Gender, Education and Training

This collection of articles by development workers and researchers focuses on learning opportunities for women offered by education and training. There is a continuing imbalance in educational participation - women make up an estimated two-thirds of the world's illiterate people - and writers reflect on the causes and consequences of this.

About the author

Caroline Sweetman is Editor of the international journal Gender & Development and works for Oxfam GB.

Product details

• Authors: Caroline Sweetman
• Publisher: Oxfam
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 15.12.1998
• EAN: 9780855984007
• ISBN: 978-0-85598-400-7
• No. of pages: 80
• Dimensions: 189 mm x 246 mm x 7 mm
• Weight: 209 g
• Series: Oxfam Focus on Gender
• Subject: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education