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Arvisais, Olivier; Charland, Patrick; Audet, François; Skelling-Desmeules, Yannick – Prospects, 2023
This article aims to fill a gap in the literature regarding violence against students in humanitarian crisis contexts by comparing the risk perceptions of young refugees during the time they were out of school to the time they were enrolled in an educational program. Through this comparison, the article aims to generate deeper reflection on the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Violence, Refugees, Risk
Eusebius Small; Silviya Pavlova Nikolova; Saltanat Childress; Carmen Logie – International Journal of Qualitative Studies in Education (QSE), 2024
Introduction: Intimate partner violence (IPV) is a public health problem that impacts approximately one in three women worldwide in their lifetime. The purpose of the study was to explore the lived experiences of women teachers and violence in Kenya. It also explores the intersection between intimate partner violence, HIV risk, and gender…
Descriptors: Family Violence, Females, Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS), At Risk Persons
Renis Auma Ojwala – Higher Education: The International Journal of Higher Education Research, 2024
The lack of highly-trained ocean science professionals constrains sustainable development and management of the oceans. In Kenya, the government is committed to improving access to education for all, regardless of gender, ethnicity, and social status. Increasing female student enrolment has been one of the top priorities, particularly in…
Descriptors: Gender Bias, Racism, College Students, Student Experience
Ochieng, Vollan Okoth; Waithanji Ngware, Moses – International Journal of Educational Reform, 2023
The onset of COVID-19 made governments and other education actors prioritize distance learning, particularly through education technologies (EdTechs). Most sub-Saharan African countries adopted and adapted this approach. This paper examines the extent of EdTechs' deployment in Kenya during the COVID-19 pandemic among marginalized and vulnerable…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, COVID-19, Pandemics, Educational Technology
Amutabi, Cyprian; Agoot, Martha Nyantiop – Cogent Education, 2021
Despite the consensus on the vital role of human capital investment towards a country's socio-economic development, school enrolment levels in South Sudan remain dismal with no empirical study conducted to unravel the same. Using the 2016 South Sudan Frequency Survey data, this study sought to unravel the determinants of primary school enrolment…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Elementary Education, Gender Differences, Socioeconomic Status
Luvanda, Anthony – Center for Universal Education at The Brookings Institution, 2023
Kenya's digital technology advancements--chief among them the mobile money transfer application referred to as Mpesa--has led to the country's status as an emerging digital economy. However, the long strides in the move toward a fully-fledged digital economy are not reflected in the digital technology workforce with regard to gender balance. While…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Technology Education, Digital Literacy, Careers
Lee, Sora; Rudolf, Robert – South African Journal of Education, 2022
Children in sub-Saharan African countries face higher exposure to gender-based violence (GBV) compared to their counterparts in other world regions (United Nations Children's Fund [UNICEF], 2014). When GBV occurs in schools, it severely endangers access to education. Using the third round of data of the Southern and Eastern Africa Consortium for…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Gender Bias, Educational Environment, Access to Education
Kisaka, Lynette G.; Jansen, Ellen P. W. A.; Hofman, Adriaan W. H. – Journal of Higher Education Policy and Management, 2019
Workforce diversity is considered an indicator of successful diversity and equal employment opportunity initiatives. In Kenya, it is a legal requirement for all public establishments to seek to represent the diversity of the population in employment of staff. This study analyses ethnic and gender representativeness and heterogeneity of the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, School Personnel, Ethnic Diversity, Barriers
Population Council, 2022
This brief summarizes a case study that assessed the gendered impact of COVID-19 school closures in Kenya. COVID-19 school closures escalated education inequalities especially for girls and young people in rural areas. These closures exacerbated adolescent mental health issues, food and economic insecurity, and experiences of violence. COVID-19…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Gender Differences, School Closing, COVID-19
Hockett, Eloise – Journal of Research in Childhood Education, 2021
The purpose of this qualitative study was to examine one rural Kenyan community's attempts to improve the educational attainment for primary school girls in the region. Data were gathered through field notes; school artifacts; and interviews with teachers, community members, and grade eight girls. The asset-building theory of change (social,…
Descriptors: Educational Attainment, Females, Adolescents, Rural Schools
Amenya, Donvan; Fitzpatrick, Rachael; Page, Ella; Naylor, Ruth; Jones, Charlotte; McAleavy, Tony – Education Development Trust, 2021
The COVID-19 pandemic has been intensely disruptive to education all around the world. With children in many countries continuing to face prolonged absences from the classroom, innovative solutions are needed to maintain education continuity, especially for the most vulnerable students. Such crises require solutions that go beyond the resources of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, COVID-19, Pandemics, School Closing
Vanner, Catherine – Education Sciences, 2019
This article introduces Stein, Tolman, Porche, and Spencer's concept of gender safety in schools (GSS) as a useful framework for providing a gendered analysis of safety and equality at the school level within the global context of the Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 4 goal of equitable, inclusive and quality education for all. This article…
Descriptors: School Safety, Elementary School Students, Elementary School Teachers, Teacher Attitudes
Florence, Namulundah – Cogent Education, 2016
Folktales serve a descriptive, as well as prescriptive role, by consistently depicting societal and cultural norms. Sexist portrayals sanction the marginality of Bukusu women, particularly when these reflect prevailing gender roles and expectations. However, contests over identity and representation are as ancient as (unwritten) history. The…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Females, Role Models, Folk Culture
Madara, Diana Starovoytova; Cherotich, Sharon – Journal of Education and Practice, 2016
Gender-related challenges in learning technical courses are universal phenomenon. These challenges could restrain female students from achieving their fullest potential. The main focus of this study, therefore, is to examine self-recognized challenges faced by undergraduate female students in pursuing engineering at the School of Engineering…
Descriptors: Females, Womens Education, Engineering Education, Barriers
Giles, Wenona – Journal on Education in Emergencies, 2018
This article examines some of the challenges experienced by students living in and near the Dadaab refugee camps in northeastern Kenya who were making the transition from secondary school to university programs. The students were enrolled in courses offered by two Kenyan and two Canadian universities that were partners in the Borderless Higher…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Barriers, Refugees, Secondary Education
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