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Gender, Education and Development Beyond Access to Empowerment

Name: Gender, Education and Development Beyond Access to Empowerment
Author: Sheila Bunwaree
ISBN: 9781856496315

by Sheila Bunwaree

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The improvement of female education is a top priority for educational policy-makers and for the development community. This book grounds the education of women and girls in the realities of their lives and experiences in diverse areas of the developing world. The chapters all draw on substantial experience in the field, giving a voice to groups of girls and women hitherto invisible. Many present new perspectives on previously ignored problems and social groups by policy-makers, aid agencies and academics. They move beyond the previous emphasis on access to problematize the content of education and the way it is experienced. The case studies range from the Arakambut of Peruan indigenous group whose knowledge of biodiversity is being threatened by formal education - to the changing experience of racialized education in South Africa. The book also presents a critical theoretical analysis of the World Bank's view of women's education. It will be necessary reading for students, academics and practitioners in education, development studies and women's studies.

About the Author, Sheila Bunwaree

Christine Heward is a senior lecturer at the Institute of Education, University of Warwick.

Sheila Bunwaree is lecturer in the Faculty of Social Studies and Humanities, University of Mauritius.

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Grounds the education of women and girls in the realities of their lives and experiences in the developing world. After an overview of the impact of structural adjustment on education in Latin America and Africa, presents case studies from Third World countries in Asia, Latin America, and Africa. Also critically analyzes the World Bank's view that women's education is the most cost-effective mechanism for making them more economically productive. Paper edition (unseen), $22.50. Distributed in the US by St. Martin's Press. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknew.com)