Master's theses

So far the following master's theses have been completed within MPhil in Childhood Studies. Most of the theses are posted electronically in DiVA.

2011:

• Adu , Nana Ama Takyibea. Children's Assessment of Well-Being. A Study of the Experiences and Subjective Well-Being of Orphans Living in Institutions in Ghana. June 2011.
• Asamoah, Edward. Children's migration and engagement in load carrying activities: The case of the girl child in the Kumasi Metropolis, Ghana. June 2011.
• Brobbey, Charles. Children's Perspectives of their Responsibilities in Household Work in their Families in the Sekyere South District of Ghana. June 2011.
• Eshia, Owusuaa. Streetism: The lived Experiences of Unaccompanied Migrant Children and their Rights. January 2011.
• Jiang, Minghua. Children's Lived Experiences of Their Parents' Marital Dissolution in the Chinese Context. August 2011.
• Kervel, Hanne Elisabeth. Young girls "hidden work" in Rwandan families – Living in the gap between school and labor. November 2011.
• Mtonga, Jonnathan. On and Off the Streets: children moving between institutional care and survival on the streets. December 2011.
• Owusu, Boabang. Coping Daily with Parental Migration: Perspectives of Children Left Behind in the Berekum Municipality of Ghana. June 2011.
• Restan, Laila. Beyond Borders. Palestinian Children's Perspectives on their Everyday Life and Future. Ein el Helwe Refugee Camp, Southern Lebanon. January 2011.
• van Andel-de Raad, Irene Maria. International Child Sponsorship: Children's Experiences with a Compassion International Sponsorship Program in Uganda. June 2011.

2010:

·     Abu Asante, Ernest Kwame. Children's vulnerability and coping strategies to poverty in the Cape Coast Metropolis of Ghana. June 2010.

·     Asare, Barbara. Right to universal basic education in Ghana: The realities in rural communities. August 2010.

·     Beyene, Tizita Abate. Children's Everyday Life and Local Market. The case of children in cash crop context in Southern Ethiopia. June 2010.

·     Ekuman, Bright Abbakah. Schooling, Leisure and Work: Experiences and Perspectives of Some School Children in Accra, Ghana. August 2010.

·     Gullvåg, Ingvild Wærnes. Constructing everyday life at a help centre in Norway: Services and practices in assisting struggling families in "good enough" childhoods, parents and families. June 2010.

·     Hellenes, Janne. Doing Fantasy. A shared practice among children and pedagogues in a Norwegian kindergarten. June 2010.

·     Meyir, Isaac Sawadong. Children's Participation in Family Decision-Making in Ghana: Evidence from the Lawra District. June 2010.

·     Olsen, Lene. Children on Screen. Images from NRK Super. August 2010.

·     Qamar, Azher Hameed. Challenges Associated with Primary Education in Rural Punjab, Pakistan. June 2010.

·     Terefe, Amsalu Lemessa. The contribution of children's parliament in ensuring the rights and well-being of children in Konso, Ethiopia. August 2010.

  

2009:

·     Achan, Jackline. Picturing victims? Internally Displaced Children's views on Media Representations in Northern Uganda. June 2009.

·     Hung, Charleen. Childhood and Neighbourhood – Auto/biographies and memories studies of childhood in Trondheim after WWII. December 2009.

·     Lunde, Reidun. Predicting the Unpredictable. Life Experiences of Children in Nairobi Children Remand Home in Kenya. May 2009.

·     Lykke, Isabell Engvik. Life Experiences of Philippine Children In a Community Based Program. May 2009.

·     Phiri, Douglas Tendai. "Listen and assist: children's experiences as a resource for intervention". A case study of street children in Zambia. June 2009.

·     Proto, Roberta. Same, same but different. The perception of children and childhood in the Norwegian adoption law. June 2009.

·     Skogvold, Jesca Bisasso. Influence of adult parenting practices, towards the quality of life and experiences of HIV-infected children. August 2009.

·     Steinheim, Anne-Marie. Child Day-Care in Transition; Kindergartens with large-scale units. December 2009.
 

 2008:

·     Ekuman, Abigail Ayerkie. Children's Rights: Perspectives of Some Ghanaian Children and Parents. October 2008.

·     Hansen, Carina Vedvik. Children's Councils in Zambian Basic Schools. Analysis of Child Participation, Initial Experience and Outcome in Save the Children Norway Sponsored Schools. May 2008.

·     Kassa, Sophia Chanyalew. Health Seeking Behavior Among Street Children and Government's Response to their Rights: the Case of Addis Ababa. May 2008.

·     Kyauke, Lucy Pius. Rural Children's Livelihoods in Tanzania. Three Generations Case Study - Kahama District. October 2008.

·     Salem, Jihan Mahmoud. Perceptions on the Divorce Mediation in the Arab and Jewish Culture: The Inclusion of Children in Mediation. May 2008.

·     Sigbjörnsdóttir, Hildur Björk. Joint Custody and Residential Arrangements in Iceland; Children's Perspectives. May 2008.

·     Sommer, Megan Elizabeth. Discourses of the Consuming Child. An Analysis of the Constructions of Childhood and Advertising in the UK. Debate about 'Junk Food' Advertising. May 2008.