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abstract: 'Despite decades of focus on gender and skills training, the Technical
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and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) landscape in Sub-Saharan
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Africa remains deeply gendered and rooted in wider structures of
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patriarchal inequality and exploitation. Engaging with recent
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theoretical moves toward gender-transformative and genderjust TVET
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programming, this paper explores how a gradual revisioning of TVET can
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be mobilised to challenge broader gender inequality and discrimination
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in precarious settings. Bringing together insights from feminist
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scholarship and the UN''s decent work agenda, which seeks to align fair
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and secure working conditions with the aspirations of workers, we ask
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what a gender-transformative future for TVET might look like where
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labour rights, sustainable livelihoods and wellbeing are incorporated
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from the ground up. Drawing on findings from Cameroon and Sierra Leone,
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from the innovative `Gen-Up'' project which aims to investigate possible
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gender-responsive TVET programmes and policies in collaboration with the
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TVET provider, the Don Bosco network we ask what is both possible and
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permissible in the fractious economic climate, where the focus on basic
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survival and income generation inhibits a genuine challenge to
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entrenched gender norms and stereotypes. For young women especially
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whose aspirations are multiply damaged by persistent discriminatory
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frameworks and who become further vulnerable at times of economic and
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social crisis, we ask whether current TVET programming is helping them
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escape the multiple forms of marginalisation they face. Even in cases
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where women may be portrayed as successful entrepreneurs or achieving
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sustainable livelihoods, the evidence suggests these individualistic
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narratives are leaving many young women behind. In this context of
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instability, precarity and increasing global and local socio-economic
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and gender inequalities we argue that only holistic TVET programming
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based on social and moral values and empowerment and proposing diverse
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pathways to decent work, creating forms of solidarity, collaboration and
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a contextualised enabling environment can act as both a lever for gender
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transformation and also an engine for broader socio-economic change
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fitting the `Decent Work'' vision and a constantly changing world of
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work.'
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affiliation: 'Wignall, R (Corresponding Author), 5 Redvers Rd, Brighton BN2 4BF, England.
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Wignall, R (Corresponding Author), Oxford Brookes Univ, Oxford, England.
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Wignall, Ross, 5 Redvers Rd, Brighton BN2 4BF, England.
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Wignall, Ross; Piquard, Brigitte; Joel, Emily, Oxford Brookes Univ, Oxford, England.
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Piquard, Brigitte, 39 Chemin Mezeau, F-86000 Poitiers, France.
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Joel, Emily, Bottom Flat, 3 Granville St, Aylesbury HP20 2JR, Bucks, England.'
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article-number: '102850'
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author: Wignall, Ross and Piquard, Brigitte and Joel, Emily
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author-email: 'rwignall@brookes.ac.uk
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bpiquard@brookes.ac.uk
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ejoel@brookes.ac.uk'
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author_list:
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- family: Wignall
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given: Ross
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- family: Piquard
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given: Brigitte
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- family: Joel
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given: Emily
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da: '2023-09-28'
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doi: 10.1016/j.ijedudev.2023.102850
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eissn: 1873-4871
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files: []
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issn: 0738-0593
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journal: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF EDUCATIONAL DEVELOPMENT
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keywords: TVET; Gender; Youth; Employment
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keywords-plus: 'VOCATIONAL-EDUCATION; SOUTH-AFRICAN; TRAINING TVET; POLICY; YOUTH;
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FEMINISMS; EQUALITY; ISSUES'
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language: English
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month: OCT
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number-of-cited-references: '97'
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papis_id: ba56cebb9ae6515fa951ef84c590f0cb
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ref: Wignall2023upskillingwomen
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times-cited: '0'
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title: Up-skilling women or de-skilling patriarchy? How TVET can drive wider gender
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transformation and the decent work agenda in Sub-Saharan Africa
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type: Article
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unique-id: WOS:001049247300001
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usage-count-last-180-days: '1'
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usage-count-since-2013: '1'
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volume: '102'
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web-of-science-categories: Education \& Educational Research
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year: '2023'
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