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Gender, education and global poverty reduction initiatives

Gender, education and global poverty reduction initiatives. Elaine Unterhalter Institute of Education University of London. Global policy commitments, 1990-2000. Jomtien Declaration, 1990 Vienna Declaration, 1993 Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action, 1995

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Gender, education and global poverty reduction initiatives

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  1. Gender, education and global poverty reduction initiatives Elaine Unterhalter Institute of Education University of London

  2. Global policy commitments, 1990-2000 • Jomtien Declaration, 1990 • Vienna Declaration, 1993 • Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action, 1995 • Dakar Framework of Action, 2000 • Millennium Declaration, 2000 (MDG1,2 and 3)

  3. Contrasting interpretations • A widening global moral community? • A western agenda? • A mask for globalization? • A demobilization of women’s politics?

  4. Contested meanings • Gender • Education • Equality • Global obligation

  5. Gender and education Gender Education Schools The social relations inside schooling and outside which bear on this Engagements with ideas and social relationships • A noun – girls, boys • An adjective – structures of unequal power • A verb- interactions

  6. Poverty and equality • A noun • An adjective – structures of social exclusion and chronic poverty • A verb – strategies of action • Equal amounts to a certain level – money or schooling • Substantive equality – combatting structures which reproduce inequality • Equality of capabilities

  7. Rethinking global obligation • Minimal humanitarian provision - interventions • Instituting rights? • Interactions to support capability expansion

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