Vanessa Rojas Arangoitia
Associated Researcher
PhD candidate in Social & Cultural Anthropology - Universidad Autónoma de Barcelona
vrojas@grade.org.pe
Vanessa is studying for a PhD in Sociology at Universidad Autónoma de Barcelona. She has a degree in Anthropology and a Master’s degree in Political Science from the Pontifical Catholic University of Peru. Her work has focused on the anthropology of education and childhood, addressing issues of educational transitions, child welfare, educational quality and power relations. During 2012, she worked in the Early Education Department of the Ministry of Education of Peru as Coordinator of alternatives of education in early childhood.
Currently she is an Associated Researcher at GRADE and the Lead Researcher for the Qualitative Component of Young Lives in Peru.
Publications
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Trayectorias educativas: seguimiento de jóvenes peruanos en pandemia
2022 Vanessa Rojas, Gina Crivello, Adriana Alván
A partir de un seguimiento cualitativo a la cohorte menor de Niños del Milenio durante dos años consecutivos (2020 y 2021), exploramos las barreras para el acceso y la continuidad educativa, el rol determinante del Estado y las familias, y la percepción de que la educación superior virtual impartida durante la pandemia ha sido de […]
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Educación superior en pandemia: Una aproximación cualitativa desde Niños del Milenio
2021 Vanessa Rojas
When the national quarantine was set in March 2020, young people who were pursuing higher education were immersed in emergency virtual education. This document analyzes their perceptions of change, as well as the barriers they faced and the resources they had to continue studying. In addition, it describes how COVID-19 influenced the aspirations of young […]
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Educación superior en tiempos de pandemia. Una aproximación cualitativa a las trayectorias educativas de las y los jóvenes de NdM en el Perú
2021 Vanessa Rojas
In recent years, university education has experienced a significant increase in Peru. Sánchez, Favara and Porter (2021b) point out that, according to the Educational Quality Statistics Unit (Escale) of the Ministry of Education (Minedu), the gross attendance rate in higher education went from 38% to 77% among the years 2001 and 2019 (for young people […]
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Estrategias de cuidado infantil en familias vulnerables peruanas: Evidencia cualitativa de Niños del Milenio
2021 Vanessa Rojas
El análisis de las percepciones de niños y niñas, y de las diversas situaciones que enfrentan familias urbanas y rurales que participan en el estudio cualitativo longitudinal Niños del Milenio (NdM), muestra que el cuidado infantil es una actividad familiar y femenina. Además, la precariedad económica en la que viven estos niños los expone a […]
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Estrategias de cuidado infantil en familias vulnerables peruanas: Evidencia del estudio cualitativo longitudinal Niños del Milenio.
2021 Vanessa Rojas
The document addresses what families face in situations of changes that impact and weaken their economy, the care of children is in second place, which affects their wellbeing. The voices of the children themselves identify the need for care networks beyond the family environment; the urgency of promoting public policies regarding the reconciliation of work […]
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Understanding Children´s Experiences of Violence in Peru: Evidence from Young Lives
2016 Gabriela Guerrero, Vanessa Rojas
This paper describes children’s experiences of violence at home in Peru, using a lifecourse approach. Violence against children at home tended to increase with age, as children took on more chores (especially in rural areas), and spent more time away from home (in some cases, in urban areas). The chances of being hit by parents […]
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Gendered trajectories through education, work and parenthood in Peru
2016 Gabriela Guerrero, Vanessa Rojas,
This paper explores young people’s inter-related transitions and pathways through schooling, work and parenthood, with a special focus on the way gender affects trajectories into adulthood among a sample of young people growing up in poverty. The authors report on the outcomes and trajectories of those members of the Older Cohort who participated in Young […]
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Le va bien en la vida Percepciones de bienestar de un grupo de adolescentes del Perú
2013 Vanessa Rojas, Alexandra Cussianovich
Este documento de trabajo aborda el llamado bienestar subjetivo sobre la base de la propia perspectiva de los adolescentes a quienes se hace seguimiento en el estudio Niños del Milenio.
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Prefiero que me peguen con palo… las notas son sagradas Percepciones sobre disciplina y autoridad en una secundaria pública en el Perú
2011 Vanessa Rojas
Una aproximación a las opiniones y experiencias sobre la disciplina y el castigo en la vida escolar de un grupo de estudiantes entre los
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“Cualquier cosa nos puede pasar”. Cuando la violencia marca el ciclo de vida de las niñas en el Perú
2019 Vanessa Rojas
This qualitative study aims to highlight the multiple and persistent forms of violence that Peruvian girls can experiment from childhood to adolescence, as well as the resources they have to respond to it. In addition, the purpose of this brief is to approach the complex relationship that exists between the individual, familiar and community spaces, as […]
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Projects
Media
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Niños en crecimiento
March 7, 2014 Education and learning
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“La disciplina en la escuela pública está muy ligada al castigo físico”
January 6, 2012 Health and nutrition
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Selected Publications
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Le va bien en la vida Percepciones de bienestar de un grupo de adolescentes del Perú
2013 Vanessa Rojas, Alexandra Cussianovich