Strategies for Survival in Kenya: Women, Education, and Self-Help Groups
Strategies for Survival in Kenya: Women, Education, and Self-Help Groups
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肯尼亚的生存策略：妇女、教育和自助团体
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10.1177/105678799700600404
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1997
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Tata Mbugua
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Tata Mbugua
女性S群体在非洲的许多地方已经存在了几十年。这些群体允许他们的成员有效地适应他们当代社会的外部变化。根据Staudt的说法，非洲有更广泛的女性团结器官，比世界上任何地方都多(198.1)。这让S看到了家庭外关系在女性中的重要性.在过去的几年里，肯尼亚的妇女S团体越来越关注教育和经济问题。这一变化在一定程度上是由世界银行和国际货币基金组织(IMF)的结构调整方案(SAPS)推动的(Robertson，1995)。联合国妇女十年(19751985)是非洲妇女与发展研究的一个转折点，其重点是妇女S的教育与她们在经济和社会发展中的参与之间的L墨迹。有关女性教育的研究表明，女性教育在经济和人类发展方面都具有协同效应的潜力。联合国《S关于1985年S妇女状况的报告》根据12个成员国政府完成的一份调查问卷，揭示了：
Women' s groups have existed in many parts of Af rica for decades. These groups al low their members to adapt effectively to external changes in their con temporary societies . According to Staudt, there are more extensive female sol idarity organ izations in Africa than anywhere e lse in the world ( 1 98 1 ) . This i s an indication of the importance among women of ties outside household boundaries . I n the last few years, women ' s groups in Kenya have increasingly focused on educational and economic issues. This change has been prompted in part by the Structural Adj ustment Programs (SAPs) of the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) (Robertson, 1 995) . The U nited Nations Decade for Women ( 1 9751 985), with a focus on the l inkages between women ' s education and their partic ipation in economic and so cial development, was a turning point in research on African women and development. Related research on female education reveals that it has the potential for synergistic effects in both economic and human development. The Un ited Nation ' s Report on the State of the World 's Women 1 985, based on a ques tionnaire completed by 1 2 1 member governments, re vealed that: