Year: 1993
Type: preprint
Abstract: This report is the result of a study of the social, economic, religious and other factors influencing the degree of female participation in formal education institutions in six developing countries (Bangladesh, Cameroon, India, Jamaica, Sierra Leone and Vanuatu). The research was commissioned by the Overseas Development Administration, now the Department for International Development (DfID). The purpose of the study was to inform government and aid donors seeking to design future educational projects to improve female participation in those countries where it was much lower than male participation. The study examined broad general education at all levels with a focus on school level and the primary sector in particular. Nine influential factors were selected for study: geographical, socio-cultural, health, economic, religious, legal, political/administrative, and educational factors, and initiatives by governments, non-governmental organisations, and other agencies to address the educational disadvantage of females. The general report comprises an executive summary, a matrix chart which shows the summarised outcomes for each factor in each country, an introduction and rationale for the study, a description of the methodology used, and a synthesis of the findings based on the comparative study of the factors as they operate in individual countries. Case studies of each country contain contextual information, a discussion of each of the nine factors and a list of recommendations.
Authors: Brock, Colin, Cammish, Nadine
Language: English
Subfield: Education
Field: Social Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W1517652901