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Reaching for the sky : empowering girls through education / Urvashi Sahni.

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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Sahni, Urvashi, author.
Contributor:
Project Muse.
James Hosmer Penniman Book Fund.
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Prerna Girls School.
Girls--Education--India--Uttar Pradesh.
Girls.
Girls' schools--India--Uttar Pradesh.
Girls' schools.
Sex discrimination in education--India.
Sex discrimination in education.
Girls--Education.
India.
India--Uttar Pradesh.
Genre:
Biographies.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (xx, 276 pages) : illustrations, portraits, map
Other Title:
Empowering girls through education
Place of Publication:
Washington, D.C. : Brookings Institution Press, [2017]
System Details:
text file
Contents:
Letting girls learn
The girls' own stories
Education myself : valuable lessons for self and others
The story of Prerna
Building a universe of care
Enabling learning : building a web of support
Developing a feminist consciousness : dialogical circles of empowerment
- Finding self, finding home : using drama for self-work
Empowerment as a social act : from self-work to social work
Learning outcomes and beyond
Scaling Prerna
Reframing girls' education
Epilogue: Educating boys for gender justice
Appendixes. A. Caste in India : a brief note. B. Methodology. C. Historical backdrop of girls' education
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 253-265) and index.
Electronic reproduction. Baltimore, MD Available via World Wide Web.
Description based on print version record.
Local Notes:
Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the James Hosmer Penniman Book Fund.
ISBN:
9780815730392
081573039X
Publisher Number:
99973578094
Access Restriction:
Restricted for use by site license.

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