Organizing the Youth Leadership Circle: Lessons Learned across Southern Spaces
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Youth Leadership Circle; transnational, young women and girls with disabilities, decoloniality, Global South
Abstract
The Youth Leadership Circle is a transnational group of young women and girls with disabilities from across Southern spaces who come together to learn and to develop their leadership skills. In this paper, we explore our experiences supporting this group and the decolonial possibilities and struggles that emerge through this work.
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Xuan Thuy Nguyen, Carleton University
Dr. Xuan Thuy Nguyen is an Associate Professor in the Institute of Interdisciplinary Studies and the Feminist Institute for Social Transformation at Carleton University in Canada. She is the Project Director of “Learning with and from the global South: Opportunities for engaging girls & young women with disabilities across Southern spaces” (ENGAGE), a transnational partnership project funded by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC) [2021-2024]. Her work has been published in many peer-review journals such as Disability & Society, Disability and the Global South, Global Studies of Childhood, Foucault Studies, and Girlhood Studies: An Interdisciplinary Journal. She is author of The Journey to Inclusion (2015, Sense/Brill Publishers).
Nhi Truong, Hue University of Science
Nhi Truong is a social work lecturer at Hue University of Science in Vietnam. She holds a master’s degree in social work from the University of Science. Her journey in the field of social work has been driven by her fervent commitment to social justice and empowerment of disadvantaged groups. Her research focuses on understanding the practical aspects of providing access to education for children with disabilities. She continues to contribute actively to the field, fostering inclusivity and empowerment for young woman and girls with disabilities. She is also a research assistant for the Learning with and from the Global South: Engaging young women and girls with disabilities from Southern spaces (ENGAGE) project.
Dana Corfield, York University
Dana Corfield is a PhD candidate in Critical Disability Studies at York University (Toronto, Canada). She is also the founder and director of Equip KIDS International, a grassroots organization working with children with disabilities in Peru, and the research coordinator for the Decolonial Disability Studies Collective at Carleton University (Ottawa, Canada).