Adolescents’ capabilities and aspirations across gender and generations in Amhara, Ethiopia

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cg.authorship.typesCGIAR and advanced research instituteen_US
cg.contributor.affiliationUniversity of Antwerpen_US
cg.contributor.affiliationCGIAR GENDER Platformen_US
cg.contributor.affiliationOverseas Development Instituteen_US
cg.contributor.donorCGIAR Trust Funden_US
cg.contributor.donorDepartment for International Development, United Kingdomen_US
cg.coverage.countryEthiopiaen_US
cg.coverage.iso3166-alpha2ETen_US
cg.coverage.regionAfricaen_US
cg.coverage.regionEastern Africaen_US
cg.creator.identifierEls Lecoutere: 0000-0002-1025-742Xen_US
cg.howPublishedFormally Publisheden_US
cg.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1080/17531055.2022.2162191en_US
cg.isijournalISI Journalen_US
cg.issn1753-1063en_US
cg.issue3en_US
cg.journalJournal of East African studiesen_US
cg.reviewStatusPeer Reviewen_US
cg.subject.ilriGENDERen_US
cg.subject.ilriWOMENen_US
cg.subject.impactAreaGender equality, youth and social inclusionen_US
cg.subject.impactPlatformGenderen_US
cg.subject.sdgSDG 5 - Gender equalityen_US
cg.volume16en_US
dc.contributor.authorGebre, B.en_US
dc.contributor.authorLecoutere, Elsen_US
dc.contributor.authorJones, N.en_US
dc.date.accessioned2024-05-29T07:36:06Zen_US
dc.date.available2024-05-29T07:36:06Zen_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/144136en_US
dc.titleAdolescents’ capabilities and aspirations across gender and generations in Amhara, Ethiopiaen_US
dcterms.abstractInsights into the role of changing historical-political-cultural contexts and social norms in shaping adolescent girls’ and boys’ futures contributes to an understanding of human development at the intersection of gender and youth in low- and middle-income countries. This study investigates the capabilities and aspirations of adolescent girls and boys and their evolution in Amhara against the background of three successive political regimes that governed Ethiopia over the last 90 years, the Haile-Selassie imperial regime (1930–1974), the socialist military Derg regime (1974–1991), and the Ethiopian People's Revolutionary Democratic Front (1991–2019), each with their own institutions, structures and infrastructure, and gender- and age-related relations and norms. The study adopts a capability approach with a gender and generationing development lens as a framework and relies on qualitative data collected through community- and mixed-generation group discussions. The study illustrates that, even if institutional and structural barriers became less stringent over time, cumulative gender- and age-related obstacles – some rooted in beliefs, norms, traditions and relations – hindered the expansion of adolescents’ capability success, consistently more so for girls than boys. (The threat of) gender-based violence pervasively constrains girls’ capabilities success and aspirations in spite of more formal protective institutions.en_US
dcterms.accessRightsOpen Accessen_US
dcterms.audienceScientistsen_US
dcterms.available2023-02-20en_US
dcterms.bibliographicCitationGebre, B., Lecoutere, E. and Jones, N. 2022. Adolescents’ capabilities and aspirations across gender and generations in Amhara, Ethiopia. Journal of Eastern African Studies 16(3):472–494.en_US
dcterms.extentpp. 472-494en_US
dcterms.issued2022en_US
dcterms.languageenen_US
dcterms.licenseCC-BY-NC-ND-4.0en_US
dcterms.publisherTaylor and Francisen_US
dcterms.subjectgenderen_US
dcterms.subjectwomenen_US
dcterms.subjectadolescentsen_US
dcterms.subjectyouthen_US
dcterms.typeJournal Articleen_US

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