TY - JOUR
T1 - Addressing the security needs of adolescent girls in protracted crises
T2 - inclusive, responsive, and effective?
AU - Gordon, Eleanor
AU - Lee-Koo, Katrina
PY - 2021
Y1 - 2021
N2 - Adolescent girls face significant and often unique forms of insecurity in protracted crises. Yet, their specific needs tend to be overlooked by international agencies, and they are rarely consulted as programs are developed and implemented. Drawing from field research conducted in four crisis contexts—Lake Chad (Niger, Nigeria, and Cameroon), South Sudan and Uganda, Lebanon (Beirut), and Bangladesh (Cox’s Bazar)—this article explores the experiences of insecurity that adolescent girls face in crisis contexts, and the extent to which responses to their needs are inclusive, responsive, and effective. Employing literature from inclusive peacebuilding, the article argues that marginalizing adolescent girls in the development and implementation of programs compromises the ability for such programs to be responsive to their needs. Moreover, it misses the opportunity to employ their skills, knowledge, and strengths to build resilience and security within their communities.
AB - Adolescent girls face significant and often unique forms of insecurity in protracted crises. Yet, their specific needs tend to be overlooked by international agencies, and they are rarely consulted as programs are developed and implemented. Drawing from field research conducted in four crisis contexts—Lake Chad (Niger, Nigeria, and Cameroon), South Sudan and Uganda, Lebanon (Beirut), and Bangladesh (Cox’s Bazar)—this article explores the experiences of insecurity that adolescent girls face in crisis contexts, and the extent to which responses to their needs are inclusive, responsive, and effective. Employing literature from inclusive peacebuilding, the article argues that marginalizing adolescent girls in the development and implementation of programs compromises the ability for such programs to be responsive to their needs. Moreover, it misses the opportunity to employ their skills, knowledge, and strengths to build resilience and security within their communities.
KW - adolescent girls
KW - conflict
KW - humanitarian response
KW - inclusive security
KW - Protracted crisis
KW - violence
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85092407445&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1080/13523260.2020.1826149
DO - 10.1080/13523260.2020.1826149
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85092407445
SN - 1352-3260
VL - 42
SP - 53
EP - 82
JO - Contemporary Security Policy
JF - Contemporary Security Policy
IS - 1
ER -