The concept of generational contract: A systematic literature review

M Zechner, T Sihto - International Journal of Social Welfare, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Major societal changes, such as the ongoing climate crisis, and the population ageing, affect
the relations between generations within societies. The concept of generational contract is …

Under the Mango Tree: Photovoice with primary school children in rural Sierra Leone

E Samonova, D Devine… - International Journal of …, 2022 - journals.sagepub.com
In recent decades, photovoice has become a popular method in research that involves
children as active research participants. This paper focuses on the procedures and methods …

Designing a Green-School Education Model of Community Development in Rural Areas

R Windiasih, B Suswanto, A Sibiq, AI Sulaiman - Technium Soc. Sci. J., 2022 - HeinOnline
Education is an important factor in developing human resources as development actors take
advantage of the potential of natural, social, and economic resources in rural areas in the …

Gendering childhood (s) and engagement with schooling in rural Sierra Leone

D Devine, E Samonova, G Bolotta… - Compare: A Journal …, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
In spite of widespread initiatives to improve access to education for girls, substantive
concerns remain. While there is a rich and growing body of literature on gendered …

[HTML][HTML] Developing a social evolutionary measure of child and adolescent hedonic and eudaimonic wellbeing in rural Sierra Leone

JE Symonds, S Sloan, M Kearns, D Devine… - Journal of Happiness …, 2022 - Springer
The study establishes the validity of a new measure of child and adolescent hedonic and
eudaimonic wellbeing designed for international use and based on social evolutionary …

The COVID-19 pandemic and children's engagement with learning in rural Sierra Leone

AJ Smith, D Devine, E Samonova… - Cambridge Journal of …, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
The COVID-19 pandemic caused worldwide educational disruption. This paper addresses a
gap in the literature relating to the impact of the pandemic on learning experiences of …

Generation and gender: theorising social reproduction in rural West Africa

K Wells - Children's Geographies, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
This paper argues for generation to be incorporated into the analysis of social reproduction
to open new ways of thinking about the significance of children's unpaid work in and for their …

“The man is always in front while the woman is at the back”: gendered attitudes towards education in rural Sierra Leone

E Samonova, D Devine - Compare: A Journal of Comparative and …, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
ABSTRACT Our research from Sierra Leone shows how the schooling experience presents
new gender puzzles. Since the end of the civil war in 2002, serious efforts have been made …

Power, agency and children's time use in rural Sierra Leone

E Samonova, D Devine, C Sugrue… - Children's …, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
Children's time allocation plays an important role in their well-being, education and future
chances in life. This paper examines children's time use in rural Sierra Leone in the context …

Contested futures: The 'humanitarian value'of childhood in rural Sierra Leone

G Bolotta, D Devine - Current Sociology, 2022 - journals.sagepub.com
This article explores contrasting social constructions of the 'value of children'in a rural village
in Northern Sierra Leone. It investigates how the meanings of childhood, its temporal …