TY  - BOOK
AU  - Egbo,Benedicta
TI  - Gender, Literacy and Life Chances in Sub-Saharan Africa
T2  - The Language and Education Library
SN  - 9781800418042
PY  - 2000///]
CY  - Bristol, Blue Ridge Summit
PB  - Multilingual Matters
KW  - Literacy
KW  - LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Literacy
KW  - bisacsh
N1  - Frontmatter --; Contents --; Preface --; 1 Introduction --; 2 Il/Literacy: Some Theoretical Considerations --; 3 The Intersections of Gender, Literacy and Power --; 4 The Historical and Social Context of Literacy/Education --; 5 A Critcal Literacy Research --; 6 Perceiving Il/literacy: Impact, Constraints and Possibilities: Literate Women's Accounts --; 7 Perceiving Il/literacy: Non-Literate Women's Accounts --; 8 Literacy and Life Chances: Examining the Evidence --; 9 From Rhetoric to Praxis: (Re)constructing Women's Life Chances and Bridging the Gender Gap in Literacy/Education --; References --; Index; restricted access
N2  - This book provides much needed evidence from research in a rural community in Sub-Saharan Africa, that show the value of literacy in increasing the life chances of women. It concludes with macro and micro level policy options that are necessary for critical (re)construction of women's lives in the region and elsewhere
UR  - https://doi.org/10.21832/9781800418042
UR  - https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9781800418042
UR  - https://www.degruyter.com/document/cover/isbn/9781800418042/original
ER  -