Vanessa Rojas Arangoitia
Associated Researcher
PhD in Sociology - Universidad Autónoma de Barcelona
vrojas@grade.org.pe
Vanessa holds a PhD in Sociology from 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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Educational Pathways: Young Peruvians in the COVID-19 Pandemic
2023 Vanessa Rojas, Gina Crivello, Adriana Alván
Young people have suffered most from the economic and social consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic in Latin America. The the pandemic constituted a highly complex scenario in which emergency remote and virtual education emerged as a useful, though not perfect, tool. This paper presents findings from the second instalment of a telephone follow-up study conducted […]
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Medidas de protección social del gobierno peruano en época de la Covid-19
2022 Lorena Alcazar, Vanessa Rojas, Emilio López de Romaña
En el actual contexto, donde la pandemia aún persiste, pero cuyos impactos sanitarios se reducen por la creciente aplicación de vacunas, resulta importante analizar lo que el Estado hizo para proteger de la pobreza a la población y en especial a las niñas, niños y adolescentes. Dicho análisis permite hacer un balance de la efectividad […]
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Chapter in BookEl Perú pendiente: ensayos para un desarrollo con bienestar
Avances y desafíos en la prevención de la violencia contra los niños, niñas y adolescentes en el hogar: una deuda al Bicentenario
2022 Gabriela Guerrero, Vanessa Rojas
This essay focuses on the analysis of violence against children and adolescents in the home, where they spend most of their time and which is not always a safe environment. The authors highlight the limited progress of policies against violence against children and adolescents in the home. They explain that this is mainly due to […]
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Madres jóvenes en pandemia: una aproximación cualitativa a los retos del cuidado infantil
2022 Vanessa Rojas, Adriana Alván
Este documento presenta las percepciones de mujeres que fueron madres en su juventud, y que forman parte de la muestra longitudinal del estudio cualitativo Niños del Milenio (NdM). Para ellas, la labor de cuidado se complejizó al asumir el acompañamiento educativo de sus hijos durante la pandemia del COVID-19. Las mujeres que fueron madres en […]
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Trayectorias educativas: seguimiento a jóvenes peruanos en pandemia
2022 Vanessa Rojas, Gina Crivello, Adriana Alván
Este documento explora las trayectorias educativas seguidas, durante la pandemia -2020 y 2021-, por jóvenes integrantes del estudio cualitativo Niños del Milenio. La investigación muestra sus percepciones acerca de los retos que enfrentaron respecto a la educación virtual de emergencia, así como a la continuidad de sus estudios superiores o el acceso a estos en […]
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Educational Pathways: Young Peruvians in the COVID-19 Pandemic
2023 Vanessa Rojas, Gina Crivello, Adriana Alván
Young people have suffered most from the economic and social consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic in Latin America. The the pandemic constituted a highly complex scenario in which emergency remote and virtual education emerged as a useful, though not perfect, tool. This paper presents findings from the second instalment of a telephone follow-up study conducted […]
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Medidas de protección social del gobierno peruano en época de la Covid-19
2022 Lorena Alcazar, Vanessa Rojas, Emilio López de Romaña
En el actual contexto, donde la pandemia aún persiste, pero cuyos impactos sanitarios se reducen por la creciente aplicación de vacunas, resulta importante analizar lo que el Estado hizo para proteger de la pobreza a la población y en especial a las niñas, niños y adolescentes. Dicho análisis permite hacer un balance de la efectividad […]
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Experiencias de convivencia, matrimonio y maternidad/paternidad en adolescentes y jóvenes peruanos
2019 Vanessa Rojas,
Sorry, this entry is only available in European Spanish.
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El género y las trayectorias hacia la adultez en el Perú: educación, trabajo y maternidad/paternidad
2017 Vanessa Rojas, Gabriela Guerrero, Jimena Vargas
En este documento examinamos cómo el género afecta las trayectorias educativas, laborales y de maternidad/ paternidad de una muestra de jóvenes que crecen en situación de pobreza en el Perú. Reportamos los resultados y las trayectorias de 26 miembros de la cohorte mayor que participaron en la investigación cualitativa del estudio longitudinal Niños del Milenio […]
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Medición del desarrollo infantil en América Latina: construyendo una agenda regional
2016 Ariel Fiszbein, Gabriela Guerrero, Vanessa Rojas
Este documento fue escrito en base a las discusiones que tuvieron lugar en el Seminario sobre Medición del Desarrollo Infantil en Lima del 20 al 22 de septiembre de 2016, organizado por el Diálogo Interamericano, GRADE y el Banco Mundial, con el apoyo de CAF – Banco de Desarrollo de América Latina, la Fundación Baltazar […]
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JournalGender and Education
Young women and higher education in Peru: how does gender shape their educational trajectories?
2019 Gabriela Guerrero, Vanessa Rojas
In the last 20 years, a reversal of the gender gap in higher education (HE) has been observed both in developed and developing countries. Nowadays, more women than men are studying HE. Nevertheless, averages tend to high disparities and gender gaps are still observed when indicators take poverty and ethnicity into account. This paper uses […]
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Avances y desafíos en la prevención de la violencia contra los niños, niñas y adolescentes en el hogar: una deuda al Bicentenario
El Perú pendiente: ensayos para un desarrollo con bienestar2022 Gabriela Guerrero, Vanessa Rojas
This essay focuses on the analysis of violence against children and adolescents in the home, where they spend most of their time and which is not always a safe environment. The authors highlight the limited progress of policies against violence against children and adolescents in the home. They explain that this is mainly due to […]
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Breaking the Silence. Why do Young Women in Peru Marry or Cohabit at a Young Age, and What are the Consequences?
Dreaming of a Better Life Child Marriage Through Adolescent Eyes2020 Vanessa Rojas, Francis Bravo, Nikki van der Gaag
On the basis of qualitative data, the chapter shows how different factors lead young women to start cohabitation or marriage before adulthood. Through the experiences of three women who began cohabitation before the age of 18 in Peru, the authors show what life is like for them, the inequities in the power relations they face […]
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Madres jóvenes en pandemia: una aproximación cualitativa a los retos del cuidado infantil
2022 Vanessa Rojas, Adriana Alván
Este documento presenta las percepciones de mujeres que fueron madres en su juventud, y que forman parte de la muestra longitudinal del estudio cualitativo Niños del Milenio (NdM). Para ellas, la labor de cuidado se complejizó al asumir el acompañamiento educativo de sus hijos durante la pandemia del COVID-19. Las mujeres que fueron madres en […]
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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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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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Experiencias de convivencia, matrimonio y maternidad/paternidad en adolescentes y jóvenes peruanos. Policy brief
2019 Vanessa Rojas,
Sorry, this entry is only available in European Spanish.
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¿Qué hemos aprendido del estudio longitudinal Niños del Milenio? Síntesis de hallazgos
2018 Santiago Cueto, Javier Escobal, , Nicolás Pazos, Mary Penny, Vanessa Rojas, Alan Sanchez, Claudia Felipe
The Young Lives Peru Country Report presents a summary of the main findings that emerge from analysing the Young Lives data from Peru across a longitudinal study following two cohorts of children in various situations from remote rural areas to urban communities, as a component of a larger multicountry project. The study relates conditions early […]
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Projects
- Analysis of the Peruvian government’s social protection measures to COVID-19April 2021
- Inequality of opportunity in Peru: How can young people develop relevant skills and find decent employment in a rapidly changing job market?December 2018
- Young Lives Peru 2017-2018April 2017
- Young Lives PeruApril 2016
- Young Lives Study (continuation)April 2013 - March 2014
Media
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Gestión: Consequences of keeping higher education partially virtual, according to Young Lives Peru
July 11, 2022 Education and learning
“The perception that young people have regarding the low quality of the virtual education they receive is an element of risk in the face of educational interruption or desertion.” Diario Gestión gathered the findings of the qualitative study Young Lives Peru, “Trayectorias educativas: seguimiento a jóvenes peruanos en pandemia” (Educational trajectories: monitoring young Peruvians in […]
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Adolescent voices must shape policies designed to reduce early cohabitation in Peru, by Vanessa Rojas
June 25, 2019 Methodologies for research and evaluation of policy and programmes, Poverty and equality
“…children’s and adolescents’ voices remain marginalised in policy discussions. My research shows that any policies that aim to reduce the levels of early cohabitation in Peru must be shaped by adolescents’ voiced experiences”. Vanessa Rojas, Adjunct Researcher at GRADE and Qualitative Coordinator of Young Lives Peru, shares the findings for Peru of the Young Marriage and Parenthood Study.
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Preliminary findings of Young Marriage and Parenthood Study (YMAPS) in Peru
February 6, 2019 Ethnicity, gender and citizenship
Vanessa Rojas, Adjunct Researcher at GRADE and Coordinator of the Qualitative Component of Young Lives in Peru, shared in Radio Nacional the preliminary findings of the Young Marriage and Parenthood (YMAPS) qualitative studies, show the perceptions of young women and men about their experiences in cohabitation, pregnancy, maternity/paternity to an early age. Qualitative evidence of […]
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Navigating Through Life: Young Lives Study Peru
September 3, 2018 Education and learning
The qualitative approach of the Young Lives study in Peru has been able to capture the changes in the biographies of 51 children. Their voices allow understanding how they face realities, responsibilities, and risks during the time in their lives when school is the main component. Their experiences let researchers reflect on Sustainable Development Goal […]
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Stories about children. Oswaldo Molina writes about the 15 years of Young Lives Peru
June 23, 2018 Education and learning, Poverty and equality, Health and nutrition
What is it like to be a poor child in Peru? Oswaldo Molina, director of the Master’s in Economics at Universidad del Pacífico, writes in El Comercio about the findings of Young Lives Peru during 15 years of research. Although, in general terms, the study shows that the welfare of families has improved in these […]
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Adolescent voices must shape policies designed to reduce early cohabitation in Peru, by Vanessa Rojas
June 25, 2019 Methodologies for research and evaluation of policy and programmes, Poverty and equality
“…children’s and adolescents’ voices remain marginalised in policy discussions. My research shows that any policies that aim to reduce the levels of early cohabitation in Peru must be shaped by adolescents’ voiced experiences”. Vanessa Rojas, Adjunct Researcher at GRADE and Qualitative Coordinator of Young Lives Peru, shares the findings for Peru of the Young Marriage and Parenthood Study.
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Navigating Through Life: Young Lives Study Peru
September 3, 2018 Education and learning
The qualitative approach of the Young Lives study in Peru has been able to capture the changes in the biographies of 51 children. Their voices allow understanding how they face realities, responsibilities, and risks during the time in their lives when school is the main component. Their experiences let researchers reflect on Sustainable Development Goal […]
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“La disciplina en la escuela pública está muy ligada al castigo físico”
January 6, 2012 Health and nutrition
Sorry, this entry is only available in European Spanish.
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Preliminary findings of Young Marriage and Parenthood Study (YMAPS) in Peru
February 6, 2019 Ethnicity, gender and citizenship
Vanessa Rojas, Adjunct Researcher at GRADE and Coordinator of the Qualitative Component of Young Lives in Peru, shared in Radio Nacional the preliminary findings of the Young Marriage and Parenthood (YMAPS) qualitative studies, show the perceptions of young women and men about their experiences in cohabitation, pregnancy, maternity/paternity to an early age. Qualitative evidence of […]
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Gestión: Consequences of keeping higher education partially virtual, according to Young Lives Peru
July 11, 2022 Education and learning
“The perception that young people have regarding the low quality of the virtual education they receive is an element of risk in the face of educational interruption or desertion.” Diario Gestión gathered the findings of the qualitative study Young Lives Peru, “Trayectorias educativas: seguimiento a jóvenes peruanos en pandemia” (Educational trajectories: monitoring young Peruvians in […]
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Stories about children. Oswaldo Molina writes about the 15 years of Young Lives Peru
June 23, 2018 Education and learning, Poverty and equality, Health and nutrition
What is it like to be a poor child in Peru? Oswaldo Molina, director of the Master’s in Economics at Universidad del Pacífico, writes in El Comercio about the findings of Young Lives Peru during 15 years of research. Although, in general terms, the study shows that the welfare of families has improved in these […]
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Niños en crecimiento
March 7, 2014 Education and learning
Sorry, this entry is only available in European Spanish.
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