Women and power : education, religion and identity / Olutoyin Mejiuni.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Mejiuni, Olutoyin.

Contributor:

Codesria, issuing body.

Series:

Codesria gender series ; 9.

CODESRIA series ; 9

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Women.

Power (Social sciences).

Women--Religious life.

Power--Religious aspects.

Power.

Women--Education.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (238 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Dakar, Senegal : CODESRIA, 2013.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Education is an important tool for the development of human potential. Organizations and individuals interested in development consider knowledge, skills and attitudes, obtained through formal, non-formal and incidental learning, as invaluable assets. Therefore, it is necessary to reflect on fundamental elements that shape the process through which education is attained: How do people learn, and what are the conditions that facilitate effective learning? Answers to these questions demonstrate that no education can be politically neutral, because there is no value-free education. The traditional

Contents:

Section I. Towards a development discourse

Section II. Gender, entrepreneurship, survival and development

Section III. Gender, violence, HIV/AIDS and development.

Notes:

"This book is a product of the CODESRIA Gender Symposium"--Page facing title page.

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

9782869785762

2869785763

9782869785748

2869785747

OCLC:

853361154