On Their Own and in Their Own Words: Bolivian Adolescent Girls' Empowerment through Non-Governmental Human Rights Education

Autor/in	Gervais, Christine
Titel	On Their Own and in Their Own Words: Bolivian Adolescent Girls' Empowerment through Non-Governmental Human Rights Education
Quelle	In: Journal of Youth Studies, 14 (2011) 2, S.197-217 (21 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1367-6261
Schlagwörter	Civil Rights; Females; Foreign Countries; Childrens Rights; Adolescents; Workshops; American Indians; Empowerment; Self Esteem; Security (Psychology); Victims of Crime; Bolivia + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Bürgerrechte; Grundrechte; Zivilrecht; Weibliches Geschlecht; Ausland; 'Children''s rights'; Kindesrecht; Adolescent; Adolescence; Adoleszenz; Jugend; Jugendalter; Jugendlicher; Lernwerkstatt; Schulung; American Indian; Indianer; Self-esteem; Selbstaufmerksamkeit; Security; Psychology; Sicherheit; Victim; Victims; Crime; Opfer; Verbrechen; Bolivien
Abstract	In recognition of the profound benefits of children's engagement with their rights, this article presents an experiential account of how Bolivian adolescent indigenous girls discover, articulate, experience, and advocate human rights. This study explores adolescent girls' demonstrations of empowerment, agency, resistance, and solidarity as part of their initiatives within non-governmentally based human rights workshops. By featuring their voices, this study demonstrates how young Bolivian females are able to shape their own expectations and experiences of human rights. This study further emphasizes how a supportive and interactive educational introduction to the conventions, declarations, and constitutions intended to safeguard human rights can open up possibilities for comfort, self-realization, and liberation among adolescent girls amidst endemic patriarchal constraints and ongoing political and economic instability. (Contains 42 notes.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10