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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... Ensuring a fair chance for girls 36 Global Campaign for Education 3 Measuring gender equality in education 60 Elaine Unterhalter , Chloe Challender , and Rajee Rajagopalan Part Two : Transforming Action - Changing Policy through ...
... Ensuring a fair chance for girls 36 Global Campaign for Education 3 Measuring gender equality in education 60 Elaine Unterhalter , Chloe Challender , and Rajee Rajagopalan Part Two : Transforming Action - Changing Policy through ...
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... ensuring that all boys and girls complete a full course of primary schooling by 2015 . MDG 3 : promote gender equality and empower women , with the target of eliminating gender disparities in primary and secondary education by 2005 ...
... ensuring that all boys and girls complete a full course of primary schooling by 2015 . MDG 3 : promote gender equality and empower women , with the target of eliminating gender disparities in primary and secondary education by 2005 ...
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... ensure that it is not overlooked in the big push towards achieving EFA by 2015. There is no room for complacency : the 2005 target has been missed , and there is a need to question why this has happened and what can be done to ensure ...
... ensure that it is not overlooked in the big push towards achieving EFA by 2015. There is no room for complacency : the 2005 target has been missed , and there is a need to question why this has happened and what can be done to ensure ...
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... ensuring adult education and literacy , but their actions belie their words . It has been a low priority for most governments and ... ensure that it is flexible and meets a wide range of different needs . The chapters reveal the complex ...
... ensuring adult education and literacy , but their actions belie their words . It has been a low priority for most governments and ... ensure that it is flexible and meets a wide range of different needs . The chapters reveal the complex ...
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... ensure that educational practices intersect appropriately with policy to promote gender equality and quality education . Janet Raynor shows how policy and practice in Bangladesh are sometimes out of step with each other . The ...
... ensure that educational practices intersect appropriately with policy to promote gender equality and quality education . Janet Raynor shows how policy and practice in Bangladesh are sometimes out of step with each other . The ...
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