Research Catalog
Women and literacy
- Title
- Women and literacy / prepared by Marcela Ballara.
- Author
- Ballara, Marcela.
- Publication
- London ; Atlantic Highlands, N.J. : Zed Books, 1992.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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| Text | Use in library | LC1481 .B35 1992 | Off-site |
Details
- Description
- xii, 84 pages : illustrations; 24 cm
- Series Statement
- Women and world development series
- Uniform Title
- Women and world development series
- Subject
- Women > Education
- Literacy
- Economic development > Effect of education on
- Educational Status
- literacy
- Economic development > Effect of education on
- Literacy
- Women > Education
- Alphabetisierung
- Frau
- Alfabetisme
- Vrouwen
- Analfabetisme
- education of women
- social development
- role of UN
- development project
- sex discrimination
- rural women
- plan of action
- teaching material
- statistical table
- éducation des femmes
- alphabétisation
- développement social
- rôle de l'ONU
- projet de développement
- discrimination fondée sur le sexe
- femmes rurales
- plan d'action
- matériel d'enseignement
- tableau statistique
- educación de la mujer
- alfabetización
- desarrollo social
- papel de la ONU
- proyecto de desarrollo
- discriminación por razones de sexo
- mujeres rurales
- plan de acción
- material de enseñanza
- cuadros estadísticos
- Entwicklungsländer
- developed countries
- developing countries
- pays développés
- pays en développement
- países desarrollados
- países en desarrollo
- Genre/Form
- graph.
- graphique.
- gráfico.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Contents
- 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.
- ISBN
- 0862329809
- 9780862329808
- 0862329817
- 9780862329815
- 1856499817 (canceled/invalid)
- 1856499809 (canceled/invalid)
- LCCN
- 92028226
- OCLC
- ocm26395718
- 26395718
- SCSB-8923975
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library