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Women, Education and Agricultural Development The Example of Yemen Ibtissam H. Al-Farah

School of Education. Women, Education and Agricultural Development The Example of Yemen Ibtissam H. Al-Farah PhD Researcher & PhD Student Representative Ibtisam.alfarah@sheffield.ac.uk Supervisor: Dr. Anita Franklin 14 th Feb.2014. Outline of the Presentation.

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Women, Education and Agricultural Development The Example of Yemen Ibtissam H. Al-Farah

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  1. School of Education Women, Education and Agricultural Development The Example of Yemen Ibtissam H. Al-Farah PhD Researcher & PhD Student Representative Ibtisam.alfarah@sheffield.ac.uk Supervisor: Dr. Anita Franklin 14th Feb.2014

  2. Outline of the Presentation • Research aims and objectives • Research questions • Context of the study: • Map of Yemen • The Education System • Yemeni Women and Education • Research Methodology and Methods • Primarily Finding • Q & A

  3. Research Aims and Objectives The project aims to develop a critical understanding of the role of International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) in Yemen, exploring the motivational factors behind its involvement in development policies and programmes for women, where the gravitation is towards educational improvement. The project seeks to: • Develop critical understanding of the political, economic and social conditions under which the International Development Organizations (IDOs) have intervened in developing countries in general and in Yemen in particular. • Understand the development policies being implemented by IFAD for women's education in Yemen. • Explore the educational programmes being implemented by IFAD for women in Yemen. • Investigate the obstacles which the IFAD faced and possible impact of such obstacles on the quality of the services provided to the women in Yemen.

  4. Research Questions To render structure to the aims and objectives of the study this necessitates the following questions: • What are the general historical, political and economic criteria which the INGOs intervene in developing countries and in Yemen in particular? • What are the development policies and programmes of the IFAD for women’s education in Yemen? • How are IFAD's educational policies and programmes for women interpreted and perceived in Yemen? • What obstacles does the IFAD face in the implementation of its policies and programmes in Yemen? And what consequences such obstacles have on the IFAD’s plans and programmes?

  5. The Republic of Yemen * Surface area: 527,968 km2 - Population under national poverty line : ( 42.8 % ) - Urban: 29.9 % - People living with less than $2: ( 47.6% ) - Rural: 47.6 % * The estimated population : 24.800.000( World Bank estimations 2010)

  6. The Education System in Yemen

  7. Yemeni Women and Education Illiteracy in the 10-45-Year-Old Population by Gender and Area ofResidence National Report on Adult Education Programmes in the Republic of Yemen (2009,p.9)

  8. Research Methodology and Methods

  9. Preliminary findings

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