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Adolescents in Humanitarian Crisis. Displacement, Gender and Social Inequalities

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Adolescents in Humanitarian Crisis. Displacement, Gender and Social Inequalities

09.06.2021 | Cross-country

Country

Cross-country

Capability domains

Bodily integrity and freedom from violence

Audience type

Programme designer or implementer, Researcher

Year of publication

2021

Study methodology

Qualitative

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Adolescents in Humanitarian Crisis investigates the experiences of adolescents displaced by humanitarian crisis.

The world is currently seeing unprecedented levels of mass displacement, and almost half of the world’s 70 million displaced people are children and adolescents under the age of 18. Displacement for adolescents comes with huge disruption to their education and employment prospects, as well as increased risks of poor psychosocial outcomes and sexual and gender-based violence for girls. Considering these intersectional vulnerabilities throughout, this book explores the experiences of adolescents from refugee, internally displaced persons and stateless communities in Bangladesh, Ethiopia, Jordan, Lebanon, Palestine and Rwanda. Drawing on innovative mixed-methods research, the book investigates adolescent capabilities, including education, health and nutrition, freedom from violence and bodily integrity, psychosocial wellbeing, voice and agency, and economic empowerment.

Centring the diverse voices and experiences of young people and focusing on how policy and programming can be meaningfully improved, this book will be a vital guide for humanitarian students and researchers, and for practitioners seeking to build effective, evidence-based policy.

Suggested citation

Jones, N., Pincock, K. and Abu Hamad, B. (eds.) (2021) Adolescents in Humanitarian Crisis. Displacement, Gender and Social Inequalities. Oxford: Routledge (https://www.routledge.com/Adolescents-in-Humanitarian-Crisis-Displacement-Gender-and-Social-Inequalities/Jones-Pincock-Hamad/p/book/9780367764616#)

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Table of contents

Chapter 1

Leaving no one behind: Exploring the experiences of adolescents in humanitarian settings

Chapter 2

'We Are Not Allowed': Barriers to Rohingya Refugees’ Educational and Economic Opportunities

Chapter 3

'We are not accepted here': Intersecting vulnerabilities of internally displaced adolescents in Ethiopia.

Chapter 4

‘There is nothing else to aspire to in our life’: Exploring the psychosocial wellbeing of married Syrian refugee girls in Lebanon

Chapter 5

'They tell me that I can write and read, so no need for school': Challenges in realising international commitments to refugee education in Jordan

Chapter 6

“I no longer have a hope of studying”: The Impact of gender norms on the education and psychosocial well-being of refugee girls in Rwanda

Chapter 7

'Why should I stay in the classroom?' Drivers of school dropout among stateless Palestinian adolescents in Jordan

Chapter 8

'No one should accept a miserable life like that!': Exploring the drivers of and entrypoints for reducing violence against adolescent refugees in Gaza

Chapter 9

‘It's the fear that is killing us, not the actual disease!’: Covid-19: An unfolding crisis for adolescents in humanitarian settings

Chapter 10

Concluding reflections: Towards an agenda for policy, practice and research