2009 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
Gender and Development in the African Context : Women's Choice to Achieve Full Participation in Traditional Societies
| Project/Area Number |
18401010
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B)
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| Allocation Type | Single-year Grants |
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| Section | 海外学術 |
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| Research Field |
Gender
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| Research Institution | Tenri University |
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Principal Investigator |
TODA Makiko Tenri University, 現代社会学部, 教授 (40248183)
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| Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) |
MIYAMOTO Ritsuko 秋田大学, 教育学部, 教授 (30200215)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2006 – 2009
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| Keywords | ジェンダー / 開発 / 伝統文化 / 教育 / 言語 / ろう者 / エンパワーメント |
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| Research Abstract |
Through the interviews with Muslim women in North-eastern area and Deaf women in rural and urban areas in Kenya, this study has revealed that those women who had been socially and economically marginalized have been empowered by education far more than anything before they are involved in any form of poverty reduction programs or vocational training.
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