Empowering Adolescent Girls in Developing Countries by Caroline Harper

Empowering Adolescent Girls in Developing Countries by Caroline Harper

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.

Excerpt of review in Gender and Development, Routledge

"Empowering Adolescent Girls in Developing Countries provides excellent analysis of new research into norm change relating to adolescent girlsThis volume explores how discriminatory gender norms can limit adolescent girls’ development of their capabilities, while also highlighting pathways for realising more egalitarian gender norms. This book is an important addition to current discussions on both adolescence and social norm change in gender and development spheres. Policymakers, academics, practitioners, and students in the field of gender and development alike will benefit from its presentation of empirical research, and its analysis of different aspects of policies and programmes across multiple countries and contexts." -- Imogen Davies, Global Adviser – Youth, Gender and Active Citizenship, Oxfam, UK

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.

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ISBN 13	9781138747166
ISBN 10	1138747165
Title	Empowering Adolescent Girls in Developing Countries
Author	Caroline Harper
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Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Taylor & Francis Ltd
Year published	2018-02-22
Number of pages	208
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