Women's education in developing countries: Barriers, benefits, and policies

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No AccessStand Alone Books1 Feb 2013Women's education in developing countriesBarriers, benefits, and policiesAuthors/Editors: Elizabeth M. King, M. Anne HillElizabeth M. King, M. Anne Hillhttps://doi.org/10.1596/0-8018-4534-3SectionsAboutPDF (1.2 MB) ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack Citations ShareFacebookTwitterLinked In Abstract:Despite the great expansion of educational opportunities worldwide during the past thirty years, women in most developing countries still receive less schooling than men. Yet there is compelling evidence that the education of girls and women promotes both individual and national well-being. An example is the strong links between a woman ' s education and her employment and income. Another is that better-educated women bear fewer children, who have better chances of surviving infancy, of being healthy, and of attending school. When women are deprived of an education, individuals, families, and children, as well as the societies in which they live, suffer. When women are adequately educated, everyone benefits. Why, then, do women in much of the developing world continue to lag behind men in measures of educational attainment, including literacy, length of schooling, and educational achievement? This volume begins to address this puzzle by examining how educational decisions are made. This is done by exploring the costs and benefits, both public and private, that determine how much families invest in educating their daughters and their sons. The volume illustrates the importance of economic and cultural differences among developing countires in explaining variations in the manner in which these costs and benefits influence schooling choices. The book brings together information on women ' s education from a variety of data bases, examines the relationship between women ' s education and development, reviews research results for each developing region, identifies gaps in current knowledge, and discusses problems of methodology. The contributors assess the strategies that have been used to improve schooling for girls and women and point the way to an agenda for research, policy, and programs. The study concludes with a challenge to researchers, policymakers, and development specialists to ensure that during the next century women in the developing world do not remain educationally disadvantaged. FiguresreferencesRecommendeddetailsCited byMothers and their daughters' education: a comparison of global and local aspirationsComparative Education, Vol.2616 March 2023Predictors of the gender gap in household educational spending among school and college-going children in IndiaHumanities and Social Sciences Communications, Vol.9, No.122 September 2022Gender and Intersecting Inequalities in Education: Reflections on a Framework for MeasurementJournal of Human Development and Capabilities, Vol.23, No.423 July 2022Weighted Bayesian Poisson Regression for The Number of Children Ever Born per Woman in BangladeshJournal of Statistical Theory and Applications, Vol.21, No.314 June 2022Inequality of School Enrolment and Literacy Status Between Scheduled Tribe and Non-Scheduled Tribe Community: A Critical Study in West BengalContemporary Voice of Dalit, Vol.4021 June 2022Mass Education and Women's Autonomy: Evidence From Latin AmericaDemography, Vol.59, No.31 June 2022Navigating Marginalization Through a Motivational Weapon and ResilienceWomen's participation and challenges to the liberal script: A global perspectiveInternational Sociology, Vol.37, No.37 December 2021COVID-19 lockdown and remote attendance teaching in developing countries: A review of some online pedagogical resourcesAfrican Journal of Science, Technology, Innovation and Development, Vol.14, No.37 May 2021The Impact of Education on Household Decision-Making Among Women in Sierra Leone27 May 2022Changing Face of Higher Education and Development in Asia-Pacific29 November 2022Who Walks for Water? Water Consumption and Labor Supply Response to Rainfall Scarcity in UgandaSSRN Electronic Journal, Vol.16Effect of culture on women physicists' career choice: A comparison of Muslim majority countries and the WestPhysical Review Physics Education Research, Vol.17, No.18 March 2021It Takes a Village: UN Peace Operations and Social Networks in Postconflict EnvironmentsPolitics & Gender, Vol.17, No.130 July 2019Paradigms of Development Frameworks Using Gender Equality Strategies25 May 2021USAID: Investing in Primary Education for the Sustainable Development of PakistanEuropean Journal of Sustainable Development Research, Vol.5, No.4Collective Change Through Mass Media: Engaging Adolescent Girls Through Interactive Radio to Promote AIDS-Free Communities in Kenya28 September 2021The Challenges of Girl Child Education in Sokoto State, Nigeria and Its Implications for National Development17 April 2021Herbal medicine use and predictors among pregnant women attending antenatal care in Ethiopia: a systematic review and meta-analysisBMC Pregnan