Gender, Education and Development
Beyond Access to Empowerment
Zed Books Ltd (Publisher)
Published on 1. February 1999
Book
Hardback
240 pages
978-1-85649-631-5 (ISBN)
Description
This work grounds the education of women and girls in the realities of their lives and experience in diverse areas of the developing world. Moving beyond the previous emphasis on access to education to problematize its content and the way it is experienced, the case studies range from the Arakambut of Peru to the changing experience of racilized education in South Africa. The contributors take issue with the World Bank's view that the education of girls and women is important primarily as a cost-effective mechanism for making women more economically productive. Including an overview chapter on the impact of structural adjustment on education throughout Latin America and Africa, the book provides detailed information on Sri Lanka, Nepal, Pakistan, Malaysia, Papua New Guinea, Peru, Ethiopia, Tanzania, South Africa, Niger and Mauritius. It aims to meet the urgent need to understand the education of women and girls in their economic, political and cultural contexts.
More details
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
tables, bibliography, index
Dimensions
Height: 216 mm
Width: 135 mm
Weight
428 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-85649-631-5 (9781856496315)
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Schweitzer Classification
Content
Part 1 Changing political contexts: SAPs in Africa and Latin America; Papua New Guinea; South Africa; Peru. Part 2 Africa -changing family and household contexts: Ethiopia; Niger; Tanzania. Part 3 Middle income countries - gender, education and the labour market: Mauritius; Malaysia. Part 4 South Asian Contrasts: Sri Lanka; Nepal; Pakistan.