Opening Minds, Improving Lives - Education and Women's Empowerment in Honduras (Paperback)

Juanita was seventeen years old and pregnant with her first child when she began an activity that would ""open"" her mind. Living in a remote Garifuna village in Honduras, Juanita had dropped out of school after the sixth grade. In 1996, a new educational program, Sistema de Aprendizaje Tutorial (Tutorial Learning System or SAT), was started in her community. The program helped her see the world differently and open a small business. Empowering women through education has become a top priority of international development efforts. Erin Murphy-Graham draws on more than a decade of qualitative research to examine the experiences of Juanita and eighteen other women who participated in the SAT program. Their narratives suggest the simple yet subtle ways education can spark the empowerment process, as well as the role of men and boys in promoting gender equality. Drawing on in-depth interviews and classroom observation in Honduras and Uganda, Murphy-Graham shows the potential of the SAT program to empower women through expanded access and improved quality of secondary education in Latin America and Africa. An appendix provides samples of the classroom lessons.

General

Imprint:	Vanderbilt University Press
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	April 2012
First published:	May 2012
Authors:	Erin Murphy Graham
Dimensions:	229 x 152 x 18mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	240
ISBN-13:	978-0-8265-1829-3
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > Education > Philosophy of education Books > Social sciences > Education > Higher & further education > Students / student organizations
LSN:	0-8265-1829-X
Barcode:	9780826518293

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