Womens Education and Empowerment
UIE Studies 5 • 1995
Women, Education and Empowerment:
Pathways towards Autonomy
edited by Carolyn Medel-Anonuevo
Report of the International Seminar held at UIE, Hamburg, 27 January - 2 February 1993
With contributions from: Namtip Aksornkool • Anita Digheu Jenny Horsmann • Lucita Lazo • Carolyn Medel-Anonuevo and Bettina Bochynek • Nelly P. Stromquist • Miryan Zuñiga
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© UNESCO Institute for Education 1995 FeldbrunnenstraBe 58 P.O. Box 13 10 23 20110 Hamburg, Germany
ISBN 92 820 1013 9
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
Preface The International Seminar on Women 's Education and Empowerment Carolyn Medel-Anonuevo and Bettina Bochynek The Theoretical and Practical Bases for Empowerment Nelly P. Stromquist Some Reflections on the Empowerment of Women Lucita Lazo Women 's Literacy and Empowerment: The Nellore Experience Anita Dighe The Organization of American States Multinational Project on Education and Work; An Experience of Popular Education for Women 's Empowerment in
Women, Education and Empowerment:
Pathways towards Autonomy
edited by Carolyn Medel-Anonuevo
Report of the International Seminar held at UIE, Hamburg, 27 January - 2 February 1993
With contributions from: Namtip Aksornkool • Anita Digheu Jenny Horsmann • Lucita Lazo • Carolyn Medel-Anonuevo and Bettina Bochynek • Nelly P. Stromquist • Miryan Zuñiga
The UNESCO Institute for Education, Hamburg, is a legally independent entity. While the programmes of the Institute are established along the lines laid down by the General Conference of UNESCO, the publications of the Institute are issued under its sole responsibility; UNESCO is not responsible for their contents. The points of view, selection of facts, and opinions expressed are those of the authors and do not necessarily coincide with official positions of the UNESCO Institute for Education, Hamburg. The designations employed and the presentation of the material in this publication do not imply the expression of any opinion whatsoever on the part of the UNESCO Secretariat concerning the legal status of any country or territory, or its authorities, or concerning the delimitations of the frontiers of any country or territory.
Cover photograph: UNESCO/Hunnar Publicity
© UNESCO Institute for Education 1995 FeldbrunnenstraBe 58 P.O. Box 13 10 23 20110 Hamburg, Germany
ISBN 92 820 1013 9
Printed by Robert Seemann u Neumann-Reichard-Str. 27-33 Haus 8, I Stock 22041 Hamburg, GermanyuTel 040/656-0003
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Preface The International Seminar on Women 's Education and Empowerment Carolyn Medel-Anonuevo and Bettina Bochynek The Theoretical and Practical Bases for Empowerment Nelly P. Stromquist Some Reflections on the Empowerment of Women Lucita Lazo Women 's Literacy and Empowerment: The Nellore Experience Anita Dighe The Organization of American States Multinational Project on Education and Work; An Experience of Popular Education for Women 's Empowerment in
References: 60 The question is: what types of arguments can one use to gain policy makers 's support? Elson (Depthnews 1992) is doubtful about the wisdom of the prevalent practice of the attempt to fit the women 's agenda into the overall development process