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Publication Date: 2021
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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.
Descriptors: Social Change, Empowerment, Disadvantaged, Females, Hospitality Occupations, Tourism, Informal Education, Intervention, Cooking Instruction, Program Effectiveness, Skill Development, Communication Skills, Self Efficacy, Social Class, Sex Role, Attitude Change, Cultural Context, Foreign Countries
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Nepal
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