Youth Transitions in Protracted Crisis

Abstract

This project focuses on young people who are refugees and highlights the challenges and strategies youth employ to create adult lives in difficult environment. This research took place in urban and camp settlements in Uganda and Jordan working with various refugee groups aged 10 -24. It employs a participatory co-produced methodology, the research sought to inform policy and programming at national and international levels. There is a story map for the research Story mapping provides an audio-visual means for young people to reflect on their experiences of growing up. Story maps were developed for this project as a way for young people to explore experiences or specific aspects of life that were important for them in their transition to adulthood. They provide detailed insights into the positive and negative aspects of life growing up as refugees in Uganda and Jordan. This work was funded by the Department for International Development’s Policy Research Fund