This study explores whether collaboratively writing about local issues would enable learners to deepen their understanding of their relationship with their own social context. A discursive space within an English for Academic Purposes (EAP) course at an institution of higher education in Qatar was created. This was accomplished by replacing the…

For almost two decades, the Prairie School for Union Women (PSUW) has operated in Saskatchewan, Canada. Its use of feminist popular education, adult learning principles in facilitation, and mentoring and support for activist practices make it unique from other labour schools in many respects. This paper focuses on a community-based participatory…

"Trends Shaping Education 2010" brings together evidence showing the effects on education of globalisation, social challenges, changes in the workplace, the transformation of childhood, and ICT. To make the content accessible, each trend is presented on a double page, containing an introduction, two charts with brief descriptive text and a set of…

One of the sharpest criticisms of welfare state research is insufficient attention to factors relating to gender relations and inequalities. Recent scholarship has begun to address welfare state effects on gender-related outcomes, but the evaluation of theories of welfare development with respect to gender factors is somewhat less developed,…

Proposed a theoretical framework suggesting that the more available women are and the better marketable skills they possess, coupled with expanded job opportunity and reasonable reward, the more female labor-force participation rates should increase. Reviews data from census reports in Hong Kong which were consistent with the proposed arguments.…

While Algerian women were instrumental in the struggle for independence, often carrying on crucial and dangerous work, and their rights are guaranteed by the new government, they still lag behind men in many areas such as education, employment, political participation, and control over reproduction, because of discrimination. (IS)

Reviews literacy and challenges in women's education during Poland's social transformation, women's participation in the transition, the role of women's organizations in encouraging workforce participation, and educational activities of women's organizations. (SK)

The proportion of women in paid employment in India is very low, and working women tend to be concentrated in low-wage, low-status, unskilled jobs, especially in agriculture. Even for the few women working in the modern sector, discrimination is pervasive, and change seems unlikely to occur soon. (IS)

The introduction of cash cropping in the Solomon Islands and Tonga has had negative effects on women, leading to deterioration in their status, decreased leisure time, fewer opportunities to earn cash, increased birth rate (to help with the increased workload), and more sharply defined sex roles. (SV)

Women in the Soviet Union are guaranteed equal rights and opportunities and participate fully in the Soviet economy. Despite their achievements, Soviet women still have difficulties in entering and achieving high-level positions in traditionally male fields and in getting men to do their share of household work. (IS)

The issue of women and work is one of domination and traditionally ceded rights. Political, social, and cultural conditions in Latin America enable negotiation of these rights; and growing awareness through education gives the oppressed the tools to stop cooperating in their own oppression. (SK)

In China, the liberation of women is a continuous process. Political campaigns and the small study group are used by the government on a continuing basis to change attitudes. The role of women has moved from slaves to modern-thinking participants--a remarkable social transformation for any developing country. (MW)

The 1981 French elections mark a political watershed, demonstrating that women voters have moved from political passivity to activism, both in use of voting rights and in legislative participation. A variety of demographic, social, and political changes have contributed to this changing political consciousness. (MSE)

Traditional ideals discourage Japanese women from working outside the home. This study was conducted to explore generational differences in Japanese attitudes toward women's employment and to interpret those differences in terms of social change. Questionnaires were distributed to approximately 900 Japanese men and women. Subjects were classified…

Illustrates the role of the family in linking sociopolitical changes to adolescent development by outlining some differences in structures of families of East and West Germany. Synthesizes survey data on this topic. Areas discussed include family formation, unmarried couples and parents, maternal employment, public child care, divorce and…