Human Rights and Adolescence /

Human Rights and Adolescence / / ed. by Jacqueline Bhabha.

While young children's rights have received considerable attention and have accordingly advanced over the past two decades, the rights of adolescents have been neglected. This manifests itself in pervasive gender-based violence, widespread youth disaffection and unemployment, concerning levels...

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MitwirkendeR:
Betancourt, Theresa S.,
Bose, Krishna,
Burra, Neera,
Bush, Malcolm,
DeJong, Jocelyn,
Gibbons, Elizabeth,
Hann, Katrina,
Kawar, Mary,
Kelly, Orla,
Mark, David,
Matache, Margareta,
McNeely, Clea,
Mtshali, Glaudine,
Naeve, Katie,
Newnham, Elizabeth A.,
Pineda, Victor,
Rizzini, Irene,
Rozzi, Elena,
Sinha, Shantha,
Steinberg, Laurence,
Thompson, Kerry,
Volkmann, Christian Salazar,
Zermatten, Jean,
Zombo, Moses,
HerausgeberIn:
Bhabha, Jacqueline,
Place / Publishing House:Philadelphia : : University of Pennsylvania Press, , [2014]
©2014
Year of Publication:2014
Language:English
Series:Pennsylvania Studies in Human Rights
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Physical Description:1 online resource (376 p.) :; 9 illus.
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • CONTENTS
  • Introduction. The Importance of a Rights- Based Approach to Adolescence Jacqueline Bhabha
  • PART I. UNDERSTANDING ADOLESCENCE: DISCIPLINARY PERSPECTIVES
  • 1. Protecting and Promoting Adolescent Rights: The Contribution of International Law and Policy
  • 2. Transitions to Adulthood in Contemporary Italy: Balancing Sociocultural Diff erences and Universal Rights
  • 3. The Science of Adolescent Brain Development and Its Implications for Adolescent Rights and Responsibilities
  • 4. Building Capability and Functioning: Reframing the Rights Agenda for Adolescents Th rough the Lens of Disability Rights
  • 5. Adolescent Social and Emotional Development: A Developmental Science Perspective on Adolescent Human Rights
  • PART II. GROWING UP WITH VIOLENCE: ADOLESCENT TRAUMA, STIGMA, AND RESILIENCE
  • 6. Poverty, Armed Conflict, and Organized Crime: The Impact of Violence on Young People in Colombia
  • 7. Coming of Age in the Context of War: Reframing the Approach to Adolescent Rights
  • 8. Wings of the Phoenix: The Legacy of Violence for Adolescents in Postconflict Reconstruction
  • 9. Adolescents in the Colombian Armed Conflict: Recruitment Realities and Important Lessons for Their Successful Reintegration
  • PART III. SOCIAL INTERVENTIONS: STRATEGIC APPROACHES TO ADOLESCENT RIGHTS
  • 10. Young Arabs and Evolving Realities: Linking Social and Economic Rights
  • 11. The Challenges Facing India in Advancing Secondary Education Attainment Among Adolescent Girls
  • 12. Rights and Realities for Vulnerable Youth in Urban Brazil: Challenges in the Transition to Adulthood
  • 13. Youth Unemployment: Facing and Overcoming Obstacles in Partnership
  • 14. Confined by Narrow Choices: The Stories of Roma Adolescents
  • 15. Beginning in the Middle: Ending the Exploitation of Adolescents in India
  • 16. Indian Adolescence and Its Discontents: Transformational Solutions Through Education, Skill Development, and Employment
  • 17. Emerging from the Shadows: Adolescents with Disabilities Claim Their Rights Under International Law
  • List of Contributors
  • Index
  • Acknowledgments

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