Gender, Education and Development

Beyond Access to Empowerment

Häftad, Engelska, 1998

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Beskrivning

This book grounds the education of women and girls in the realities of their lives and experience in diverse areas of the developing world. Moving beyond the previous emphasis on access to education to problematise its content and the way it is experienced, the case studies range from the Arakambut of Peru to the changing experience of racialised education in South Africa.The contributors take issue with the World Bank’s view that the education of girls and women is important primarily as a cost-effective mechanism for making women more economically productive. Including an overview chapter on the impact of structural adjustment on education throughout Latin America and Africa, the book provides detailed information on Sri Lanka, Nepal, Pakistan, Malaysia, Papua New Guinea, Peru, Ethiopia, Tanzania, South Africa, Niger and Mauritius. It meets the urgent need to understand the education of women and girls in their economic, political and cultural contexts.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:1998-01-05
Mått:140 x 216 x 14 mm
Vikt:339 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:240
Förlag:Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
ISBN:9781856496322

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Christine Heward is a senior lecturer at the Institute of Education, University of Warwick.Sheila Bunwaree is lecturer in the Faculty of Social Studies and Humanities, University of Mauritius.

Innehållsförteckning

Introduction - Christine Heward and Sheila BunwareePart I: Changing Political Contexts1. The Impact of Structural Adjustment Programmes on Gender and Household Educational Decision-Making: Evidence from Africa and Latin America - Nelly P. Stromquist2. Listening to the Gendered Other: Participation of Girls and Women in Education and Training in Papua New Guinea - Christine Fox3. The schooling of South African girls: Stories, statistics, and strategies - Elaine Unterhalter4. Schooling and Development: Eroding Amazon Women's Knowledge and Diversity - Sheila AikmanPart II: Africa: Changing Family and Household Contexts5. Girls and Schooling in Ethiopia - Pauline Rose and Mercy Tembon6. Education, Schooling and Fertility in the Context of Niger - Shona Wynd7. Moving Beyond Issues of Access and Equity in Promoting Education for Girls in Tanzania - Stella BenderaPart III: Middle Income Countries and the Labour Market8. Gender Inequality: the Mauritian Experience - Sheila Bunwaree9. Gender Inequality in Educational Attainment in Peninsular Malaysia - Suet-ling PongPart IV: South Asian Contrasts10. Gender, Education and Development: Sri Lanka - Swarna Jayawaree11. From WID to GAD: experiences of education in Nepal - Mo Sibbons12. Closing the gender gap?: the informal sector in Pakistan - Christine Heward