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Author Mejiuni, Olutoyin.

Title Women and power : education, religion and identity / Olutoyin Mejiuni.

Publication Info. Oxford : CODESRIA, 2013.

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Description 1 online resource (xxxii, 203 pages).
Physical Medium polychrome
Description text file
Series CODESRIA book series
Codesria book series.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 189-194).
Summary Education is an important tool for the development of human potential. Organizations and individuals interested in development consider knowledge, skills and attitudes, obtained through formal, non-formal and incidental learning, as invaluable assets. Therefore, it is necessary to reflect on fundamental elements that shape the process through which education is attained: How do people learn, and what are the conditions that facilitate effective learning? Answers to these questions demonstrate that no education can be politically neutral, because there is no value-free education. The traditiona.
Contents Cover; Title page; Copyright page; Dedication; Contents; List of Abbreviations; List of Tables; List of Boxes; Acknowledgements; Preface; Introduction; 1. The Methodology; Theoretical Framework; Research Method; The Respondents; Identification of Participants in the Research and Analyses of Data; Note; 2. Women's Civic-Political Participation Towards an Equitable and Humane Democratic Order; Participation as Voters; Active Support for Female Candidates in Elections; Women as Candidates in Elections and Appointed Leaders.
Would Women Vote for a Woman who is Contesting for Governorship/ Presidency or Head of a Group with Female and Male Members?Literate Men and Women's Participation in Politics; Discussions; Religious Leaders on Women's Civic-Political Leadership; Notes; 3. The Subordinate Role of Women in the Private and Public Spheres; The Roles of Women in the Private Sphere; Summary and Discussions; The Roles of Women in the Public Sphere; Summary and Discussions; Factors that Influence Women and Men's Views of the Roles of Women in the Private and Public Spheres of Life.
Religious Leaders on Roles of Women in the Private and Public Spheres of Life4. Who am I? Prescribing Women's Identities; Self-Definition; Women are Similar to Men; Women are Different from Men; How Men See Women; Women and Feelings of Inferiority; 5. The Violence of Power: Power Relations and Women's Experience of Violence; Women's Personal Experience of Violence, and or Knowledge of Others' Experience of Violence; The Reaction of Victims of Violence to their Experience; Reactions of Others to Victims' Experience; Advice on Violence.
What Possibilities/Potentials Does this Advice Have for Improving Women's Social Status?Literate Men's Capacity to Exhibit Violence; Religious Leaders on Violence against Women; Notes; 6. Women's Identities and Power; Power; Women's Identities and Women's Abilities to Attain Political Power; The Greed/Lust for Power and the Preservative Nature of Power; The Character of Women; The Identities of Women (the Character of Women), Women's Experience of Violence and Ability to Resist Violence; 7. Is Formal Education Empowering?; Religious Leaders on Women's Education.
Learning and Not-learning (Resisting and Rejecting) Empowering and Disempowering Lessons in Formal EducationThe Challenges of Religion; Hopes and Possibilities; Notes; Conclusion and Recommendations; References; Appendices; Back cover.
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Subject Women -- Nigeria -- Social conditions.
Women.
Nigeria.
Social conditions.
Feminism and education -- Nigeria.
Feminism and education.
Education -- Political aspects -- Nigeria.
Education -- Political aspects.
Women and religion -- Nigeria.
Women and religion.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Subject Women.
Womyn.
Other Form: Print version: Mejiuni, Olutoyin. Women and Power. Oxford : CODESRIA, 2013 9782869784932
ISBN 9782869785748 (electronic book)
2869785747 (electronic book)