Girl Power? A History of Girl‐Focused Development From Nairobi
Abstract
What does it mean to place girls at the centre of international development?In Girl Power?, Sarah Bellows-Blakely offers a compelling and sharply argued account of how African girls became key figures in global development policy during the 1980s and 1990s.Far from a straightforward narrative of empowerment, the book traces how diverse and sometimes radical ideas about gender and justice were repeatedly narrowed into a single, neoliberal framework in which 'girl power' meant little more than integration into free-market capitalism.
Fields of Study & Subjects
Gender
Education
and Development Issues
Feminism
and Intersectionality
Historical Gender and Feminism Studies
Publication details
- Journal / source
- Gender & History
- Volume
- 38
- Issue
- 2
- Pages
- 730–731
- Publication date
- 14 January 2026
- Language
- EN