Gender education and equality in a global context : conceptual frameworks and policy perspectives / edited by Shailaja Fennell and Madeleine Arnot. - xii, 230 pages ; 24 cm

Includes bibliographical references and index.

(Re)visiting education and development agendas: contemporary gender research -- (Re)Conceptualising Gender Equality -- Global values and gender equality: needs, rights and capabilities -- Contested gender frameworks: economic models and provider perspectives on education -- Global gender goals and the construction of equality: conceptual dilemmas and policy practice -- Social capital, civil society and education for all: a gendered lens -- Researching Agency, Engagements and Empowerment -- Researching Transitions: gender education, marketisation and Islam in Tajikistan -- Researching Gender: explorations into sexuality and HIV /AIDS education in Africa -- Schooling girls: an intergenerational study of women's burdens in rural Bangladesh -- Acts of citizenship: women's civic engagements as community based educators in Mumbai -- Gendered experiences of teaching in poor rural areas of Ghana -- (Re)Defining Global Equality Agendas -- Globalising the school curriculum: gender, EFA and global citizenship education -- Nationhood and the education of the female citizen in India -- Poverty reduction and gender parity in education: an alternative approach -- Adult learning and the politics of change: feminist organizations and educational action in Latin America. 1. Part 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. Part 2. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. Part 3. 11. 12. 13. 14.

0415419441 9780415419444

2007009739


Women--Education.
Educational equalization
Women in development
Women in education
Sex discrimination in education
Sex discrimination against women

LC1405 / .G46 2007

371.822