Capabilities Approach to Youth Rights in East Africa

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dc.contributor.authorSahaya, Selvam
dc.date.accessioned2018-11-01T06:36:28Z
dc.date.available2018-11-01T06:36:28Z
dc.date.issued2008-04
dc.description.abstractEarly physical maturity and delayed social maturity, created by the Industrial Revolution, make youth a vulnerable group. Governments, including those of East Africa, attempt to respond to this situation in their National Youth Policies. However, these policies remain weak and uncommitted to youth rights. The capabilities approach, pioneered by Amartya Sen and developed by Martha Nussbaum, challenges the naivety of debates on human rights by calling for affirmative action. In the light of the capabilities approach, this article critically examines the existing National Youth Policies of the three countries of East Africa—Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda. It suggests certain elements that need to be added to youth capabilities in the African context.en_US
dc.identifier.citationSelvam, Sahaya G. (2008) 'Capabilities Approach to Youth Rights in East Africa', The International Journal of Human Rights, 12:2, 205 - 214 To link to this article: DOI: 10.1080/13642980801899659 URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13642980801899659en_US
dc.identifier.issn/08/020205–10
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12342/307
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherTangaza University College/Routledgeen_US
dc.subjectCapabilitiesen_US
dc.subjectYouth rightsen_US
dc.subjectEast Africaen_US
dc.subjectRelativity and Vulnerability of Youthen_US
dc.titleCapabilities Approach to Youth Rights in East Africaen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
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