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Teenage Pregnancy and Education in the Global South - The Case of Mozambique (Paperback)
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Teenage Pregnancy and Education in the Global South - The Case of Mozambique (Paperback)
Series: Routledge ISS Gender, Sexuality and Development Studies
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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.
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