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Peering into ‘spaces for change’: empowerment, subversion and resistance in a gendered violence prevention education programme in Kenya.
- Source :
- Sex Education; Nov2016, Vol. 16 Issue 6, p663-677, 15p
- Publication Year :
- 2016
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Abstract
- Changing and challenging social norms is essential to preventing gendered violence, and education is widely regarded as a key means through which this can happen. Whilst good-quality research exploring the outcomes of such educational interventions exists, very little is known about what actually happens inside educational spaces aiming to instigate change. This gap limits understandings of how and why change does (or does not) happen. This paper aims to address this by providing an opportunity to peer into a ‘space for change’. To do this, observational data are analysed from a non-formal education programme aiming to empower girls to be free from violence in Kenya. Three moments are explored which illustrate ‘empowerment’, ‘subversion’ and ‘resistance’. The paper also explores the often hidden stories of the facilitators, showing that who teaches can be as important as the curriculum used in determining what happens inside educational spaces for change. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]
- Subjects :
- VIOLENCE prevention
WOMEN'S empowerment
CHILDREN
VIOLENCE
CURRICULUM
HUMAN rights
INTERPERSONAL relations
INTERVIEWING
SCIENTIFIC observation
POWER (Social sciences)
RESEARCH funding
SELF-efficacy
SEX distribution
GENDER role
SOCIAL norms
STEREOTYPES
STUDENTS
TEACHERS
ADULT education workshops
SOCIAL support
TEACHING methods
PRE-tests & post-tests
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 14681811
- Volume :
- 16
- Issue :
- 6
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- Sex Education
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 118281580
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1080/14681811.2016.1165658