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Ayele, Seife; Khan, Samir; Sumberg, James

doi:10.19088/1968-2017.121

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“…Understanding young people's lives through a focus on their micro-geographies has been central to the enabling of young people's voices in research. For street children and youth, this has resulted in a literature that clearly examines the challenges of accessing basic needs such as shelter, food, clean water, and safety, as well as the full range of survival strategies and livelihoods derived from their ingenuity, skill, hard work, and sometimes youthfulness (Ayele et al, 2017). 1 From a specifically geographical perspective, research has uniquely positioned young people in cities and examined how patterns and processes of urban-rural migration and internal mobility have supported rapid urbanisation, adding to burgeoning informal urban settlements and economies.…”

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Crisis temporalities and ongoing capabilities in the lives of young people growing up on the streets of African cities: An ethnographic longitudinal perspective

Blerk

Hunter

Shand

2023

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Understanding young people's lives through a focus on their micro‐geographies has been central for exercising young people's voices through research. However, such a focus has also neglected the multiple and complex realities of growing up that ripple throughout their lives, resulting in calls for more research to go beyond capturing daily snapshots of experience. This paper acknowledges that decades of research with and for young people living on city streets has underpinned activism and challenged western child rights discourse, helping to ensure that abuses and violations of street young people's rights are confronted. Yet, much of this research draws attention to lives lived in present moments – the difficulties encountered and capabilities displayed. It does not account for the temporal fluidity of how young people's realities are future impacted by slow crises and challenging daily life experiences as they grow towards adulthood. This paper explores the crisis temporalities of young people's street lives through a youth‐led ethnographic longitudinal approach. The paper focuses on 18 youth researchers and over 200 of their peers' experiences of research over three years while living on the streets of three African cities. The paper discusses the challenges of undertaking longitudinal research alongside the temporal affordances of surviving urban informality and the compounding effects of slow crises on present and future‐oriented survival. These affordances emerge as street youth respond to daily trials, experience setbacks, crises, triumphs, and failures, yet show resilience and employ capabilities. The paper concludes by demonstrating the crucial importance of ethnographic longitudinal research for policy and practice to ensure that youth who age on the streets, and their families, are supported in accordance with social justice concerns.

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Crisis temporalities and ongoing capabilities in the lives of young people growing up on the streets of African cities: An ethnographic longitudinal perspective

Blerk

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Shand

2023

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“…The increase in population has consequently contributed to increased youth unemployment in the continent. This is because the number of youths entering the job market far outweighs the available employment opportunities (Ayele et al, 2017).…”

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Assessing technical vocational education and training institutions’ curriculum in Kenya: What strategies can position the youth for employment?

Muchira

Kiroro

Mutisya

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Journal of Adult and Continuing Education

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Africa could benefit from the demographic dividend by identifying strategies for investing in the massive youthful workforce. The current study employs the social cognitive career theory perspective to assess Technical Vocational Education and Training (TVET) institutions’ curriculum coverage of various skills in Kenya. We further examine the relevance of the curricula to the labour market and barriers affecting institutions' capacity to implement practical-oriented and demand-driven curricula. A cross-sectional research design was adopted using a mixed-method approach to gather and analyse data. Findings revealed different levels of coverage of soft and technical skills in the curriculum. Inadequate resources, lack of modern equipment and technology, and minimal adoption of practical components in the curriculum were identified as barriers to acquiring skills, consequently affecting TVET students' capacity to secure employment. To promote requisite skills acquisition and accelerate youth employability, we recommend a partnership between TVET institutions and the industry. Assessing how the competencies acquired align with labour market demands is also critical. Evidence gathered from this assessment will inform the improvement of existing on-the-job training, enable institutions to scale-up successful models and foster the development of human capital that is more adaptable to the dynamic world of work.

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A critical review on rural youth unemployment in Ethiopia

Mohammed Shuker,

Hashim Sadik

2024

International Journal of Adolescence and Youth

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Crisis temporalities and ongoing capabilities in the lives of young people growing up on the streets of African cities: An ethnographic longitudinal perspective

Crisis temporalities and ongoing capabilities in the lives of young people growing up on the streets of African cities: An ethnographic longitudinal perspective

Assessing technical vocational education and training institutions’ curriculum in Kenya: What strategies can position the youth for employment?

A critical review on rural youth unemployment in Ethiopia

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