Women's Agency and Educational Policy: The Experiences of the Women of Kilome, Kenya. SUNY Series, the Social Context of Education.

Autor/in	Kiluva-Ndunda, Mutindi Mumbua
Titel	Women's Agency and Educational Policy: The Experiences of the Women of Kilome, Kenya. SUNY Series, the Social Context of Education.
Quelle	(2001), (194 Seiten)Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; Monographie
ISBN	0-7914-4762-6
Schlagwörter	Comparative Education; Cultural Context; Developing Nations; Educational Opportunities; Educational Policy; Educational Practices; Educational Research; Females; Foreign Countries; Gender Issues; Government Role; Rural Women; Social Environment; Womens Education; Kenya + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Vergleichende Erziehungswissenschaft; Developing country; Developing countries; Entwicklungsland; Bildungsangebot; Bildungschance; Politics of education; Bildungspolitik; Bildungspraxis; Bildungsforschung; Pädagogische Forschung; Weibliches Geschlecht; Ausland; Geschlechterfrage; Rural area; Rural areas; Woman; Women; Ländlicher Raum; Frau; Frauen; Soziales Umfeld; 'Women''s education'; Frauenbildung; Kenia
Abstract	This book examines rural African women's educational experiences in Kilome, Kenya, providing testimony on the cultural, historical, social, economic, and political factors that have shaped, and continue to shape, women's educational and economic opportunities there. The author, a Kamba woman who grew up in rural Kenya and received an education in metropolitan cities of North America, presents these women's stories not simply from an insider's perspective, but as one who has shared experiences of the issues discussed in the book. Highlighting the struggles these women face to provide their children, particularly their daughters, with educational opportunities, the book draws attention to the gender and power issues that limit women's participation in the public sphere and illustrates how women in Kenya have been largely absent at the national level where educational policies are formulated. The book is divided into the following chapters: (1) "Introduction"; (2) "Education and Women's Equity: Framing the Context"; (3) "Research Sites"; (4) "Grounding the Methodology of Study"; (5) "Analyses of Education- and Development-Policy Documents"; (6) "Kilome Women's Educational Experiences"; (7) "Factors Limiting Girls' Educational Opportunities"; (8) "Intensification of Women's Labor To Educate Their Children and Its Implications"; (9) "'Help Me So That I May Help You': Women's Self-Help Movement"; and (10) "Women's Educational Experiences: Private and Public Discourses on Education in Kenya and Implications for Policy." Contains notes for each chapter and an extensive bibliography. (BT)
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC