Children of the street’
Sexual citizenship and the unprotected lives of Ghanaian street youth
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 11893717 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Georgina Yaa Oduro (0000-0003-3030-7196, University of Cape Coast, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2012 |
| Volume | 48 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 41-56 |
| Publication date | 2012-02-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Comparative Education (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0305-0068 • E-ISSN: 1360-0486 |
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/03050068.2011.637762 |
| OpenAlex | W2058040404 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 10 |
| References cited | 16 |
Youth-sensitive policies are gradually gaining recognition in Africa. The release of the recent publication Children in Ghana by the Ministry of Women and Children's Affairs (MOWAC) and UNICEF-Ghana attests to the value the country places on young people's perspectives. Guided by Richardson's conceptual framework on sexual citizenship, this paper draws on four sets of focus group discussions, informal conversations and interviews with 24 young people aged between 14 and 19 (seven young men and 17 young women), all of whom were living on the streets of a city in Ghana. It shows how young people navigate sexuality in a context of poverty and in an era of HIV/AIDS. It argues that the young women's demonstration of a sense of agency, evident in the midst of violence and insecurity, contradicts the notion of childhood sexual innocence. These experiences challenge the view that human rights and sex education are sufficient strategies to address young people's transitions to a safe adulthood within impoverished contexts
Agency (philosophy · Citizenship · Context (archaeology · Economic growth · Focus group · Geography · Human sexuality · Innocence · Political science · Politics · Poverty · Social science · Sociology · Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health · Gender Studies · Homelessness and Social Issues · Law · Sex work and related issues
Exploring the linkage between exposure to mass media and HIV testing among married women and men in Ghana
Raising queer children and children of queer parents
Vulnerable children aiding visually challenged beggars in Nigeria
Why blame the girls’
Raising the future leaders
Exploring Sexual and Reproductive Health Needs and Associated Barriers of Homeless Young Adults in Urban Ghana
Børnemagt/children’s power in the Freetown of Christiania
Silencing youth sexuality in Senegal
Women at crossroads
Considering an agency-vulnerability nexus in the lives of street children and youth
Feminist methods in social research
Age-disparate and intergenerational sex in southern Africa
Feminist Phenomenology
Dilemmas of Desire
Telling Sexual Stories
Childhood sexuality and rights in the context of HIV/Aids
Constructing sexual citizenship
An overwhelming sense of injustice? An exploration of child sexual abuse in relation to the concept of justice
Marriage among a Matrilineal Elite
Qualitative Data Analysis
Marriage among a Matrilineal Elite
Educating the Gendered Citizen
The Sexual Citizen
| Unique citing works | 10 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 1 |
| Citation span | 2016 - 2025 (10) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 10 |