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What Poverty Does to Girls' Education: The intersection of class, gender and policy in Latin America

Year: 2001

Type: article

Abstract: This paper discusses poverty and its implications for education in Latin America. It focuses on gender as a social construct that differentiates the impact of poverty. Through analysis of the interaction of gender, class and public policy, the paper examines aspects of national and global policy processes and educational disparities in society. It integrates micro-level descriptions of schooling with accounts of national government measures and wider social influences in relation to the education of girls.

Source: Compare A Journal of Comparative and International Education

DOI: 10.1080/03057920020030153

Author: Nelly P Stromquist

Language: English

Topic: Gender, Education, and Development Issues

Subfield: Education

Field: Social Sciences

Domain: Social Sciences

SDGs: Reduced inequalities, Quality education, No poverty, Gender equality

Open Access status: bronze

OpenAlex ID: W2072666997

FWCI: 8.304

Cites: 26

Cited by: 73

Related to: 10