"Save the Girls!" Gender Equality and Multiculturalism in Finnish Youth Work Contexts
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12975162 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Veronika Honkasalo (0000-0003-4603-4073, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2013 |
| Volume | 6 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Publication date | 2013-01-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Girlhood Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1938-8209 • E-ISSN: 1938-8322 |
| Publisher | Berghahn Books (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.3167/ghs.2013.060205 |
| OpenAlex | W2315259680 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 9 |
This article examines multiculturalism and gender equality in the light of ethnicity, gender, and agency so as to illustrate how gender equality is used as a marker of Finnishness in various youth work contexts. The data presented consists of interviews with youth workers (n=42) and ethnographic fieldwork carried out from 2003 to 2005. The results illustrate that questions related to multiculturalism have enhanced the visibility of gender equality in youth work. The identification of gender-based inequality is connected, in particular, to girls from migrant backgrounds whose education and well-being are of social concern. Youth work itself is often seen as gender-neutral and equality-based. However, this illusion of gender equality reflects more the ideals of equality which are not being concretized in the practices of youth work. Equality in this context is defined as a purely quantitative concept: the solution to any possible inequalities is, therefore, that everyone should be treated in the same way
Agency (philosophy · Context (archaeology · Ethnic group · Gender equality · Geography · Inequality · Multiculturalism · Pedagogy · Political science · Public relations · Social science · Sociology · Visibility · Work (physics · Youth work · Gender Studies · Mathematics · Psychology · Social Psychology · Social Work Education and Practice · Youth Development and Social Support
Multi-ethnic Girls' Social Positional Identities in Educational Transitions
Intergenerational negotiations on (hetero)sexuality and romantic relationships – views of young people and parents in multi-ethnic contexts
Restorative Practices and Youth Work
Protectors and Modern Princesses
Girls cook, boys play soccer
The (Dys)Functionality of Girls’ and Young Women’s Violence
Persistent Paradoxes, Pragmatic Postfeminism
Exceptionalism and Sexularism in Finnish Sex Education
Sports and structured leisure as sites of victimization for children and young people in Finland
| Citations per year | 0.75 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2014 - 2025 (12) |
| Highly cited | No |