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ERIC Number: EJ1307628
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2021
Pages: 23
Abstractor: As Provided
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ISSN: EISSN-1877-6345
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Complex Factors and Educational Tools for Social Change and Empowerment for Severely Marginalized Nepalese Women Working in Hospitality and Tourism
Deagon, Jay R.; Ham, Miriam; Hillman, Wendy
Empirical Research in Vocational Education and Training, v13 Article 21 2021
Educated and skilled women are active change agents. This paper focuses on informal hospitality education as a tool for social change and empowerment for severely marginalized Nepalese women. Studied over 18 months, a small group of women cooking for a boutique local and international tourist market in Kathmandu participated in cookery skills training. The Australian educator/researchers focused on the educational experience to uptake and retention of cookery skills and technical language. As a result of the educational intervention, changes in personal attributes and perceptions of inherent sociocultural gender roles/caste emerged. Participation in the cookery skills training program contributed partially as a catalyst that improved confidence, communication skills and exposed to the women pathways toward self-sustainability, emancipation and empowerment within an often-hostile working environment for women from severely disadvantaged backgrounds in Nepal.
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Nepal
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