The Rejuvenate ‘Living Archive’ forms the basis of what we hope will become a resource hub for those working at the intersection between child/youth-led work and social change work.

In compiling the archive, we drew from existing practitioner and academic literature, field experts and exemplary projects. The archive includes information and links to projects, organisations and literature from children’s and youth geographies, the sociology and anthropology of childhood and youth, education, and international development. All of these elements come together in what we are calling a ‘Living Archive’, an evolving and growing database of projects, resources, organisations and people.

Living Archive

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Listening to Smaller Voices: Children in an Environment of Change

Victoria Johnson, Joanna Hill and Edda Ivan-Smith

The understanding of children’s roles in the household, how workloads are shared and how they alter over time and with different socio-economic and environmental conditions is crucial for development. Gender […]

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Young Lives

Young Lives was established as an international study of childhood poverty in 2002 when the project started to follow the lives of 12,000 children in Ethiopia, India (in the states […]

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An Africa fit for children

Jennifer Uchendu

On June 16, 1976, about ten thousand school children in Soweto, South Africa marched in protest of the poor quality of education they received from their government. The protest which […]

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Acinonyx Cervidae Hircus: Child-led evaluation of the PPA programme in Cambodia

Laura Hughston

Plan International and the UK Department for International Development collaboratively developed the Building Skills for Life Programme through a Programme Partnership Agreement. This programme sought to empower adolescent girls and […]

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FRIDA

FRIDA provides young feminist organisers with the resources they need to amplify their voices and bring attention to the social justice issues they care about. FRIDA enables the support, flexibility […]

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From Housework to Gold Mining: Child Labour in Rural Vietnam

Joachim Theis and Hoang Thi Huyen

Save the Children Fund carried out research on the situation of working children in rural areas of Vietnam. The research was largely based on information collected directly from children who […]

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Building Girls’ Power: Perspectives on theory and practice in working with adolescent girls

Rosa Bransky, Jody Myrum, Zanele Sibanda & Fassil Marriam

‘Building Girls’ Power’ is part of a multi-year project to document and amplify the theories and practices of political girls’ work. This publication offers three perspectives on how to centre […]

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Register for CIRCY webinar: Changing childhoods in Africa

Register for CIRCY webinar: Changing childhoods in Africa

Join colleagues at Sussex University for the following Online Seminar hosted by the Centre for Innovation and Research in Childhood and Youth (CIRCY). Date: Thursday 18th November 2021 Time: 2-4 pm (UK […]

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Minority Stress, Activism, and Health in the Context of Economic Precarity: Results from a National Participatory Action Survey of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer, and Gender Non-Conforming Youth

David M. Frost, Michelle Fine, Marıa Elena Torre and Allison Cabana

Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, and gender non-conforming (LGBTQ & GNC) youth experience more economic hardship and social stress than their heterosexual and cisgender peers. However, the ways that LGBTQ […]

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Building Towards Effective Participation: A Learning-based Network Approach to Youth Participation

Tiina Sotkasiira, Lotta Haikkola and Liisa Horelli

Youth is a phase of life during which people acquire culturally defined roles and statuses. These positions are mobile, as young people navigate between different locations of membership and marginalisation. […]

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Approaches to Children’s Work and Rights in Nepal

Rachel Baker and Rachel Hinton

Current economic and political trends present particular challenges for countries dealing with the development of industry without the social infrastructure needed to uphold citizens’ rights. As free trade demands competitiveness […]

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Operationalising the Rights Agenda: Participatory Rights Assessment in Peru and Malawi

James Blackburn, Mary Ann Brocklesby, Sheena Crawford and Jeremy Holland

Throught the 1990s, debates about human rights and development increasingly converged. With a renewed focus on poverty reduction, international agencies have moved away from a narrow concern with the poverty […]

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