Empowering Adolescent Girls in Developing Countries Gender Justice an Norm Change

• Other Authors: Kyomuhendo Bantebya, Grace (Editor), Jones, Nicola (Editor), Ghimire, Anita (Editor), Marcus, Rachel (Editor), Harper, Caroline (Editor)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: Taylor & Francis 2018
• Subjects: Anthropology; justice; developing countries; gender; girls; adolescence; norm change; Child marriage; Hmong people; Nepal; Social norm; Uganda; Vietnam
• Online Access: OAPEN Library: download the publication; OAPEN Library: description of the publication

Adolescence, wherever you live, is a potentially turbulent and challenging time and no less so in the four countries where we undertook our work. Here, transitions through adolescence are fraught with difficulties, in part due to the deeply embedded gender norms which determine what a girl can and c...