‘I’m not so ignorant’ – women and education

2020 ◽  
pp. 148-162
Author(s):  
Len Platt
Keyword(s):  
Women And Education

scholarly journals EDUCATING WOMEN FOR DEVELOPMENT: THE ARAB HUMAN DEVELOPMENT REPORT 2005 AND THE PROBLEM WITH WOMEN'S CHOICES

2009 ◽  
Vol 41 (1) ◽  
pp. 122a-122a
Author(s):  
Fida J. Adely
Keyword(s):  
Human Development ◽  
Arab World ◽  
Essential Element ◽  
Ethnographic Research ◽  
Women's Development ◽  
Human Capabilities ◽  
Global Capital ◽  
Human Development Report ◽  
Women And Education ◽  
Shed Light

The Arab Human Development Report 2005, the fourth in a series that has received much acclaim and stirred much controversy, takes up the issue of women's development in the Arab world. Through a careful reading and analysis of sections of the report that address education and economic participation, this paper offers a critique of the human capabilities framework that frames this report. I highlight critical tensions between the claim that providing education is an essential element of expanding choices and the assumptions embedded in discussions about women and education regarding which choices are acceptable and/or desirable. These tensions point to the persistence of values derived from the mandates of global capital, albeit in the new language of neoliberal choice, revealing that ‘human development’ does not represent a significant departure from earlier conceptualizations of development. I draw on my ethnographic research in Jordan as one example to interrogate such assumptions and to shed light on the ambiguities built into the educational project for young women today.

Women and Education

1981 ◽  
Vol os-24 (2) ◽  
pp. 13-26
Author(s):  
Evelina Orteza y Miranda
Keyword(s):  
Women And Education

Women and Education

1997 ◽  
pp. 303-322
Author(s):  
Christine Skelton
Keyword(s):  
Women And Education

World Religions, Women and Education

1987 ◽  
Vol 23 (1) ◽  
pp. 35-49 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ursula King
Keyword(s):  
World Religions ◽  
Women And Education

Women and Education

1972 ◽  
Vol 80 (2) ◽  
pp. 155-159 ◽  
Author(s):  
Therese Baker ◽  
William Fitzgerald
Keyword(s):  
Women And Education

Women and Education in Eritrea: A Historical and Contemporary Analysis

1997 ◽  
Vol 67 (4) ◽  
pp. 658-689 ◽  
Author(s):  
Asgedet Stefanos
Keyword(s):  
Educational Equity ◽  
Social Condition ◽  
Access To Education ◽  
British Colonialism ◽  
East African ◽  
Political Leaders ◽  
African Nation ◽  
Women And Education ◽  
And Gender ◽  
Experiences Of Women

In this article, Asgedet Stefanos examines women and education in the east African nation of Eritrea. She tackles as her central questions whether, and to what extent, Eritrean women have been achieving emancipation; and, if so, what role education has played in that process. Stefanos begins by providing a historical overview that delineates Eritrean women's general social condition and access to education in pre-colonial traditional society and during the eras of Italian and British colonialism. She then evaluates developments during Eritrea's protracted national liberation struggle against Ethiopia and the four years since independence. Stefanos documents significant advances in the emancipation of women and highlights education as a vital arena for change. She observes shortcomings in the Eritrean political leadership's strategy to establish effective educational equity for women, as well as disparities between the goals and assessments of policymakers and the aspirations and experiences of women. Her discussion of contemporary Eritrea is informed by policies and commentary of political leaders and interviews with a diverse sample of Eritrean women. Stefanos concludes by asserting that the current situation confronting an independent Eritrea promotes new obstacles and challenges to a vigorous pursuit of female rights and gender equality, and that the prospects for expanding women's gains in education are very much in the balance.

Parental Bereavement and Religious Factors

2002 ◽  
Vol 45 (2) ◽  
pp. 187-207 ◽  
Author(s):  
Maura P. Higgins
Keyword(s):  
Regression Analysis ◽  
Marital Status ◽  
Family Income ◽  
Secondary Analysis ◽  
Married Women ◽  
Data Set ◽  
Level Of Education ◽  
Education Experience ◽  
Women And Education ◽  
Religious Factors

There is a long held theory that religiosity provides comfort in times of bereavement. The purpose of this study is to examine religious factors and their relationship with depression as measured by the short CES-D scale in respondents that have experienced the death of a child. It is hypothesized that religious variables including a belief in afterlife and frequency of attendance at religious services will have a relationship with depression, with respondents who have higher measures of religiosity on these measures experiencing lower levels of depression. The research design is a secondary analysis of a single survey with data from the American Changing Lives Data Set, 1986, Wave 1. The study utilizes multiple regression analysis. The results of the study only weakly support the hypothesis that religious factors have a relationship with depression. Other variables, including, sex, marital status, race, age, family income, and education appear to have a stronger relationship with depression than religious factors. The study suggests that marital status has the strongest relationship with depression for women, and education has the strongest relationship with depression for men. The study's conclusion suggests that married women, and men with a higher level of education experience lower levels of depression.

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