ANTH 2815 Chapter 7: ANTH 2815 Week 7 Readings
15 Feb 2017
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Khoja-moolji, shenila (2016) girls of the global south can"t fix the world alone. aeon digital magazine. Recent movement and initiatives to help girls in the global south. Powerful shorthand for the kind of society that is wanted. Women and girls of the global south (by development campaigns) Portrayed as threatened by disease, terrorism, patriarchy and poverty. Promise + fragility = targets for reform. Healthy and modern girlhoods --> white, middle-class experience. Girlhoods in poverty, rural areas, violence // prioritise wellbeing of faith communities & families, value solidarity > individualism --> at-risk" // backward" // failed" girls. Education + empowerment/leadership projects = failed" girls --> modern girls. Western liberal ideal of girlhood is not desired. Girls viewed waged work not as choice" or right" but as a form of compulsion highly exploitative work offered to them. Called for strengthening of local systems of support. Western international development community"s view of local support: patriarchal/oppressive/unaware of best practices".
