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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... Primary School , Kibera , Kenya ( Oxfam GB / Geoff Sayer ) Published by Oxfam GB , Oxfam House , John Smith Drive , Cowley , Oxford , OX4 2JY , UK . Printed by Information Press , Eynsham Oxfam GB is a registered charity , no . 202 918 ...
... Primary School , Kibera , Kenya ( Oxfam GB / Geoff Sayer ) Published by Oxfam GB , Oxfam House , John Smith Drive , Cowley , Oxford , OX4 2JY , UK . Printed by Information Press , Eynsham Oxfam GB is a registered charity , no . 202 918 ...
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... primary education , with the target of 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 ...
... primary education , with the target of 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 ...
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... primary education by 2015 ( MDG 2 ) , the target for MDG 3 ( gender parity in primary and secondary schooling by 2005 ) has not been met . Gender parity means that the same proportions of girls and boys enter and complete schooling ...
... primary education by 2015 ( MDG 2 ) , the target for MDG 3 ( gender parity in primary and secondary schooling by 2005 ) has not been met . Gender parity means that the same proportions of girls and boys enter and complete schooling ...
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... primary education , and only 17 per cent go on to secondary education . At least one in every three girls who completes primary schooling in South Asia cannot read , write , or do arithmetic ( Herz and Spurling 2004 : 2 ) . In our view ...
... primary education , and only 17 per cent go on to secondary education . At least one in every three girls who completes primary schooling in South Asia cannot read , write , or do arithmetic ( Herz and Spurling 2004 : 2 ) . In our view ...
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... primary education and schooling , which results in the neglect of adult 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 ) ...
... primary education and schooling , which results in the neglect of adult 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 ) ...
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