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Laura Wray-Lake; Julia Rottenberg; Heather Kennedy – Child Development Perspectives, 2025
ABSTRACT Ageism against older adults has been well studied, yet adolescents also experience ageism in pervasive and harmful ways. In this article, we describe anti-youth ageism as a system of oppression that encompasses negative stereotypes, prejudices, and discrimination against adolescents that uphold power hierarchies and marginalize young…
Descriptors: Youth, Age Discrimination, Social Bias, Stereotypes
Susan Opok – Center for Universal Education at The Brookings Institution, 2024
School re-entry for pregnant girls and young mothers is increasingly recognized by African governments as a critical measure to improve the education of marginalized adolescents and mitigate school pushout. In Uganda, the high rate of teenage pregnancy, exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic, prompted the government to approve "Revised…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Early Parenthood, Mothers, Pregnancy