Publications

The girls work method: what is the role of empowerment in building girls’ agency?

Girls Work, as one of the methods used by professional youth work, focuses on helping vulnerable girls to shape their own lives (a capacity also referred to as ‘agency’). In this study, it is hypothesised ...

The contribution of professional youth work to the development of socially vulnerable youngsters

The central question in this study is how, for whom, and under which conditions professional youth work contributes to the personal development of socially vulnerable youngsters, the reinforcement of their social ...

Supporting vulnerable girls in shaping their lives

Girls between 10 and 23 years old are in a phase in life in which they are occupied with the process of becoming adults. The process of becoming an adult is associated with shaping, or learning to ...

The development of agency in professional youth work with girls and young women in the Netherlands

The role of social environment in acquiring agency in Girls Work

Girls Work is a method of professional youth work that support girls in vulnerable circumstances to develop agency (Bandura, 2006). In doing this, girls mediate between who they personally want to be and what is ...