Publisher's Synopsis
This is an important source book for youth workers, social workers, community workers and others involved with education outside the school. It will be an essential reference point for students and lecturers involved in professional training. - - This book builds on the strengths of autonomous feminist work with girls and young women, offering a record of existing good practice as well as developing a critique to strengthen future practice. Janet Batsleer argues that the recognition of diversity is essential to work which aims to support young womenÆs development. - - Working with Girls and Young Women in Community Settings tackles the most significant themes that will affect practice in the future: - ò sexuality - ò violence - ò racism - ò poverty and motherhood - ò the politics of disability - ò cross-cultural work. - - It also explores the prospects for alliance across professional boundaries, that will benefit girls and young women in the years to come.
