International Journal of Educational Development
Volume 26, Number 2
Table of Contents
Number of articles: 6
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Women's rights to adult education as a means to citizenship
Nelly P. Stromquist
A fundamental reason for the advocacy of women's literacy is its contribution to the attainment of citizenship, that is the claiming and use of public space and power.Following a presentation of... More
pp. 140-152
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Community mobilisation, gender equality and resource mobilisation in adult education
Komal Srivastava & Ila Patel
Despite an overall improvement in the educational situation of girls and women in India, there are considerable gender inequalities in education. In the last decade, the Government of India... More
pp. 153-165
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Reflections on mainstreaming gender equality in adult basic education programmes
Agneta Lind
This article is about mainstreaming gender equality in adult basic learning and education (ABLE). Gender equality is defined as equal rights of both women and men to influence, participate in and... More
pp. 166-176
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Moving beyond “stupid”: Taking account of the impact of violence on women's learning
Jenny Horsman
This article draws on three Canadian research studies to question conventional understandings that access to adult literacy education is a simple matter of providing programs. In the face of women'... More
pp. 177-188
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Lifelong learning and the absence of gender
Alan Rogers
This paper identifies that (with very few exceptions) in most of current literature on lifelong learning, gender issues are ignored or overlooked. An extensive review of the literature demonstrates... More
pp. 189-208
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Adult education and indigenous people: Addressing gender in policy and practice
Nitya Rao & Anna Robinson-Pant
Adult education programmes developed for or by indigenous communities rarely seem to have addressed gender inequalities. Yet, compared to mainstream adult educational interventions promoting... More
pp. 209-223
