Precarity and Power: Reflections on Women and Youth in Nonviolent Action
Categories: Human Rights, Humanitarian Emergencies
Sub-Categories: Access to Justice and Rule of Law, Democratization and Political Participation, Economic Participation, Human Development, Nonviolent Resistance, Sexual and Gender-Based Violence (SGBV)
Region: No Region
Year: 2021
Citation: Pinckney, Jonathan and Miranda Rivers. "Precarity and Power: Reflections on Women and Youth in Nonviolent Action." United States Institute of Peace. September 2021.
Sub-Categories: Access to Justice and Rule of Law, Democratization and Political Participation, Economic Participation, Human Development, Nonviolent Resistance, Sexual and Gender-Based Violence (SGBV)
Region: No Region
Year: 2021
Citation: Pinckney, Jonathan and Miranda Rivers. "Precarity and Power: Reflections on Women and Youth in Nonviolent Action." United States Institute of Peace. September 2021.
Executive 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.