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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... District household surveys have been a key instrument in collecting data on school attendance . Additional surveys have looked at how household relations affect decisions about sending girls to school and keeping them there ( Hadden and ...
... District household surveys have been a key instrument in collecting data on school attendance . Additional surveys have looked at how household relations affect decisions about sending girls to school and keeping them there ( Hadden and ...
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... district levels . These were generally not spaces available to a feminist leadership elsewhere in the world . When women did gain senior positions , it was not very frequently on terms associated with a politics concerning gender ...
... district levels . These were generally not spaces available to a feminist leadership elsewhere in the world . When women did gain senior positions , it was not very frequently on terms associated with a politics concerning gender ...
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... ( District Primary Education programme ) and Mahila Samakhya ' , Compare 31/1 : 57-73 Vavrus , F. ( 2003 ) Desire and Decline : Schooling and Crisis in Tanzania , New York : Peter Lang Walker , M. ( 2004 ) ' Girls ' Lives and Capabilities ...
... ( District Primary Education programme ) and Mahila Samakhya ' , Compare 31/1 : 57-73 Vavrus , F. ( 2003 ) Desire and Decline : Schooling and Crisis in Tanzania , New York : Peter Lang Walker , M. ( 2004 ) ' Girls ' Lives and Capabilities ...
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... District of Rajasthan , the Mahila Shikshan Vihar ( MSV ) , Jalore , is an institution with a difference . Young women are motivated to take part in a residential , intensive education programme . Most have either dropped out of school ...
... District of Rajasthan , the Mahila Shikshan Vihar ( MSV ) , Jalore , is an institution with a difference . Young women are motivated to take part in a residential , intensive education programme . Most have either dropped out of school ...
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... districts where secondary - school bursaries were introduced experienced a sharp decline in child marriages , as well as soaring girls ' enrolments . Governments need to involve communities and civil - society groups in developing ...
... districts where secondary - school bursaries were introduced experienced a sharp decline in child marriages , as well as soaring girls ' enrolments . Governments need to involve communities and civil - society groups in developing ...
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