Practising Gender Equality in Education (Programme Insights) - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0855985984 ISBN 13: 9780855985981

Publisher: Oxfam, 2007

Synopsis

Contributors discuss some key challenges in achieving gender equality in education, give examples of initiatives in a range of contexts, and make recommendations for action. They suggest that there is a more substantive goal to aim for than gender parity, for an equitable education system which allows all individuals to develop their potential.

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About the Authors

Sheila Aikman has worked with a wide range of NGOs from community-based and regional federations of indigenous peoples in South America to international NGOs such as the International Work Group for Indigenous Affairs, Copenhagen, and Oxfam GB where she held the post of Global Education Policy Adviser prior to joining UEA and DEV in March 2008.

Elaine Unterhalter is a reader in Education and International Development at the Institute of Education, University of London. Together with Sheila Aikman she co-ordinates the ‘Beyond Access: Gender, Education and Development’ project. Her books include Gender, Schooling and Global Social Justice (Routledge, 2006), Beyond Access (with Sheila Aikman, Oxfam, 2005) and Amartya Sen’s Capability Approach and Social Justice in Education (with Melanie Walker, Palgrave, 2007).

Edition details

• Publisher: Oxfam
• Publication date: 2007
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0855985984
• ISBN 13: 9780855985981
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 136
• Editor: Aikman Sheila, Unterhalter Elaine