Teenage Pregnancy and Education in the Global South

The Case of Mozambique
1. Auflage 2019
ISBN: 978-0-8153-5728-5
Verlag: Routledge

Buch, Englisch, 176 Seiten, Format (B × H): 161 mm x 240 mm, Gewicht: 438 g

Reihe: Routledge ISS Gender, Sexuality and Development Studies

Teenage pregnancy is seen as a problem by researchers and policymakers alike all over the world, but particularly so in the context of developing countries. Here, it is seen as an obstacle to personal and national development, exacerbating the gender gap in education, and placing an additional financial burden on low income families. This book considers the opposition between pregnancy and parenthood on the one hand, and education on the other, using the specific case of in-school pregnancy in Mozambique.

Drawing on the voices of young people, their families, and their teachers, this book aims to build an understanding of how individuals and communities react to in-school pregnancy policies. The result is a critical challenge of current policy guidelines that indicate pregnant schoolgirls should be transferred to night courses, initially set up to boost adult literacy. The book also demonstrates that young people operate within a range of constantly shifting and interweaving normative frameworks, and that a nuanced understanding of their agency can only be achieved by synthesising their individual perceptions with an understanding of the social, cultural, and historical contexts in which they operate.

Concluding by stepping outside of the Mozambique case, this book aims to appeal to scholars and policymakers looking at development, gender, and education within Mozambique, but also within the Global South more generally.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Salvi, Francesca

Fachgebiete

• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Volkswirtschaftslehre Internationale Wirtschaft Entwicklungsökonomie & Emerging Markets
• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaften Interdisziplinär Entwicklungsstudien

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. Introduction 2. Positioning In-School Pregnancy 3. Time, Space and Methods 4. Regulating In-School Pregnancy 5. From Schools to Families 6. Interlude 7. Young People Constructing Identities 8. Conclusion Appendix 1: Decree 39/GM/2003 Appendix 2: List of Interviewees

Über Autor(innen)

Francesca Salvi is a Senior Lecturer in Childhood Studies at the University of Portsmouth, UK