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Why eat green cucumber at the time of dying? Women's Literacy and Development in Nepal - Anna Robinson-Pant.
Abstract:
In many developing countries, literacy has been seen as the key to 'women's development' resulting in a proliferation of women's literacy programmes run by both Governments and Non Governmental Organisations. Nepal is one such example of a country where literacy programmes have been used extensively as an entry point for involving women in development activities. My own experience of working in this field in Nepal has made me question what impact these literacy programmes have on women's lives : in particular, I have wondered whether there is a strong link between gaining literacy skills and change, and whether the kind of literacy programmes currently provided meet women's perceived needs. This research is intended to provide new insights into why and how women's literacy programmes work - from the participants' point of view - thereby exploring future directions for such programmes, as well as new research approaches. #Literacy #Women’sDevelopment #Research
Publisher: UNESCO Type / Script:
Publication  in  English
Keywords:
 WOMEN, WOMEN'S ADVANCEMENT, WOMEN'S EDUCATION, WOMEN'S EMPLOYMENT, WOMEN'S ORGANIZATIONS, WOMEN'S STATUS, BUSINESSWOMEN, DEVELOPMENT, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, EDUCATIONAL DEVELOPMENT, SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT.
Thematic Group:
UNESCO, (2000)
Thesaurus:
14.01.00 - Advancement Of Women
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Why eat green cucumber at the time of dying? Women's Literacy and Development in Nepal - Anna Robinson-Pant.
Abstract:
In many developing countries, literacy has been seen as the key to 'women's development' resulting in a proliferation of women's literacy programmes run by both Governments and Non Governmental Organisations. Nepal is one such example of a country where literacy programmes have been used extensively as an entry point for involving women in development activities. My own experience of working in this field in Nepal has made me question what impact these literacy programmes have on women's lives : in particular, I have wondered whether there is a strong link between gaining literacy skills and change, and whether the kind of literacy programmes currently provided meet women's perceived needs. This research is intended to provide new insights into why and how women's literacy programmes work - from the participants' point of view - thereby exploring future directions for such programmes, as well as new research approaches. #LITERACY #WOMEN’SDEVELOPMENT
Publisher: UNESCO Type / Script:
Publication  in  English
Keywords:
 WOMEN, WOMEN'S ADVANCEMENT, WOMEN'S EDUCATION, WOMEN'S EMPLOYMENT, WOMEN'S ORGANIZATIONS, WOMEN'S STATUS, BUSINESSWOMEN, DEVELOPMENT, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, EDUCATIONAL DEVELOPMENT, SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT.
Thematic Group:
UNESCO, (2000)
Thesaurus:
14.01.00 - Advancement Of Women
PDF | File Size: 1.37 MB   Download
Feeder: DINA JANGAM, Editor: SANJIYA SHRESTHA, Auditor:
...
Why eat green cucumber at the time of dying? Women's Literacy and Development in Nepal - Anna Robinson-Pant.
Abstract:
In many developing countries, literacy has been seen as the key to 'women's development' resulting in a proliferation of women's literacy programmes run by both Governments and Non Governmental Organisations. Nepal is one such example of a country where literacy programmes have been used extensively as an entry point for involving women in development activities. My own experience of working in this field in Nepal has made me question what impact these literacy programmes have on women's lives : in particular, I have wondered whether there is a strong link between gaining literacy skills and change, and whether the kind of literacy programmes currently provided meet women's perceived needs. This research is intended to provide new insights into why and how women's literacy programmes work - from the participants' point of view - thereby exploring future directions for such programmes, as well as new research approaches.
Publisher: UNESCO Type / Script:
Publication  in  English
Keywords:
 WOMEN, WOMEN'S ADVANCEMENT, WOMEN'S EDUCATION, WOMEN'S EMPLOYMENT, WOMEN'S ORGANIZATIONS, WOMEN'S STATUS, BUSINESSWOMEN, DEVELOPMENT, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, EDUCATIONAL DEVELOPMENT, SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT.
Thematic Group:
UNESCO, (2000)
Thesaurus:
14.01.00 - Advancement Of Women
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Feeder: DINA JANGAM, Editor: PRATIVASHRESTHA, Auditor:
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Women's Literacy and Development in Nepal
Abstract:
Anna Robinson-Pant's book represents a classic example of the link between research and practice.Her account of literacy and development amongst women in Nepal offers an important antidote to the dominant assumptions about literacy, women and development based on statistical accounts of literacy'levels'; correlations of 'literacy' with 'indicators' of women's health, 'empowerment' etc.; and unrealistic ideas about the significance of literacy for rural women in Development contexts. What AnnaRobinson-Pant provides instead is a subtle and nuanced account of what it means for local women to engage in a range of literacy practices in specific social contexts. The focus here is on the processesby which people acquire literacy and deploy its use for their own purposes rather than on some universal skill called 'literacy' or an essential category called 'woman'. The strength of the book lies in the close local knowledge that she brings to bear on this subject, deriving from many months of close observation, living with local people, knowledge of the language and keeping of detailed field notes in ethnographic style. And we are provided with these notes directly, not just in re-worked form.The detailed accounts of women’s views are presented partly through use of telling quotations interspersed with the author's own text. Likewise, this text is itself subtly layered, between the voice of the author bringing academic and development discourses to bear on the account, and quotations that give us the voice of the fieldworker, raw and immediate in the field itself. The reader, then, engages with the book at a number of levels, hearing the voices of those involved in literacy activity on the ground - local Nepalese women, agency workers, teachers and students, the researcher herself talking with various actors and reflecting in her own mind about what their engagement in literacy means- as well as the more usual author's voice as she tries to help us make sense of it all despite our distance from the scene. In keeping with the interactive approach to the fieldwork itself, the author asks the reader to interact with her text, to read the quotations from different parties and set these against her own commentary, to bring our own experience of literacy to bear, to engage with the long conversation' of which this book is a part. That engagement offers us a different role from that usually constructed for readers about literacy and development, as simply receivers of information.
Publisher: UNESCO Type / Script:
Publication  in  English
Keywords:
 WOMEN'S LITERACY, METHODOLOGY, LANGUANGE POLICY, DEVLOPMENT,HEALTH IS LIFE,CULTURAL EDUCATION
Thematic Group:
UNESCO, (2000)
Thesaurus:
11.04.00 - Non-Formal Education
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Feeder: DINA JANGAM, Editor: SAZUADK@GMAIL COM, Auditor:
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Women's Literacy and Development in Napal
Abstract:
Anna Robinson-Pant's book represents a classic example of the link between research and practice.Her account of literacy and development amongst women in Nepal offers an important antidote to the dominant assumptions about literacy, women and development based on statistical accounts of literacy'levels'; correlations of 'literacy' with 'indicators' of women's health, 'empowerment' etc.; and unrealistic ideas about the significance of literacy for rural women in Development contexts. What AnnaRobinson-Pant provides instead is a subtle and nuanced account of what it means for local women to engage in a range of literacy practices in specific social contexts. The focus here is on the processesby which people acquire literacy and deploy its use for their own purposes rather than on some universal skill called 'literacy' or an essential category called 'woman'. The strength of the book lies in the close local knowledge that she brings to bear on this subject, deriving from many months of close observation, living with local people, knowledge of the language and keeping of detailed field notes in ethnographic style. And we are provided with these notes directly, not just in re-worked form.The detailed accounts of women’s views are presented partly through use of telling quotations interspersed with the author's own text. Likewise, this text is itself subtly layered, between the voice of the author bringing academic and development discourses to bear on the account, and quotations that give us the voice of the fieldworker, raw and immediate in the field itself. The reader, then, engages with the book at a number of levels, hearing the voices of those involved in literacy activity on the ground - local Nepalese women, agency workers, teachers and students, the researcher herself talking with various actors and reflecting in her own mind about what their engagement in literacy means- as well as the more usual author's voice as she tries to help us make sense of it all despite our distance from the scene. In keeping with the interactive approach to the fieldwork itself, the author asks the reader to interact with her text, to read the quotations from different parties and set these against her own commentary, to bring our own experience of literacy to bear, to engage with the long conversation' of which this book is a part. That engagement offers us a different role from that usually constructed for readers about literacy and development, as simply receivers of information.
Publisher: UNESCO Type / Script:
Publication  in  English
Keywords:
 WOMEN'S LITERACY, METHODOLOGY, LANGUANGE POLICY, DEVLOPMENT,HEALTH IS LIFE,CULTURAL EDUCATION
Thematic Group:
UNESCO, (2000)
Thesaurus:
11.04.00 - Non-Formal Education
PDF | File Size: 1.37 MB   Download
Feeder: DINA JANGAM, Editor: , Auditor:
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