Youth, Gender and the Capabilities Approach to Development - 9781138234680

Taylor & Francis

Youth, Gender and the Capabilities Approach to DevelopmentRethinking Opportunities and Agency from a Human Development Perspective\nAuthor(s): Aurora Lopez-Fogues, Firdevs Melis Cin\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9781138234680, 978-1138234680\nSynopsis\nYouth, Gender and the Capabilities Approach to Development investigates to what extent young people have access to fair opportunities, the factors influencing their aspirations, and how able they are to pursue these aspirations and to carry out their life plans. The book positions itself in the intersection between capabilities, youth and gender, in recognition of the fact that without gender equality, capabilities cannot be universal and development strategies are likely to fail to achieve their full objectives.\n\nWithin the framework of the human development and capabilities approach, Youth, Gender and the Capabilities Approach to Development focuses on examples .