Children's Lived Experience of Poverty and Vulnerability in Kenya

Children’s Lived Experience of Poverty and Vulnerability considers the complexities, entanglements and fluidity of existing frameworks and categorizations in child poverty and vulnerability. Written in a clear and engaging style and meticulously crafted arguments , the book offers highly original and stimulating insights into the field of childhood and children’s rights studies. Karl Hanson, Director of the Centre for Children’s Rights Studies, University of Geneva, Switzerland This exceptionally argued book, children’s lived experience of poverty and vulnerability provides an interesting reading about changing representations of childhood in resource-limited settings in Africa. These perspectives that draw from locally embedded notions of childhood, parenthood and poverty have significant implications for child protection policy processes Erick Otieno Nyambedha, Professor of Anthropology, Maseno University, Kenya Children’s lived experience of poverty and vulnerability draws on children’s voice to frame their experience. The nuanced injustices, inequities and resilience provided complexify the realities of growing up in an African context. It is a must-read for policymakers, teachers, postgraduate students and others who work with children. HB Ebrahim, UNESCO Co-chair and Research Professor for Early Childhood, University of South Africa The book Children’s lived experience of poverty and vulnerability draws from award-winning ethnographic research. Written in a lucid and engaging style, it is a must-read for those interested in epistemic justice for children, the epistemologies of the South, poverty and social justice debates for children. Auma Okwany, Associate Professor of Social Policy The International Institute of Social Studies of Erasmus University Rotterdam, Netherlands