The Structure and Agency of Women's Education

The Structure and Agency of Women's Education
Author: Mary Ann Maslak
Publisher: SUNY Press
Total Pages: 310
Release: 2008-01-01
Genre: Education
ISBN: 9780791472767

Offers research on educational policies, programs, and practices for adolecent girls and adult women, from both comparative international perspectives.

Women and Sport in Latin America

Women and Sport in Latin America
Author: Rosa Lopez de D'Amico
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 286
Release: 2016-05-20
Genre: Sports & Recreation
ISBN: 1317565738

This multidisciplinary book draws on sociology, cultural studies, anthropology and history, to explore the diversity, challenges and achievements of Latin American women in sport. It offers an in-depth analysis of women’s sport in ten countries across Latin America, insights into the sport activities of indigenous peoples, and the contributions of Latin American women to sport living outside of the region. The book also provides a comprehensive overview of international developments in gender and sport research, policy development and theory, and addresses sport participation at many levels including in school-based physical education, community and high performance contexts.

Going to School in Latin America

Going to School in Latin America
Author: Silvina Gvirtz
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Total Pages: 357
Release: 2007-12-30
Genre: Education
ISBN: 0313081336

Latin America has tremendous diversity geographically, politically, and demographically. Some countries such as Argentina, Brazil and Chile, enjoy a time of peace and growing prosperity, while other countries such as Bolivia and Columbia are struggling with government and economic issues. This volume examines the history and present educational systems, both public and private, of approximately 15 countries in the Latin American region, along with a day in the life feature that shows what the school day is like from the students' point of view.

Queer Epistemologies in Education

Queer Epistemologies in Education
Author: Moira Pérez
Publisher: Springer Nature
Total Pages: 262
Release: 2020-12-03
Genre: Education
ISBN: 3030503054

This edited collection brings together the work of researchers and educators from Argentina, Brazil, Spain, Colombia, Costa Rica, Portugal,and Mexico on education, pedagogy, and research from a queer perspective. It offers a space for the dissemination and development of new lines of analysis and intervention in the field of Queer Pedagogies in the region, relevant to the present and future of the field both in our countries and beyond. Chapters provide perspectives aware of the regional context but relevant from a theoretical and practical perspective beyond Ibero-America. The volume covers elementary, middle, and higher education, formal and informal, and includes theoretical and applied contributions on a variety of topics including public policies on education, queer youth, sex education, and conservative attacks against "gender ideology" in the region.

Women’s Rights in Movement

Women’s Rights in Movement
Author: Inés M. Pousadela
Publisher: Springer Nature
Total Pages: 215
Release: 2023-10-11
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 3031391829

This book provides an updated comparative overview of women’s movements in Latin America and the Caribbean, filling some of the gaps left by the existing literature. It brings together case studies of nine countries – Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Mexico, Nicaragua, and Peru – and includes a comparative analysis of the overall evolution of women’s rights movements across the region during the past decades. This analysis shows Latin America as the home to the largest, strongest, and most densely regionally and globally interconnected women’s rights movements in the Global South. Each chapter in this volume seeks to understand where the struggles for women’s rights come from, how they stand today and where they are headed to. To do so, they all use qualitative methodologies, and most resort to first-hand accounts of the processes described and reflections by the actors on their own experiences, collected through surveys, in-depth interviews and/or ethnographic observations. The comparative analysis of the different national case studies reveals the main struggles in which women’s rights movements are currently involved in Latin America and the Caribbean: the quest for political representation within the State and its political institutions; the fight against gender violence and the struggle for sexual and reproductive rights – especially abortion rights. Women’s Rights in Movement: Dynamics of Feminist Change in Latin America and the Caribbean will be a valuable resource for researchers, activists and policy makers interested in the struggles for women’s rights not only in Latin America and the Caribbean, but in different parts of the world. It will be of special interest to sociologists, political scientists, anthropologists and other social scientists working in interdisciplinary fields such as gender and social movements studies.

Análisis sobre la Necesidad de Implantación de la Asignatura de Educación Sexual en Nuestro Sistema Educativo

Análisis sobre la Necesidad de Implantación de la Asignatura de Educación Sexual en Nuestro Sistema Educativo
Author: Olga Martínez Buendía
Publisher: Lulu.com
Total Pages: 152
Release: 2012-10-26
Genre: Family & Relationships
ISBN: 147093731X

Tanto padres como educadores, somos los responsables de proporcionar una educación sexual y afectiva completa a nuestros menores, no podemos relegar a un segundo plano los contenidos que contribuyen a la consecución de tales objetivos y es por ello que debemos incluir dentro de las materias del marco educativo actual, la educación sexual de los individuos que se están formando, sabiendo que de esta forma estamos contribuyendo al logro de conseguir seres felices.

ILO Activities in the Americas, 2003-2006

ILO Activities in the Americas, 2003-2006
Author: International Labour Office. Director-General
Publisher: International Labour Organization
Total Pages: 72
Release: 2006
Genre: Labor laws and legislation
ISBN: 9221185079

Summarizes the principal outcome of ILO work in the region. Includes listings of technical cooperation projects and of books, reports, CD-ROMs, videos, and CINTERFOR publications issued.