Working with girls and young women in community settings / Janet Batsleer.
By: Batsleer, Janet
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BookPublisher: Aldershot, Hants, England : Brookfield, Vt. : Arena ; Ashgate Pub. Co, c1996Description: viii, 166 p. ; 25 cm.ISBN: 1857423038.Subject(s): Social work with teenagers -- Great Britain | Social work with women -- Great BritainDDC classification: 362.7083 | Item type | Current library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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| General Lending | MTU Bishopstown Library Lending | 362.7083 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | 00015267 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
Focusing on girls and young women, this book examines major topics that affect young women of today, such as sexuality, motherhood, identity, violence against women, and independence.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 153-159) and index.
Introduction -- Girls in the modern world: Moments of danger and delight -- The principles of practice: Empowerment and autonomy -- How to do it -- Sexuality -- Poverty and motherhood -- Independence and dependency: The politics of disability -- Violence against young women -- Community, culture and identity -- Established patterns, new directions: The organisational context of work with girls and young women.
Table of contents provided by Syndetics
- Introduction
- Girls in the modern world: moments of danger and delight
- The principles of practice: empowerment and autonomy
- How to do it
- Sexuality
- Poverty and motherhood
- Independence and dependency: the politics of disability
- Violence against young women
- Community, culture and identity
- Established patterns, new directions: the organizational context of work with girls and young women