2000 Fiscal Year Final Research Report Summary
Studies on Girls' Education in Developing Countries
| Project/Area Number |
11691022
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (A).
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| Allocation Type | Single-year Grants |
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| Section | 海外学術 |
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| Research Field |
Educaion
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| Research Institution | Hiroshima University |
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Principal Investigator |
SATO Hisako Faculty of Education, Hiroshima University, Professor, 教育学部, 教授 (10215824)
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| Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) |
OKADA Aya Nagoya university, Graduate School of International Development, Assistant Professor, 大学院・国際開発研究科, 助教授 (00313982)
EHARA Hiromi Teikyo University Faculty of Law, Assistant Professor, 法学部, 助教授 (40232970)
UTUMI Seiji Osaka University, Graduate School of Human Sciences, Professor, 大学院・人間科学研究科, 教授 (80283711)
OBAYASHI Masaaki Faculty of Education, Hiroshima University, Associate Professor, 教育学部, 助教授 (30127625)
KURODA Kazuo Center for the Study of International Cooperetion in Education, Hiroshima University, Assistant Professor, 教育開発国際協力研究センター, 助教授 (70294600)
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| Project Period (FY) |
1999 – 2000
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| Keywords | Girls' Education / Educational Development / UNESCO / World Bank / Educational Assiatance |
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| Research Abstract |
The importance of women's education for the social and economic development of the Third World countries has been emphasized, especially in recent years, by international and national organizations, and researchers in the fields of education and development. Recent research suggests that the economic and social returns to education for women are substantial and on the whole probably greater than those for men. However, women's educational levels are lower than men's in most societies all over the world. Most educational decision makers share the belief on ethical grounds that this educational gender gap should be eliminated. The strength of this equity argument aside, many studies of this research project have pointed out the importance of women's education for socioeconomic development.
Another main finding of this research project is that status of girls' education reflects gender situation of the society because the development of girls' education depends on cultural situation of each ethnic group and each region. And that even in a country, where the gender gap in educational enrolment is small, there exist serious qualitative problems surrounding education for girls and women compared to boys' and men's.
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