- Title
- African girls’ experiences of gender in school communities: observations and reflections from a researcher
- Creator
- Oxworth, Catherine
- Date
- 2023
- Type
- Text; Book chapter
- Identifier
- http://researchonline.federation.edu.au/vital/access/HandleResolver/1959.17/202122
- Identifier
- vital:19649
- Identifier
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https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-19-5008-7_11
- Identifier
- ISBN:9789811950087
- Abstract
- Drawing upon observations, reflections and conversations with teachers, parents, children, and community members, this chapter aims to highlight African girls’ experiences of gender in two different school communities in Kenya and Zambia. It presents some of the gendered encounters that occurred throughout a six-month research period, through the journal entries and recollections of the researcher, in the two communities. The journal entries are all considered with respect to the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) of SDG4 Quality Education and SDG5 Gender Equality (United Nations, Department of economic and social affairs—sustainable development. United Nations, 2021b). In order to develop an inclusive environment for African girls in mainstream primary school education, it is important to understand something of the experiences of gender within their school communities. The insights in the journal entries confirm the necessity of aiming for the 2030 SDG targets of eliminating gender disparity and discrimination, eliminating violence against women and girls, ensuring leadership positions for women, ensuring inclusive educational environments, and ensuring access to sexual and reproductive rights of girls. © The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd. 2023.
- Publisher
- Springer
- Relation
- Inclusion, equity, diversity, and social justice in education: a critical exploration of the sustainable development goals p. 153-165
- Rights
- All metadata describing materials held in, or linked to, the repository is freely available under a CC0 licence
- Rights
- Copyright © The Author(s)
- Subject
- Africa; Equality; Gender; Girls; Sustainable development goals
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