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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... girls ' access to formal education and the quality of education that they receive in school . Their initiatives have been linked to widely differing aims and expectations of what the education of girls and women can do for economic and ...
... girls ' access to formal education and the quality of education that they receive in school . Their initiatives have been linked to widely differing aims and expectations of what the education of girls and women can do for economic and ...
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... girls to take up paid employment , there has been no research into employment opportunities for girls . The chapter contributed by the Kenyan national education coalition , Elimu Yetu , based on its own research in Kenya into the status ...
... girls to take up paid employment , there has been no research into employment opportunities for girls . The chapter contributed by the Kenyan national education coalition , Elimu Yetu , based on its own research in Kenya into the status ...
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... girls , in a school environment characterised by aggression and physical punishment , have meant that for girls the social costs of schooling are often too high , and they drop out in large numbers . This cycle of low achievement and ...
... girls , in a school environment characterised by aggression and physical punishment , have meant that for girls the social costs of schooling are often too high , and they drop out in large numbers . This cycle of low achievement and ...
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... Girls ' Education : Towards a Better Future for All ( DFID 2005 ) . In the WID approach , ' gender ' is equated with women and girls , who are identified descriptively in terms of biological differences . ' Education ' is understood as ...
... Girls ' Education : Towards a Better Future for All ( DFID 2005 ) . In the WID approach , ' gender ' is equated with women and girls , who are identified descriptively in terms of biological differences . ' Education ' is understood as ...
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... girls into school . A great deal of the empirical work using this framework has concentrated on counting the numbers of girls in or out of school and measuring the breadth of the gender gap between girls and boys in enrolments or ...
... girls into school . A great deal of the empirical work using this framework has concentrated on counting the numbers of girls in or out of school and measuring the breadth of the gender gap between girls and boys in enrolments or ...
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