Gendered Voices: Reflections on Gender and Education inSouth Africa and Sudan -- TABLE OF CONTENTS -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- 1. REVISITING THE DISCOURSES ON GENDEREQUALITY, EQUITY AND EDUCATION -- NOTES -- REFERENCES -- AFFILIATIONS -- SECTION I: REFLECTIONS ON DISCOURSES,STRUGGLES AND METHODOLOGY INGENDER AND EDUCATION -- 2. MOVING BEYOND THE NUMBERS: What Does Gender Equality and Equity Really Mean? -- INTRODUCTION -- MAPPING: WHAT IS IT AND HOW IS IT USED? -- My understanding of gender equality and equity -- MAPPING THE GLOBAL DISCOURSES ON GENDER EQUALITY AND EQUITY -- CONCLUSION -- NOTES -- REFERENCES -- AFFILIATIONS -- 3. REFLECTIONS ON THE STRUGGLE FOR GIRLS'EDUCATION IN SUDAN -- INTRODUCTION -- AHFAD SCHOOLS AND THE BIRTH OF GIRLS' EDUCATION IN SUDAN -- THE STRUGGLE FOR GIRLS' EDUCATION IN SUDAN -- THE NATIONAL COUNCIL OF CHILD WELFARE (NCCW) -- THE QURANIC SCHOOL -- NOMADIC EDUCATION AND ITS IMPACT ON GIRLS' EDUCATION -- CONCLUSION -- NOTES -- REFERENCES -- AFFILIATIONS -- 4. INTERVIEWING WOMEN: How to Uncover Women's Perspectives through the Qualitative Interview -- INTRODUCTION -- THEORETICAL PERSPECTIVES ON GENDER AND EDUCATION -- Feminist approaches -- The Capability Approach as a feminist development theory -- METHODS -- THE RESEARCHER'S ROLE -- LISTENING TO THE NARRATOR - AND LISTENING TO ONESELF -- A NEW WAY OF LISTENING -- Listening to the moral language -- Listening to the meta-statements -- Listening to the logic of the narrative -- BRINGING IT TO A CLOSE -- NOTES -- REFERENCES -- AFFILIATIONS -- SECTION II: GENDER AND EDUCATION IN SUDAN -- 5. A CRITICAL REVIEW OF GENDEREQUALITY IN EDUCATION: Reflecting on the Issues among Poor Communities in Sudan -- INTRODUCTION -- THE GLOBAL DISCOURSES ON GENDER EQUALITY AND EDUCATION -- FEMINIST THEORIES AND GENDER EQUALITY -- WOMEN'S LIBERATION MOVEMENT IN SUDAN.

GENDER EQUALITY, EDUCATION AND POVERTY IN SUDAN -- CONCLUSION -- NOTES -- REFERENCES -- AFFILIATIONS -- 6. DOES EDUCATION WORK?: Perspectives on Semi-Nomadic Girls' Education in Some SelectedAreas of Sudan -- INTRODUCTION -- WHO ARE THE NOMADS AND WHY IS EDUCATIONA CHALLENGE FOR THESE COMMUNITIES? -- Nomadic Life, Animals and Culture -- THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK -- Global Discourses -- Feminist Theories -- RESEARCH DESIGN -- Instruments -- The study site -- FINDINGS AND DISCUSSION -- FACTORS INFLUENCING GENDER EQUALITY IN SCHOOLS -- School environment -- Poverty -- Distance to school -- Socio-cultural practices -- PERCEPTIONS OF FEMALE SEMI-NOMADIC PUPILS ABOUT THEIREDUCATION AND EMPOWERMENT -- PARTICIPANTS' UNDERSTANDING OF EDUCATION,GENDER EQUALITY AND EMPOWERMENT -- CONCLUSION -- NOTES -- REFERENCES -- AFFILIATIONS -- 7. WOMEN IN SOUTH SUDAN: Education, Empowerment and Identity Construction -- INTRODUCTION -- GENDER EDUCATION REFORM IN THESOUTH - NEOCOLONIALISM REVISITED? -- HOME AND SCHOOL, PLACE AND SPACE -- CONSTRUCTION OF GENDER IDENTITY -- HOME TERRITORY -- SPACE AT HOME -- SPACE IN SCHOOL -- THE EXILE FACTOR -- HARMFUL TRADITIONAL PRACTICES -- CONCLUSION -- NOTES -- REFERENCES -- AFFILIATIONS -- SECTION III: GENDER AND EDUCATION IN SOUTH AFRICA -- 8. "TO BE A GIRL": Exploring Factors Influencing Girls' Identity Construction inDisadvantaged Educational Environments in South Africa -- INTRODUCTION -- GIRLS' EDUCATION IN SOUTH AFRICA -- EDUCATION AND GENDER IDENTITY CONSTRUCTION -- METHODOLOGY -- FACTORS INFLUENCING GIRLS' IDENTITY CONSTRUCTION ANDGENDER INEQUALITY -- Gendered Identification and Behaviour -- Gender Roles and Stereotypes -- Lack of power and low self esteem -- Gender-based violence -- DISCUSSION -- CONCLUSION -- NOTES -- REFERENCES -- AFFILIATIONS.

9. IN THE MIDST OF GENDER NORMSA Study of Gender and Education in a South African Township -- INTRODUCTION -- THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK -- Social construction of gender -- The capability approach -- METHODOLOGY -- GENDER NORMS IN THE HOME AND THE COMMUNITY -- Description of gender roles -- It goes with the upbringing -- Everything is legitimized by tradition -- Gendered expectations and social control -- CHARACTERISTICS OF A GENDER APPROACH IN THE SCHOOL -- THE ROLE OF EDUCATION -- CONCLUDING REMARKS -- NOTES -- REFERENCES -- AFFILIATIONS -- 10. EDUCATION: A TOOL OF EMPOWERMENT?A Case Study of Teenage Girls in Township Schools in Cape Town, South Africa -- INTRODUCTION -- THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK -- Empowerment theory -- Future Time Perspective -- METHODOLOGY -- FINDINGS & DISCUSSION -- Home and Micro-relations -- School and Micro-relations -- Social Surroundings and Mesosystem -- School and Exosystem -- Future & Macrosystem -- SUMMING UP: IS EDUCATION A TOOL OF EMPOWERMENT? -- REFERENCES -- AFFILIATIONS -- SECTION IV: COMMONALITIES AND CONTRADICTIONS -- 11. WRITING ACROSS CULTURES: English as common denominator after all that history -- ENGLISHES -- STAGING GENDER: OTHERING AND MOTHERING -- THE EAP WORKSHOPS FOR GEEP: TEASING OUT THE VOICES -- Workshop 1, October 2009 -- Workshop 2 May 2010 -- CONCLUDING REMARKS -- NOTES -- REFERENCES -- AFFILIATIONS -- Bios GEEP book.