Precarity and Power: Reflections on Women and Youth in Nonviolent Action

  • Jonathan Pinckney and Miranda Rivers

Summary

Examples abound of women and youth on the front lines of recent nonviolent action campaigns—from Alaa Salah leading demonstrators in Sudan in 2019 to the thousands of young people marching against the coup in Myanmar in early 2021. Yet significant social, cultural, and economic barriers can prevent both women and youth from participating in nonviolent action. This report, based in part on firsthand reports from activists in seven diverse countries, sheds light on these barriers and makes concrete recommendations for maximizing the impact of women and youth in nonviolent action.

Citation

Pinckney, Jonathan and Miranda Rivers. “Precarity and Power: Reflections on Women and Youth in Nonviolent Action.” United States Institute of Peace. September 2021.

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