Nonformal education and empowerment of women: Report of a study in the Caribbean

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Main Author: Ellis, Patricia
Format: biblioteca
Published: 1994
Subjects:Women's participation,
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/2139/52203
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spelling oai:oai:uwispace.sta.uwi.edu:2139:2139-522032022-01-18T16:55:56Z Nonformal education and empowerment of women: Report of a study in the Caribbean Ellis, Patricia Women's participation A participatory research approach was used to determine the extent to which nonformal education (NFE) programmes have contributed to the empowerment of women living in four Caribbean islands. Twelve agencies/organizations/providers on the islands of Barbados, Grenada, St. Lucia, and St. Vincent, which offered NFE programmes to women between 1992 and 1993, were surveyed along with 80 women who had participated in the NFE programmes, and facilitators/tutors from selected programmes. It was discovered that during the study period, the 13 agencies offered a variety of education and training programmes for women. The programmes ranged from broad-based public education efforts to programmes (long/short courses and workshops) designed to teach specific job-related skills. Although all the programme providers were attempting to meet women's educational, social, economic, and political needs, not all of them were consciously using their programmes as a strategy to empower women. Several programme participants did, however, credit NFE with making them more aware of women's situation and the factors responsible for it. It was concluded that although many of the NFE programmes studied did help participants achieve personal and, to a lesser extent, political empowerment, they have been unsuccessful in helping women to achieve economic empowerment 2022-01-18T16:55:56Z 2022-01-18T16:55:56Z 1994 99 http://hdl.handle.net/2139/52203
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