Using a social ecological approach (Bronfenbrenner) to violence and including Hobsbawm's historical analysis of the collective uses of violence, this article shows how gender-based violence is experienced and used. Drawing on three distinct studies in Ghana, Kenya and South Africa, it shows the commonalities and divergence of young people's…

This article explores the challenges to citizenship associated with globalization, focusing in particular on the growth of interest in human rights, cosmopolitanism and moral outrage in the context of increasing fragmentation, individualization and social inequality. It suggests that there is an interest in developing through global citizenship…

The knowledge gathered and reviewed in the field of gender studies has been disseminated globally over the twentieth century but has paid relatively little regard to the contexts and meanings that have simultaneously emerged in other regions of the world. The emergence of global equality agendas in education associated with new frameworks and…

The concept of student voice is problematic. This paper considers two different traditions which theorise the notion of voice. The first is located within critical sociological studies of youth identity, drawing upon the notion of the often silenced voices of the marginalised, "Othered" or subordinated as a means of exposing oppressive…

Describes developments in feminist analyses of the role of education in creating "inclusive" democratic citizenship. Outlines four feminist perspectives that offer opportunities to reflect critically on the past and continuing struggle of women for equality, and suggests the complex issues that face programs for citizenship education in the next…

Highlights the challenges that schools in the future may face related to egalitarianism, specifically in terms of gender, ethnicity, and social class. Considers how young men and women respond to social change and their ideas on the conflicts United Kingdom schools in meeting their needs. Includes references. (CMK)

Investigates the presentation of women in a sample of texts for citizenship education in England from 1940-66, focusing on how the texts were gendered according to three approaches. Provides a historical overview on education for citizenship and examines how the texts adopted pedagogic approaches in line with the political culture. (CMK)