Mutable meanings: gender equality in education and international rights frameworks

This article examines why the international frameworks relating to gender equality in education are so difficult to realise

From:
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office
Published
1 January 2012
Country:
Kenya, South Africa
Document Type:
Journal Article
Theme:
Social Change
Authors:
Unterhalter, E.

Abstract

This article examines why the international frameworks relating to gender equality in education are so difficult to realise. The discussion draws mainly on data collected from a three year research project in Kenya and South Africa on how international frameworks concerned with poverty, gender equality and education were negotiated in a range of local settings.

Citation

Unterhalter, E. Mutable meanings: gender equality in education and international rights frameworks. Equal Rights Review (2012) 8: 67-84.

Mutable meanings: gender equality in education and international rights frameworks

Published 1 January 2012
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