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Download full textParsitau, Damaris Seleina – Center for Universal Education at The Brookings Institution, 2017
The education of girls living in Maasailand in Kenya's arid and semi-arid regions presents many challenges. This policy brief explores how deep-seated perceptions embedded in Maasai culture hold girls' back. This research looks in depth at Kajiado and Narok counties, both predominantly Maasai areas that have some of the lowest school enrollment…
Descriptors: Females, Womens Education, Barriers, Access to Education
Peer reviewedKisaka, Joseph – Journal of Education and Practice, 2015
The underrepresentation of girls in schools is a serious problem in many parts of the world and a serious one in Africa especially. In the wake of today's occurrences among them women becoming breadwinners because of incidences like divorce, education of girls is being considered equally important in any society in order to make them self-reliant.…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Disproportionate Representation, Females, Womens Education
Direct linkObiero, Judith A. – ProQuest LLC, 2012
The adoption of Free Primary Education in 2003 has expanded access to millions of children in Kenya. However, large numbers of children are still out of school. The majority of the out-of-school children belong to ethnic minority groups and the rural and urban poor, who live in abject poverty. This situation is disturbing given that free primary…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Elementary Education, Access to Education, Gender Bias
Opini, Bathseba – Journal of Postsecondary Education and Disability, 2012
This paper discusses barriers to the participation of women with disabilities in Kenyan university education. While studies have shown that students with disabilities are increasingly enrolling in and completing university education, the number of women with disabilities in higher education remains low. This paper highlights the factors that…
Descriptors: Sexual Abuse, Sexual Harassment, At Risk Persons, Womens Education
Lawoko, Stephen – Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 2008
Attitudes toward intimate partner violence (IPV) were compared between Zambian and Kenyan men on sociodemographic, attitudinal, and structural predictors of such attitudes. Data were retrieved from the latest Demographic and Health Surveys in each country. The results showed that many men in Zambia (71%) and Kenya (68%) justified IPV to punish a…
Descriptors: Family Violence, Access to Information, Foreign Countries, Comparative Analysis
