Revolutionary Struggles and Girls Education - At the Frontiers of Gender Norms in North-Ethiopia

Revolutionary Struggles and Girls' Education centers on the education system of North-Ethiopia's (in)ability to address discrimination and enable transformation of "hard-lived" gender norms, which therefore continue to hinder girls' educational performance, even after parity is reached.

List of contents

Introduction
Chapter 1. The Politico-Historical Context from the Perspective of Gender Equality
Chapter 2. Education and Household ViabilityChapter 3. The Nexus of Underage Marriage and Education Chapter 4. Learning to "Hold Back"
Chapter 5. Youth Sexuality in the Context of Secondary School
Chapter 6. Negotiating Femaleness
Chapter 7. "Education is the Foundation for Development"
Chapter 8. Revolutions, Teaching-Learning Practices and the Reproduction of Power
Chapter 9. Blaming the Girls
Concluding Remarks

About the author

Thera Mjaaland is a researcher in the department of social anthropology at Addis Ababa University and adjunct associate professor at the Institute for Environment, Gender, and Development at Mekelle University.

Summary

Revolutionary Struggles and Girls' Education centers on the education system of North-Ethiopia's (in)ability to address discrimination and enable transformation of “hard-lived” gender norms, which therefore continue to hinder girls’ educational performance, even after parity is reached.

Product details

• Authors: Thera Mjaaland
• Publisher: Lexington Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.07.2021
• EAN: 9781498594653
• ISBN: 978-1-4985-9465-3
• No. of pages: 306
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Education > Special education; EDUCATION / General, EDUCATION / Inclusive Education, Inclusive education / mainstreaming, Educational strategies & policy: Inclusion, EDUCATION / Teaching / Methods & Strategies, Africa;African politics;Ethiopia;gender;girls' education