Girls, Power and International Development
Agency and Activism in the Global North and South
1st Edition
Published on 28. May 2025
240 pages
978-1-5292-3847-1 (ISBN)
Description
The United Nations Foundation's Girl Up campaign has been critiqued for depoliticising global and gender inequalities, portraying girls from the Global South as responsible for lifting entire communities out of poverty and encouraging girls in the Global North to see themselves as the saviours of their Southern counterparts.
Drawing on focus groups with Girl Up members from the UK, US and Malawi, this book demonstrates how girls reflect critically on the Girl Up discourse, reject its individualistic vision of girls' empowerment and interact with their Northern/Southern counterparts in a spirit of mutual learning and respect. Its analysis demonstrates how the girls use participation in the campaign to develop their own more complex, radical and collective visions of girls' empowerment.
Drawing on focus groups with Girl Up members from the UK, US and Malawi, this book demonstrates how girls reflect critically on the Girl Up discourse, reject its individualistic vision of girls' empowerment and interact with their Northern/Southern counterparts in a spirit of mutual learning and respect. Its analysis demonstrates how the girls use participation in the campaign to develop their own more complex, radical and collective visions of girls' empowerment.
Reviews / Votes
'Walters provides an original and sophisticated analysis of the girlpowering of international development that substantially advances debates across a range of fields and makes for essential reading.' Adrienne Roberts, The University of ManchesterMore details
Series
Edition
First Edition
Language
English
Place of publication
Bristol
United Kingdom
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
Not illustrated
File size
1,23 MB
ISBN-13
978-1-5292-3847-1 (9781529238471)
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Rosie Walters
Girls, Power and International Development
Agency and Activism in the Global North and South
Book
05/2025
1st Edition
Bristol University Press
€129.50
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Person
Rosie Walters is Senior Lecturer in International Relations at Cardiff University's School of Law and Politics with research interests in feminist, poststructuralist and postcolonial approaches to international relations.
Content
1. Introduction
2. The Girl in Global Politics
3. Feminist Activism Within and Against Neoliberalism
4. The Girl Up Discourse
5. 'We Need to Talk': Celebrity Feminism and Girls' Activism amid Global Crisis
6. Girls' Readings of Girl Up
7. Girl Up Members' Feminist Activism
8. Ubuntu Feminism in a Lilongwean Girl Up Club
9. 'It's Like, Do You Wanna Go to Girl Up or Do You Wanna Go to Tesco?': Ambivalent Activism in the Global North
10. Crossing North-South Divides in Research with Girl Activists
11. Conclusions: Hope and False Hope in the Fight for Girls' Rights
2. The Girl in Global Politics
3. Feminist Activism Within and Against Neoliberalism
4. The Girl Up Discourse
5. 'We Need to Talk': Celebrity Feminism and Girls' Activism amid Global Crisis
6. Girls' Readings of Girl Up
7. Girl Up Members' Feminist Activism
8. Ubuntu Feminism in a Lilongwean Girl Up Club
9. 'It's Like, Do You Wanna Go to Girl Up or Do You Wanna Go to Tesco?': Ambivalent Activism in the Global North
10. Crossing North-South Divides in Research with Girl Activists
11. Conclusions: Hope and False Hope in the Fight for Girls' Rights
