CONTENTS:- Preface. 1. Girls Education and Development. 2. Essentials of Educating Girls. 3. Girl's and Women's Education. 4. Women in Higher Education. 5. Education and Career Opportunities for Women. 6. Education and Empowerment of Women. 7. Education Making Gender Equality. 8. Education and Gender Gap. 9. Information as a Transfromative tool. 10. Women's/Gender studies in Asia.
DESCRIPTION
All over the world, educationis regarded as the key factor in overcoming the barriers that women face and the basic tool for empowering women and bringing them into the main path of development. Education not only provides basic knowledge and skills to improve health and livelihoods, but it empowers women to take their rightful place in society and the development process. The book covers all the issues related to women education, which makes it comprehensive and an authentic work on the subject. It will be a highly beneficial reference tool for education administrators, government and non-governmental organisations, policy makers, teachers and students of women studies and all who work for women's welfare.
