Overview

There are more young people today than ever before, and many countries in the global South have youth populations which make up well over half of the total. Against the backdrop of the #MeToo and #AidToo revelations, sexual abuse and harassment, and targeting and persecution by governments is a reality for many young activists campaigning on feminist issues. Young feminists are challenging international development policymakers and practitioners, national governments, and development donors of all kinds to recognise their right to shape development itself. This collection explores how young women’s movements, along with the support they need, can offer a model of political, intersectional work to guide and re-politicise international development.

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Author:   Caroline Sweetman ,  Imogen Davies
Publisher:   Practical Action Publishing
Imprint:   Practical Action Publishing
Weight:   0.520kg
ISBN:  

9781788531337

ISBN 10:   1788531337
Pages:   232
Publication Date:   15 May 2021
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

1. Introduction: development and young feminisms 2. Reclaim, resist, reframe: re-imagining feminist movements in the 2010s 3. Repoliticising women’s rights in development: young African feminisms at the cutting edge 4. Young feminists’ creative strategies to challenge the status quo: a view from FRIDA 5. In the land of wise old men: experiences of young women activists in Myanmar 6. Reading girls’ participation in Girl Up as feminist: club members’ activism in the UK, USA and Malawi 7. Young feminists working globally to end violence against women and girls: key challenges and ways forward 8. Reclaiming culture, resisting co-optation: young feminists confronting the rising right 9. A young feminist new order: an exploration of why young feminists organise the way they do 10. ‘Paid work: the magic solution for young women to achieve empowerment? Evidence from the Empower Youth for Work project in Bangladesh 11. Empowering youth in rural, up-country Sri Lanka through gender equitable education and employment 12. Resources

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Caroline Sweetman was previously Editor of the international journal Gender & Development. Imogen Davies is Gender Lead at CARE Deutschland

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