Beyond Access: Transforming Policy and Practice for Gender Equality in EducationSheila Aikman, Elaine Unterhalter Oxfam, 2005 - 263 pages In a world where poverty, social prejudice, and poor-quality provision prevent an estimated 100 million girls from completing primary education, it is not enough for governments to pledge themselves to expand girlse(tm) access to school. This book presents a vision of a transformational education which would promote social change, enable girls to achieve their full potential, and help to create a just and democratic society. Contributors to this book examine the extent and causes of gender-based inequality in education; analyse government policies and their implications for womene(tm)s empowerment; and report on original field-work in a range of local contexts where gender-equality initiatives have flourished. In their introduction and their concluding chapter, Sheila Aikman and Elaine Unterhalter consider the challenges that confront policymakers, practitioners, campaigners, and researchers if they are to make real progress towards gender equality in education, in the context of the Millennium Development Goals. |
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... basic education and literacy . Despite the existence of more than 800 million non - literate adults in 2002 , of whom 64 per cent are women ( UNESCO 2003 : 225 ) and despite widespread agreement that adult education and literacy are ...
... basic education and literacy . Despite the existence of more than 800 million non - literate adults in 2002 , of whom 64 per cent are women ( UNESCO 2003 : 225 ) and despite widespread agreement that adult education and literacy are ...
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... basic education , and to provide evidence for civil - society's adversarial role in lobbying the government for change . It also emphasises the important role played by civil society in holding government accountable to its commitments ...
... basic education , and to provide evidence for civil - society's adversarial role in lobbying the government for change . It also emphasises the important role played by civil society in holding government accountable to its commitments ...
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... Basic Education , paper delivered at Beyond Access Seminar 5 , 31 January - 1 February 2005 , Dhaka . Full text can be found at http://k1.ioe.ac.uk/schools/efps/GenderEducDev/Miriam%20David%20paper%20final.pdf Herz , G. and B. Sperling ...
... Basic Education , paper delivered at Beyond Access Seminar 5 , 31 January - 1 February 2005 , Dhaka . Full text can be found at http://k1.ioe.ac.uk/schools/efps/GenderEducDev/Miriam%20David%20paper%20final.pdf Herz , G. and B. Sperling ...
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... Human development The capability approach Inequality and capability denial Development as A basic capability freedom ( from 1990s to the present ) 16 Beyond Access : Transforming Policy and Practice for Gender Equality in Education.
... Human development The capability approach Inequality and capability denial Development as A basic capability freedom ( from 1990s to the present ) 16 Beyond Access : Transforming Policy and Practice for Gender Equality in Education.
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... basic needs and economic benefits ' , International Journal of Comparative Sociology , 37 / 1-2 : 31-46 Herz , B. et al . ( 1991 ) ' Letting Girls Learn : Promising Approaches in Primary and Secondary Education , World Bank Discussion ...
... basic needs and economic benefits ' , International Journal of Comparative Sociology , 37 / 1-2 : 31-46 Herz , B. et al . ( 1991 ) ' Letting Girls Learn : Promising Approaches in Primary and Secondary Education , World Bank Discussion ...
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