Policy Press

Girls, Power and International Development

Agency and Activism in the Global North and South

By Rosie Walters

Published

May 1, 2025

Page count

240 pages

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Gender, Sexuality and Global Politics

ISBN

978-1529238457

Dimensions

234 x 156 mm

Imprint

Bristol University Press

Published

May 1, 2025

Page count

240 pages

Browse the series

Gender, Sexuality and Global Politics

ISBN

978-1529238471

Dimensions

234 x 156 mm

Imprint

Bristol University Press
Girls, Power and International Development

Introduction

1.The Girl in Global Politics

2.Feminist Activism within and against Neoliberalism

3.The Girl Up Discourse

4.We Need to Talk: Girl Up, Celebrity Feminism and the COVID-19 Pandemic

5.Girls’ Readings of Girl Up

6.Girl Up Clubs and Feminist Activism

7.Southern Girls Negotiating Individualism and Instrumentalism

8.Ambivalent Activism in the Global North

9.Crossing North-South Divides

Conclusion