Empowering adolescent girls in developing countries gender justice and norm change / edited by Caroline Harper, Nicola Jones, Anita Ghimire, Rachel Marcus and Grace Kyomuhendo Bantebya.

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Publication InfoLondon : New York : Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, [2018]
Descriptionxx, 208 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
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Subjects
Teenage girls--Developing countries. --Social conditions.
Teenage girls--Developing countries. --Economic conditions.
Sex role--Developing countries.

Other author/creatorHarper, Caroline, 1959-
Other author/creatorJones, Nicola Anne.
Other author/creatorMarcus, Rachel (Social development researcher)
Other author/creatorBantebya-Kyomuhendo, Grace.
Other author/creatorGhimire, Anita.
Contents The significance of adolescence in the life course / Nicola Jones, Elizabeth Presler-Marshall and Fiona Samuels -- What can a focus on gender norms contribute to girls' empowerment? / Caroline Harper and Rachel Marcus -- "Sticky" gendered norms : change and stasis in the patterning of child marriage in Amhara, Ethiopia / Nicola Jones, Bekele Tefera, Guday Emirie and Elizabeth Presler-Marshall -- The politics of policy and programme implementation to advance adolescent girls' well-being in Ethiopia / Nicola Jones, Elizabeth Presler-Marshall, Bekele Tefera and Bethelihem Gebre -- The paradox of change and continuity in social norms and practices affecting adolescent girls' capabilities and transitions to adulthood in rural Uganda / Carol Watson, Grace Kyomuhendo Bantebya and Florence Muhanguzi Kyoheirwe -- From national laws and policies to local programmes : obstacles and opportunities in communications for adolescent girls' empowerment in Uganda / Grace Kyomuhendo Bantebya, Florence Muhanguzi Kyoheirwe, and Carol Watson -- Intersecting inequalities: the impact of gender norms on Hmong adolescent girls' education, marriage and work in Viet Nam / Nicola Jones, Elizabeth Presler-Marshall and Tran Thi Van Anh -- Triple invisibility : the neglect of ethnic minority adolescent girls in Viet Nam / Nicola Jones, Elizabeth Presler-Marshall and Tran Thi Van Anh -- Small but persistent steps on the road to gender equality : marriage patterns in far west Nepal / Fiona Samuels and Anita Ghimire -- Continuity and change : how embedded programmes improve the lives of adolescent girls / Fiona Samuels, Anita Ghimire, and Matthew Maclure -- Pushing the boundaries of social order : adolescent girls and norm change / Caroline Harper and Rachel Marcus.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
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Technical detailsMode of access: World Wide Web
Genre/formElectronic books.
LCCN 2017017473
ISBN9781138747159 (hb)
ISBN9781138747166 (pb)
ISBN9781315180250 (ebk)

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