Chant, Sylvia 
ORCID: 0000-0002-0020-3751 and Jones, Gareth A. ORCID: 0000-0001-9844-4547
(2005)
Youth, gender and livelihoods in West Africa: perspectives from Ghana and The Gambia.
Children's Geographies, 3 (2).
pp. 185-199.
ISSN 1473-3277
Abstract
In this paper we report on preliminary fieldwork conducted in Ghana and The Gambia on the interrelationships among youth, gender and livelihoods. We examine how policy in developing countries, typically characterised as related to child labour or education, needs to emphasise the linkage across processes that affect young people. We argue that policy will be improved if young people are given voice to express how work, education, social networks, and culturally-bound notions of responsibility are linked and how they perceive the opportunities and constraints on their ‘life chances’.
| Item Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Official URL: | http://www.informaworld.com/openurl?genre=journal&... |
| Additional Information: | © 2005 Taylor & Francis |
| Divisions: | Gender Studies Geography & Environment |
| Subjects: | G Geography. Anthropology. Recreation > G Geography (General) |
| Date Deposited: | 29 Jan 2008 |
| Last Modified: | 19 Nov 2024 04:21 |
| URI: | http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/3209 |
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