Reconstruction versus Transformation: Post-War Education and the Struggle for Gender Equity in Sierra Leone

Autor/inn/en	Maclure, Richard; Denov, Myriam
Titel	Reconstruction versus Transformation: Post-War Education and the Struggle for Gender Equity in Sierra Leone
Quelle	In: International Journal of Educational Development, 29 (2009) 6, S.612-620 (9 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0738-0593
DOI	10.1016/j.ijedudev.2008.11.001
Schlagwörter	Equal Education; Females; Foreign Countries; Social Environment; Sex Fairness; Educational Opportunities; Womens Education; Gender Bias; War; Role of Education; Social Action; Politics of Education; Educational Change; Social Change; Educational Development; Developing Nations; International Education; Educational Policy; Organizations (Groups); Sierra Leone + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Weibliches Geschlecht; Ausland; Soziales Umfeld; Sexualaufklärung; Bildungsangebot; Bildungschance; 'Women''s education'; Frauenbildung; Geschlechterstereotyp; Krieg; Bildungsauftrag; Soziales Handeln; Educational policy; Bildungspolitik; Bildungsreform; Sozialer Wandel; Bildungsentwicklung; Developing country; Developing countries; Entwicklungsland; Internationale Erziehung; Politics of education
Abstract	In post-war contexts, education is widely regarded as essential not only for civic reconciliation, but also as a key force for gender equity. In Sierra Leone, however, despite enhanced educational opportunities for girls, much of the emphasis on post-war educational reconstruction is unlikely to rectify gender inequities that remain entrenched within mainstream schooling and in the broader social context. Yet the capacity of education to contribute to gender-based change has not been entirely muted. Several women's associations are supporting girls' education as integral to economic and political actions aimed at challenging the hegemony of patriarchy and gendered violence. What remains to be seen is whether these discrete efforts can foster a women's movement capable of altering the structures of patriarchal power in Sierra Leone. (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10