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Author: mutindi mumbua kiluva-ndunda
Publisher: SUNY Press
Published: 2001-01-01
Total Pages: 210
ISBN-13: 9780791447628
DOWNLOAD EBOOKHighlights the struggles of a group of women from rural Kenya to provide educational opportunities for their children.
Author: John Rury
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2010-04-02
Total Pages: 268
ISBN-13: 1135666903
DOWNLOAD EBOOKFirst Published in 2002. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
Author: Esther Ngan-ling Chow
Publisher: SUNY Press
Published: 1994-06-07
Total Pages: 312
ISBN-13: 9780791417867
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe authors highlight how structural circumstances in countries with various degrees of industrialization are associated with specific policies. The analyses of womens experiences reveal the variety of ways in which private patriarchy in families combines with public patriarchy in economies and states to create a system of domination which subordinates women. The authors detail how gender is constructed under specific political, economic, and cultural circumstances, and seek to understand how state policies with differing sensitivities to womens issues have produced mixed outcomes for women and their families in the process of economic development.
Author: Ana María Muñoz Boudet
Publisher: World Bank Publications
Published: 2013-04-25
Total Pages: 231
ISBN-13: 082139892X
DOWNLOAD EBOOKBased on focus groups and interviews with nearly 4,000 women, men, girls, and boys from 20 countries, this book explores areas that are less often studied in gender and development: gender norms and agency. It reveals how little gender norms have changed, how similar they are across countries, and how they are being challenged and contested.
Author: Jeni Klugman
Publisher: World Bank Publications
Published: 2014-09-29
Total Pages: 239
ISBN-13: 1464803595
DOWNLOAD EBOOK"The 2012 report recognized that expanding women's agency - their ability to make decisions and take advantage of opportunities is key to improving their lives as well as the world. This report represents a major advance in global knowledge on this critical front. The vast data and thousands of surveys distilled in this report cast important light on the nature of constraints women and girls continue to face globally. This report identifies promising opportunities and entry points for lasting transformation, such as interventions that reach across sectors and include life-skills training, sexual and reproductive health education, conditional cash transfers, and mentoring. It finds that addressing what the World Health Organization has identified as an epidemic of violence against women means sharply scaling up engagement with men and boys. The report also underlines the vital role information and communication technologies can play in amplifying women's voices, expanding their economic and learning opportunities, and broadening their views and aspirations. The World Bank Group's twin goals of ending extreme poverty and boosting shared prosperity demand no less than the full and equal participation of women and men, girls and boys, around the world." -- Publisher's description.
Author: Jean Larson Pyle
Publisher: State University of New York Press
Published: 1990-10-30
Total Pages: 224
ISBN-13: 143841661X
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis book examines the effect of state policies on women's roles in the economy. At the most concrete level it investigates the relative lack of response of women's labor force activity rates to export-led development in the Republic of Ireland. At a broader level, it provides critical insights into current labor market debates regarding the causes of women's subordination and the efficacy of state policies designed to alleviate them. The book shows how the state, in addition to and interactively with the workplace and household, can maintain gender inequality. In so doing, Pyle demonstrates the usefulness of a revitalized and broader structural approach to feminist analysis.
Author: UNESCO
Publisher: UNESCO Publishing
Published: 2017-09-04
Total Pages: 82
ISBN-13: 9231002333
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis report aims to 'crack the code' by deciphering the factors that hinder and facilitate girls' and women's participation, achievement and continuation in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) education and, in particular, what the education sector can do to promote girls' and women's interest in and engagement with STEM education and ultimately STEM careers.
Author: Elizabeth M. King
Publisher: World Bank Publications
Published: 1997-07-01
Total Pages: 356
ISBN-13: 9780801858284
DOWNLOAD EBOOKWhy do women in most developing countries lag behind men in literacy? Why do women get less schooling than men? This anthology examines the educational decisions that deprive women of an equal education. It assembles the most up-to-date data, organized by region. Each paper links the data with other measures of economic and social development. This approach helps explain the effects different levels of education have on womens' fertility, mortality rates, life expectancy, and income. Also described are the effects of women's education on family welfare. The authors look at family size and women's labor status and earnings. They examine child and maternal health, as well as investments in children's education. Their investigation demonstrates that women with a better education enjoy greater economic growth and provide a more nurturing family life. It suggests that when a country denies women an equal education, the nation's welfare suffers. Current strategies used to improve schooling for girls and women are examined in detail. The authors suggest an ambitious agenda for educating women. It seeks to close the gender gap by the next century. Published for The World Bank by The Johns Hopkins University Press.
Author: Mary Ann Maslak
Publisher: SUNY Press
Published: 2008-01-01
Total Pages: 310
ISBN-13: 9780791472767
DOWNLOAD EBOOKOffers research on educational policies, programs, and practices for adolecent girls and adult women, from both comparative international perspectives.
Author: UNESCO
Publisher: UNESCO Publishing
Published: 2019-07-08
Total Pages: 32
ISBN-13: 9231003305
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