Behind The Pages - Podcast Of The Jeie

In this episode, Cirenia Chavez Villegas and Elena Butti unpack the connection between educational attainment and criminal engagement for youth in two hotspots of the war on drugs. In their research article, “‘If you don’t have an education, you are no one’: Understanding the School Experiences of Youth Involved in Drug-Related Crime in Ciudad Juarez and Medellin,” Chavez Villegas and Butti suggest that these youth do not drop out of school in search of money or reputation, rather they are pushed out by a cycle of stigma, segregation, punishment, and exclusion. Behind the Pages, the podcast of the Journal on Education in Emergencies (JEiE), features exciting and timely conversations with JEiE authors about their work on education in regions affected by crisis and conflict.