Book launch: 'Young People in the Global South: Voice, Agency and Citizenship'

On 22^nd February 2024, the Gender and Adolescence: Global Evidence (GAGE) programme hosted a webinar to share and discuss key findings from ‘Young People in the Global South: Voice, agency and citizenship’, a new textbook coordinated published by Routledge. The textbook is edited by Kate Pincock (GAGE and University of Oxford), Nicola Jones (GAGE and ODI), Lorraine van Blerk (University of Dundee) and Nyaradzayi Gumbonzvanda (UN Women and Rosaria Memorial Trust). The book explores the spatial, relational, affective and material dimensions of adolescents’ and young people’s civic engagement and political participation in lower- and middle-income contexts. It questions how the ‘everyday politics’ of exercising voice and agency is experienced at different scales, from the interpersonal to the global.

The event featured contributions by the book's editors, leading authors and young contributors. Reflection and dialogue on the book’s key findings took place, with a focus on the next steps for policy, research and advocacy on young people’s voice, agency and citizenship in the global South.

Central to the webinar were five engaging and interactive parallel breakout sessions, co-facilitated by young people, to explore the book's main themes. 

You can  listen to the podcast about the textbook and read about the interview with the editors.