GIRRL power! Participatory Action Research for building girl-led community resilience in South Africa

Datos Bibliográficos

ID6134487
AutoresKylah Forbes-Genade (0000-0001-5028-9867, North-West University, autor de correspondencia), Dewald Van Niekerk (0000-0002-4571-4205, North-West University)
Año2018
Volumen17
Número2
Páginas237-257
Fecha de publicación2018-02-12
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaAction Research (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 1476-7503 • E-ISSN: 1741-2617
EditorialSAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1177/1476750318756492
OpenAlexW2788743807
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas10
Referencias citadas11

This article aims to crystallize the contributions of the Girls in Risk Reduction Leadership (GIRRL) Program in building resilient communities through the integration of adolescent girls into local level decision-making and action for reducing disaster risk. Disadvantaged adolescent girls carry a double burden derived from vulnerability associated with gender and age within the context of disaster risk. Girls often face greater danger than boys or adults and are perceived as powerless. Their needs go unheard and capacities ignored because of their exclusion from decision-making and social participation. Efforts to reduce risk must be inclusive of the needs of vulnerable populations. Despite global calls for the inclusion of women, children, and youth in risk reduction policy and planning, its application has been insufficient. The GIRRL Program, utilizing Participatory Action Research, helped to catalyze the capacities of girls through personal empowerment to drive the agenda for inclusive involvement of vulnerable populations to build community resilience. The paper will document the contributions of the GIRRL Program to improving community resilience through engaging decision-making, facilitating multi-sectoral understanding of vulnerability and risk, validating the importance of girls in risk reduction, creating capacity to manage girl-led processes, and strengthening risk reduction through local girl-led activities

Computer security · Context (archaeology · Developmental psychology · Disadvantaged · Disaster risk reduction · Economic growth · Economics · Empowerment · Geography · Girl · Participatory action research · Political science · Psychological resilience · Public relations · Sociology · Vulnerability (computing · Disaster Management and Resilience · Psychology · Resilience and Mental Health · Social Psychology · Youth Development and Social Support