Rural Women S And Girls Participation And Leadership For Community Development

This book provides guidelines for introducing community-based gender analysis to practical development concerns through developing gender-sensitive training activities for practitioners and community members in the developing world in Asia, Africa and Latin America.Based on national and international training projects and best practices, and extensive experiences in the promotion of gender awareness and women's capacity building in China as well as internationally , this training manual provides a valuable blueprint for capacity building activities and training projects in developing countries in the promotion of social development and gender equalityThis training handbook is guided by international human rights frameworks, focusing on analyzing structures of power and gender inequality across a variety of institutions and systems within countries. The training activities are participatory and emphasize on active participation of all trainees. Through conducting several pilot trainings, the manual is internationally versatile and applicable to different regional and national contexts. This book is published in association with UNESCO International Research and Training Centre for Rural Education.

This review is part of a larger project, which shines light on the potential of rural girls and young women to contribute to community development. The project engages youth and rural organizations to advance the leadership and community involvement of rural young women. Project activities include a partnership with four rural organizations to deliver leadership programs with female youth; regional meetings of girls program practitioners in the Atlantic and Prairie regions; webinars on topics related to rural young women's empowerment; and another publication gathering successful practices and perspectives of rural communities working for girls and young women's well-being and empowerment across Canada.

Rural women and leadership have, in recent years, come to be the focus of development initiatives in many countries. To date, however, much of the writing on this topic has focused heavily on obstacles rather than facilitative factors in women?s attainment of leadership positions. Citing examples from a case study in Northern Ireland, this book gives voice to the many vital, positive elements in rural women?s leadership development.

Working paper on project evaluation regarding the impact of development projects on women - covers participation in decision making and access to project benefits; notes effects on social status, economic role, health and nutrition; discusses methodology for making data analysis comparisons; includes classification of project characteristics, etc. References.

Gender equality is gaining global recognition as a catalyst for sustainable development, and a proven stratagem for alleviating poverty and enhancing food security in developing countries of Africa, where agriculture is the main economic stay. The book Gender and Rural Development: Volume 1 introduces gender discussions into key topics in the curriculum for Nigerian university agricultural undergraduate studies, with the purpose of enhancing gender responsive agricultural and rural development programs, projects, policies and budgets required for sustainable development. (Series: Spektrum. Berliner Reihe zu Gesellschaft, Wirtschaft und Politik in Entwicklungsl�¤ndern/Berlin Series on Society, Economy and Politics in Developing Countries - Vol. 106)

Research paper on the political participation of rural women in women's associations and rural development in developing countries - following a literature survey, stresses importance of political power, examines voting, sexual division of labour, female Elite participation in elected office, bureaucracy and political partys, obstacles such as the political system, problems in organization building, lack of incentives, cooptation, organizational skill development, etc. References pp. 64 to 71.

Quality improvement is a major current goal of Education in China and this will be achieved through overall quality improvement of the education system as a whole, a situation that is also the case across the world. Deploying a cost-benefit analysis and multidisciplinary perspectives from education, economics, neurocognition, gender studies, child development, and international development, this book presents a range of critical interventions in education development and investment that have proven to be effective in many countries around the world. The book draws on theoretical and practical experience in the field of education investment and analyses key issues in China's early childhood education, early reading, girls' education, brain science application in international education, small-scale schools in low income areas and teacher education. Students and scholars of education and development and Chinese education will benefit from this title.