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Women and literacy

Title
  1. Women and literacy / prepared by Marcela Ballara.
Published by
  1. London ; Atlantic Highlands, N.J. : Zed Books, 1992.
Author
  1. Ballara, Marcela.

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Description
  1. xii, 84 pages : illustrations; 24 cm
Series statement
  1. Women and world development series
Uniform title
  1. Women and world development series
Subject
  1. Women > Education
  2. Literacy
  3. Economic development > Effect of education on
  4. Educational Status
  5. literacy
  6. Economic development > Effect of education on
  7. Literacy
  8. Women > Education
  9. Alphabetisierung
  10. Frau
  11. Alfabetisme
  12. Vrouwen
  13. Analfabetisme
  14. education of women
  15. social development
  16. role of UN
  17. development project
  18. sex discrimination
  19. rural women
  20. plan of action
  21. teaching material
  22. statistical table
  23. éducation des femmes
  24. alphabétisation
  25. développement social
  26. rôle de l'ONU
  27. projet de développement
  28. discrimination fondée sur le sexe
  29. femmes rurales
  30. plan d'action
  31. matériel d'enseignement
  32. tableau statistique
  33. educación de la mujer
  34. alfabetización
  35. desarrollo social
  36. papel de la ONU
  37. proyecto de desarrollo
  38. discriminación por razones de sexo
  39. mujeres rurales
  40. plan de acción
  41. material de enseñanza
  42. cuadros estadísticos
  43. Entwicklungsländer
  44. developed countries
  45. developing countries
  46. pays développés
  47. pays en développement
  48. países desarrollados
  49. países en desarrollo
Genre/Form
  1. graph.
  2. graphique.
  3. gráfico.
Contents
  1. Introduction: Literacy -- The Key to Development -- 1. Finding a Definition -- The Negative Effects of Illiteracy -- Literacy programmes for women -- 2. The Global Context -- The literacy gap -- Gender disparities -- Urban/rural disparities -- The age factor -- Illiteracy in industrialized countries -- The effect on women -- 3. The Legacy of Female Illiteracy -- Obstacles to literacy -- Becoming literate: the question of motivation -- Women's role in development -- Women in the labour force -- Literacy and sustainable development -- 4. International Responses -- International Literacy Year 1990 -- The World Conference on Education for All -- The role of non-governmental organizations -- 5. Tackling Illiteracy: Successful Projects -- The time factor -- Language choice -- Selection and training of literacy personnel -- Achieving success -- 6. Spreading the Net -- Literacy and women's rights -- Literacy and health -- Protecting the environment -- Agriculture and fishing -- Parental literacy and children's school performance -- Literacy and working women -- 7. Women in Focus -- Assessing women's needs -- Preparing a literacy programme -- Planning a project -- 8. Producing Written Material -- Adult education methods: basic principles -- Planning and preparing teaching materials -- Post-literacy materials. I A Guide to Education and Action -- II List of Organizations.
Owning institution
  1. Princeton University Library
Bibliography (note)
  1. Includes bibliographical references and index.