‘Finding their voice’: exploring female adolescents’ perspectives and experiences of a youth leadership programme

IF 1.2 3区社会学 Q3 DEVELOPMENT STUDIES

Community Development Journal Pub Date : 2024-01-31 DOI:10.1093/cdj/bsad040

Gemma Quartarella, Romana Morda, Laurie A Chapin

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Abstract

In order to increase women’s participation in leadership roles, an understanding of what barriers exist to inhibit female leadership development and what best practices can foster leadership in young women is needed. This qualitative study explored the leadership perspectives and experiences of eight young women (aged 14–16 years) who participated in a community-based youth leadership programme in Australia. Findings indicated that participants distinguished between believing they had the potential and skills to lead and having the confidence to say they are leaders. Gender socialization and implicit leadership beliefs influenced their understandings and perspectives of leadership and their willingness to pursue leadership. They identified the importance of female youth ‘finding their voice’ and not ‘holding back’. This study has significant potential organizational and community applications. Education and participation in community leadership programmes can be used as an opportunity to confront gendered assumptions, and better prepare young women for different types of leadership roles and foster their ability to be agents of social change.

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找到自己的声音"：探索女性青少年对青年领导力计划的看法和体验

为了提高女性对领导角色的参与度，我们需要了解存在哪些阻碍女性领导力发展的障碍，以及哪些最佳实践可以培养年轻女性的领导力。这项定性研究探讨了参加澳大利亚社区青年领导力计划的八名年轻女性（14-16 岁）的领导力观点和经验。研究结果表明，参与者将认为自己有领导潜力和技能与有信心说自己是领导者这两者区分开来。性别社会化和隐性领导力信念影响了他们对领导力的理解和看法，也影响了他们追求领导力的意愿。她们发现了女性青年 "找到自己的声音 "和不 "退缩 "的重要性。这项研究具有重要的组织和社区应用潜力。可以利用教育和参与社区领导力计划的机会来正视性别假设，让女青年更好地为担任不同类型的领导角色做好准备，并培养她们成为社会变革推动者的能力。

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Community Development Journal DEVELOPMENT STUDIES-

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3.20

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6.70%

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