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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... participation , and huge growth of knowledge economies , nearly three quarters of a billion girls and women are being denied education . The manifest injustice of this state of affairs , and the marked gender inequalities associated ...
... participation , and huge growth of knowledge economies , nearly three quarters of a billion girls and women are being denied education . The manifest injustice of this state of affairs , and the marked gender inequalities associated ...
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... school , to learn and participate there in safety and security , to develop identities that tolerate others , and to enjoy economic , political , and cultural opportunities . Putting gender equity in place in the classroom 3 Introduction.
... school , to learn and participate there in safety and security , to develop identities that tolerate others , and to enjoy economic , political , and cultural opportunities . Putting gender equity in place in the classroom 3 Introduction.
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... participate in decision making about their own education , to ensure that it is flexible and meets a wide range of different needs . The chapters reveal the complex interrelationships between poverty , cultural and ethnic differences ...
... participate in decision making about their own education , to ensure that it is flexible and meets a wide range of different needs . The chapters reveal the complex interrelationships between poverty , cultural and ethnic differences ...
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... participation of girls , the policy of expansion is doomed to failure in this province . From the other side of the globe , Patricia Ames contributes a study of Peru which reinforces the message that merely accessing schooling is not ...
... participation of girls , the policy of expansion is doomed to failure in this province . From the other side of the globe , Patricia Ames contributes a study of Peru which reinforces the message that merely accessing schooling is not ...
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... participation in the literacy programme , thus breaking through traditional limitations on their participation in the public sphere . To this extent the programme went beyond imparting literacy and questioned a number of social norms ...
... participation in the literacy programme , thus breaking through traditional limitations on their participation in the public sphere . To this extent the programme went beyond imparting literacy and questioned a number of social norms ...
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