impacts of ethnic politics on conflicts in Ethiopia: How the shaping of ethnic identity has challenged nation-building and a ‘unified’ Ethiopia
(Master thesis, 2022)Although wars between states have decreased, today's conflict picture is characterized by increased civil wars. Civil wars are often rooted in the role of identity and often ethnicity. In this thesis, Ethiopia will illustrate ... -
The Norwegian Pentecostal Mission and the Indigenous Guaraní in the Eastern Border Regions of Paraguay
(Master thesis, 2024)This study examines the discourse of the Norwegian Pentecostal mission regarding Indigenous peoples in Paraguay through a period ranging from 1952 to 2015. It looks at how Indigenous groups were represented through the ... -
The phenomenon of bullying in Ukrainian schools
(Master thesis, 2021)Unfortunately, in Ukraine bullying was silenced for a long time and was not considered to be a global problem. But a few years ago a law on bullying was introduced and my task is to consider what prompted the government ... -
The Practice of Multicultural Education. Qualitative Research on Exploring Multicultural Education in an IB School and a Public School in Norway
(Master thesis, 2024)Like numerous other Western nations, Norway has a diverse population with individuals from different racial, ethnic, cultural, sexual, and religious backgrounds. One may not be cognizant of how difficult it is to be ... -
The Role of Culture in parenting styles: A Comparative study of Sami and Maasai Childrearing and its relation to the Right of the Child
(Master thesis, 2022)Parenting represents one of the mechanisms through which children can learn inappropriate and appropriate behaviors, make wrong and right choices in making decisions, understand roles, acquire skills and accept or refuse ... -
The role of indigenous women in the decision-making process of indigenous social movements in Brazil: Coloniality of power, coloniality of gender and their impact on indigenous women living in Manaus, Amazonas State
(Master thesis, 2021)Indigenous peoples worldwide are in a difficult situation because they continually face discrimination, marginalization, poverty, and conflict consequential to the European colonization process initiated in the 16th century. ... -
The role of refugee and migrant-led organizations in Greece: A critical analysis based on migrants’ and refugees’ perceptions on integration and participatory parity.
(Master thesis, 2023)In 2020, Greece adopted its third National Strategy for social integration of asylum seekers and international protection beneficiaries. Nevertheless, despite the salience that migration has received in the country due to ... -
The Universal Periodic Review at the Nexus of Human Rights and Peace: A Critical Analysis of UPR’s Representation of Human Rights and its Potential in Identifying and Preventing Conflicts
(Master thesis, 2024)Amid growing global instability, escalating conflicts, and rampant human rights violations, the legitimacy and effectiveness of multilateral institutions in managing these crises are increasingly called into question. In ... -
The World Inside the Classroom
(Master thesis, 2023)In August of 2020, the new curriculum called “Læreplan for Kunnskapsløftet 2020” (LK20) was implemented in all of the primary schools and secondary schools in Norway. In the overarching part it is stated: “Through the ... -
Towards Pluriversal Approaches to Rights of Nature and the Human Right to a Healthy Environment? A Critical Discourse Analysis of Selected Judicial Decisions from Ecuador, Kenya and India
(Master thesis, 2023)Transitional Discourses, such as those on the “Rights of Nature”, have shed light on the anthropocentric framing of the Right to a Healthy Environment and the universalising effect of “human rights” which dominates patterns ... -
Transnationalism and Public Participation: The Experiences of Kenyan Minority Migrants in Norway
(Master thesis, 2014)This thesis examines how integration experiences of Kenyan migrants in Norway impact on their public participation in both Kenya and Norway. The main research question is to investigate how the experiences of Kenyan migrants ... -
Tying the Knot, Crossing Boundaries: A Discourse Analysis of Norwegian Marriage Immigration Documents
(Master thesis, 2024)More than one million people with immigrant backgrounds live in Norway, and family immigration has made up about 36 percent of all immigration the last 30 years. The high flow of family immigrants is in public debates ... -
Unaccompanied asylum-seeking children – “puppets” in a political game
(Master thesis, 2022)Proposition 82 L on “Amendments to the Immigration Act (legalization of the responsibility of care for unaccompanied minors living in asylum reception centers) initiated a larger debate where the Ministry of Justice and ... -
Understanding Conflict-Related Sexual Violence: A Comparative Analysis of FARC and PKK’s Repertoires of Violence
(Master thesis, 2023)Conflict-related sexual violence (CRSV) is one of the most horrific, least understood, and under researched phenomena concerning modern warfare and armed conflict (Cohen, 2013a, p. 461). Moreover, earlier research focusing ... -
Vulnerability of Palestinian Victims of Enforced Disappearance in Egypt
(Master thesis, 2022)This thesis studies the vulnerability of Palestinian victims of enforced disappearance in Egypt. I managed to find good literature about enforced disappearance in different countries including Brazil, Colombia, Sri Lanka, ... -
What does human dignity mean for the language of human rights? An exploratory analysis of Jack Donnelly's and James Griffin's accounts on human dignity and human rights
(Master thesis, 2021)Human dignity is a prominent topic in the academic discourse. Its ambit represents a point of interest for the legal, philosophical, theological, or political realm, just to mention a few. Human dignity and human rights ... -
Women's rights - Between competing laws in Kosovo : a study about gender based violence in rural areas
(Master thesis, 2018)Women´s rights in Kosovo has undergone drastic changes during the last decade. After the civil war in 1999, the international community settled down to rebuild Kosovo, based on the universal human rights. The national law ... -
Youth perspectives on discrimination and racism in social media
(Master thesis, 2021)This research provides a critical analysis of racist and discriminatory discourse in Norwegian media. Findings show how contemporary structures in Norway is casual factor when explaining racial phenomenon in the society. ...