The Role of Literacy in Enhancing Women's Agency and Well -Being: A Qualitative Inquiry of the Effects of the Tostan Educational Program on the Lives of Women in a Rural Community in Senegal
Barro, Maimouna Abdoulaye
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Title
The Role of Literacy in Enhancing Women's Agency and Well -Being: A Qualitative Inquiry of the Effects of the Tostan Educational Program on the Lives of Women in a Rural Community in Senegal
Author(s)
Barro, Maimouna Abdoulaye
Issue Date
2005
Doctoral Committee Chair(s)
Violet Harris
Department of Study
Education
Discipline
Education
Degree Granting Institution
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Degree Name
Ph.D.
Degree Level
Dissertation
Keyword(s)
Women's Studies
Language
eng
Abstract
The findings suggest that it is not literacy per se, but the overall empowering education process in which women gained access to skills, knowledge, and greater awareness, that allowed them to critically reflect on their social reality and take collective action to transform it.
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