Empowering Adolescent Girls in Developing Countries

Gender Justice and Norm Change
Herausgeber: Harper, Caroline; Ghimire, Anita; Jones, Nicola

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Produktbeschreibung

This book explores the harmful impact of discriminatory gender norms on all aspects of adolescent girls' lives across a range of contexts. With cases from Ethiopia, Nepal, Uganda and Viet Nam, the book shows how more egalitarian gender norms can help girls realise their full potential. It will interest policy makers, NGOs, academics and students.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 208
• Erscheinungstermin: 26. Februar 2018
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 14mm
• Gewicht: 499g
• ISBN-13: 9781138747159
• ISBN-10: 1138747157
• Artikelnr.: 51389859

Autorenporträt

Caroline Harper is a Principal Research Fellow and Head of the Social Development programme at the UK-based Overseas Development Institute (ODI), focusing on gender, generations and exclusion. Nicola Jones is a political scientist and Principal Research Fellow at ODI, as well as Director of the longitudinal Gender and Adolescence: Global Evidence (GAGE) research programme. Anita Ghimire is the director for social science research at the Nepal Institute for Social and Environmental Research (NISER). Rachel Marcus is a freelance social development researcher focused on gender, childhood, youth and adolescence. Grace Bantebya Kyomuhendo is a Professor in the School of Women and Gender Studies at Makerere University in Uganda.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction: The significance of adolescence in the life course
Chapter 1: What can a focus on gender norms contribute to girls'
empowerment?
Ethiopia
Chapter 2: 'Sticky' gendered norms: change and stasis in the patterning of
child marriage in Amhara, Ethiopia l
Chapter 3: The politics of policy and programme implementation to advance
adolescent girls' well-being in Ethiopia
Uganda
Chapter 4: The paradox of change and continuity in social norms and
practices affecting adolescent girls' capabilities and transitions to
adulthood in rural Uganda
Chapter 5: From national laws and policies to local programmes: obstacles
and opportunities in communications for adolescent girls' empowerment in
Uganda
Viet Nam
Chapter 6: Intersecting inequalities: the impact of gender norms on Hmong
adolescent girls' education, marriage and work in Viet Nam
Chapter 7: Triple invisibility: the neglect of ethnic minority adolescent
girls in Viet Nam
Nepal
Chapter 8: Small but persistent steps on the road to gender equality:
marriage patterns in Far West Nepal
Chapter 9: Continuity and change: How embedded programmes improve the lives
of adolescent girls
Conclusion: Pushing the boundaries of social order: adolescent girls and
norm change