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聽鈥淲hat would it really mean to study the world from the standpoint of [adolescent girls] both as knowers and as actors?鈥� asks sociologist Anne Oakley (1994, p. 23) Her question has been an important one for framing and re-framing research to take account of the perspectives of 聽girls and young women, 聽and in so doing provides the foundation for a six year study working with Indigenous girls and young women in Canada and South Africa who are engaged in discussion, cellphilm production, photovoice and various forms of art-making to address sexual violence But alongside possibilities for deepening an understanding of the issues for researchers and potentially policy makers, the most important question must surely be related to what this work might mean to the participants themselves? To date there are few studies that ask this question even though there is often an implicit sense that participation 聽and media production is inherently good, as we see in work that uses terms such as 鈥榲oice鈥�, 鈥榓gency鈥� and 鈥榚mpowerment鈥�. But is this the case for work in the area of sexual violence? How might we look at 聽this work in the context of the health and well being of girls and young women?聽

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