Vulnerable’ girls, education and non-governmental organisation sponsorship programmes in Kampala

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ID7707632
AutoresSelma Sif Ísfeld Óskarsdóttir (University of Iceland, Iceland, autor de correspondencia), Sigríður Baldursdóttir (University of Iceland, Iceland), Jónína Einarsdóttir (0000-0002-5868-4615, University of Iceland, Iceland)
Año2016
Volumen23
Número3
Páginas410-422
Fecha de publicación2016-08-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaChildhood (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0907-5682 • E-ISSN: 1461-7013
EditorialSAGE Publications (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1177/0907568216631027
OpenAlexW2520326650
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas2
Referencias citadas19

Many non-governmental organisations exclusively sponsor education of ‘vulnerable’ girls who are seen as poor, oppressed and sexually abused. Based on fieldwork conducted in Kampala, Uganda, in 2012, we explore the views of sponsored girls, non-governmental organisation staff and educators on ‘vulnerability’ and scholarship programmes. Educators and non-governmental organisation staff agreed the sponsored girls were at risk of having relationships with ‘sugar daddies’ and becoming pregnant. Although the girls acknowledged their lives had been tough, they did not see themselves as ‘vulnerable’. While western representations of Third World women identified by Mohanty mostly apply for ‘vulnerable’ girls, the sponsorship programmes might change the girls’ self-image

Economic growth · Political science · Public relations · Scholarship · Sociology · Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health · Gender Studies · Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare · Sex work and related issues