Responding to the Needs of the Community: Examining the Educational Opportunities for Girls in Rural Malawi

Autor/in	Sankhulani, Lillian
Titel	Responding to the Needs of the Community: Examining the Educational Opportunities for Girls in Rural Malawi
Quelle	In: International Education Journal, 8 (2007) 1, S.100-107 (8 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext (1); PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei (2) Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1443-1475
Schlagwörter	Rural Schools; Role Models; Intervention; Females; Sex Role; Foreign Countries; Educational Opportunities; Program Development; Access to Education; Gender Bias; Developing Nations; Malawi + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Rural area; Rural areas; School; Schools; Ländlicher Raum; Schule; Schulen; Identifikationsfigur; Weibliches Geschlecht; Geschlechterrolle; Ausland; Bildungsangebot; Bildungschance; Programmplanung; Education; Access; Bildung; Zugang; Bildungszugang; Geschlechterstereotyp; Developing country; Developing countries; Entwicklungsland
Abstract	This paper reports on the findings of the preliminary research that I conducted in two districts of southern Malawi, Africa. The purpose of the research was to establish the existence of the Sara Communication Initiative (SCI), a girls' intervention program, which had been introduced to selected rural schools. During the preliminary visits, I interviewed head teachers, teachers, pupils and parents. The major issues identified were: that girls were overworked at home compared to boys; that girls were sometimes denied parental care and protection after puberty; that girls in most rural schools lacked female role models; that some girls failed to continue schooling due to poverty; and that some girls failed to enrol in school due to long distances. The situation suggests that more needs to be done for the advancement of the education of rural girls. (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10