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Are Women-Targeted Programs Women-Positive?

Authors

• • Jane Castle
  • Department of Adult Education, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa
• • Gillian Attwood
  • Department of Adult Education, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa
• • Suzanne Smythe
  • Department of Language and Literacy Education, University of British Columbia

Abstract

The authors distinguish between women-targeted and women-positive programs, citing examples of unsuccessful education programs in South Africa that were targeted at women. They question the educational and political aims of these initiatives and suggest that women-positive programs foreground gender within a broader context of transformation involving both men and women.

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How to Cite: Castle, J. , Attwood, G. & Smythe, S. (2001) “Are Women-Targeted Programs Women-Positive?”, Adult Education Research Conference. 1(2001).