Gender, Education and Development

Gender, Education and Development PDF

Author: Christine Heward

Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan

Published: 1999

Total Pages: 240

ISBN-13: 9781856496322

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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.

Questioning Empowerment

Questioning Empowerment PDF

Author: Jo Rowlands

Publisher: Oxfam

Published: 1997-01-01

Total Pages: 196

ISBN-13: 9780855983628

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Focusing on the term empowerment this book examines the various meanings given to the concept of empowerment and the many ways power can be expressed - in personal relationships and in wider social interactions.