Description: Voices of the Girls : Crossing the Barriers Between Youth, Gender, and Poverty

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Voices of the Girls : Crossing the Barriers Between Youth, Gender, and Poverty

The primary strategic goal of the World Bank's civil society team for Latin America and the Caribbean is to promote inclusive governance. Governance is understood as the sum of the many ways that individuals and institutions, public and privat...

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Main Authors:	Cesilini, Sandra, Martin, Lisandro, Aberg, Caroline
Language:	English
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2012
Subjects:	ACCESS TO SCHOOLS ADOLESCENT CIVIL SERVICE CREATIVE THINKING DOMESTIC VIOLENCE DRUG ABUSE EARLY PREGNANCY EMPLOYMENT FAMILY PLANNING GENDER GENDER ISSUE GIRLS HEALTH EDUCATION INSURANCE LITERACY MACHISMO NONGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS NUTRITION PREGNANCY PUBLIC POLICY REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH SCHOOLS SEXUAL EDUCATION SEXUAL RELATIONS SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT VULNERABLE GROUPS WOMEN IN SOCIETY YOUNG FEMALES YOUNG GIRLS YOUNG MEN YOUNG PEOPLE YOUNG WOMAN YOUNG WOMEN YOUTH YOUTH ORGANIZATIONS YOUTH PARTICIPATION
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2004/02/12050397/voices-girls-crossing-barriers-between-youth-gender-poverty http://hdl.handle.net/10986/10368

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Summary:	The primary strategic goal of the World Bank's civil society team for Latin America and the Caribbean is to promote inclusive governance. Governance is understood as the sum of the many ways that individuals and institutions, public and private, manage their common affairs. It includes formal institutions and regimes empowered to enforce compliance, as well as informal arrangements that people and institutions perceive to be in their interest. The inclusion of a wide range of social actors in the public debate and the promotion of inclusive civic participation is vital to this strategy. Capacity building, aimed at the most vulnerable actors is an essential prerequisite. This brief includes the following headlines: listening to development priorities from the ground: the objectives of the 'voices of the girls'; activities of the 'voices of the girls'; lessons learned; looking ahead; notes; and about the authors.