Beyond access : transforming policy and practice for gender equality in education

2005·7.6 MB·English

by  Aikman, Sheila

Access
Beyond
Transforming Policy and Practice
for Gender Equality in Education
Edited by
Sheila Aikman and Elaine Unterhalter

Beyond Access:
Transforming Policy and Practice
for Gender Equality in Education
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Beyond Access:
Transforming Policy and Practice
for Gender Equality in Education
Edited by
Sheila Aikman and Elaine Unterhalter
Oxfam
FirstpublishedbyOxfamGBin2005
Reprintedin2006
OxfamGB2005
ISBN0855985291
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Contents
Acknowledgements vii
Introduction 1
SheilaAikmanandElaineUnterhalter
PartOne:TheChallengesforGenderEqualityinEducation
1 Fragmentedframeworks?Researchingwomen,gender,education,anddevelopment 15
ElaineUnterhalter
2 Ensuringafairchanceforgirls 36
GlobalCampaignforEducation
3 Measuringgenderequalityineducation 60
ElaineUnterhalter,ChloeChallender,andRajeeRajagopalan
PartTwo:TransformingAction-ChangingPolicythroughPractice
4 EducatinggirlsinBangladesh:wateringaneighbour'stree? 83
JanetRaynor
5 ThechallengeofeducatinggirlsinKenya 106
ElimuYetuCoalition
6 LearningtoimprovepolicyforpastoralistsinKenya 128
IanLeggett
7 Whenaccessisnotenough:educationalexclusionofruralgirlsinPeru 149
PatriciaAmes
8 CrossingboundariesandsteppingoutofpurdahinIndia 166
MoraOommen
9 PastoralistschoolsinMali:genderedrolesandcurriculumrealities 181
SalinaSanouandSheilaAikman
PartThree:TheChallengeofLocalPractices-DoingPolicyDifferently?
10 LearningaboutHIV/AIDSinschools:doesagender-equalityapproachmakeadifference? 199
MarkThorpe
11 Gender,education,andPentecostalism:thewomen'smovementwithintheAssembliesof
GodinBurkinaFaso 212
AliciaZents
12 Enablingeducationforgirls:theLoretoDaySchoolSealdah,India 227
RuthDoggett
13 Conclusion:policyandpracticechangeforgenderequality 245
SheilaAikmanandElaineUnterhalter
Index 250

Acknowledgements
Manypeoplehavehelpedtobringthisbooktocompletion.Ourthankstoallthe
authorsfortheircontributionsandtheirwillingnesstoworkwithusonrevising
materialwhichinmostcaseswasinitiallyproducedfordifferentaudiences.Weare
gratefultomembersoftheBeyondAccess:Gender,Education,andDevelopment
projectteam,inparticularChloeChallenderandRajeeRajagopalan,who have
givenunstintinghelpwiththepreparationofthefinaltext,aswellasmakingthe
projectworkatmanydifferentlevels.Wealsowanttoacknowledgethesupportand
enthusiasmthatAmyNorthhasbroughttotheprojectandthebook.Ourthanks
toNinaHenderson,whocontributedtosomeoftheearlyeditorialwork,andto
JulieannePorterandCatherineRobinsonintheOxfamGBpublishingteamfor
theircloseandsupportiveguidanceintheeditingandproductionprocess.
The advisory committee ofthe BeyondAccess project has contributed both
critiques andencouragement, eachvaluable in differentways.We alsowish to
thank Rachel Hinton,who represents the UK government's Department for
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International Development (DFID) inthe BeyondAccesspartnership DFID,
Oxfam GB, andthe Institute ofEducation, UniversityofLondon. Rachelhas
constantly encouraged our work, and DFID has funded the Beyond Access
projectfrom its inception.We are also gratefulforthesupportofcolleagues in
ourrespectiveorganisations,andinparticularwewouldliketothankInesSmyth
andDianaLeonardfortheircommentsandencouragement.
Lastbutnotleast,wewantto thankourfamilies foralltheirsupport,without
whichthebookwouldhavebeenneitherstartednorcompleted.
SheilaAikman (Oxfam GB)
Elaine Unterhalter(InstituteofEducation, UniversityofLondon)