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English, Leona M.; Irving, Catherine J. – Canadian Journal for the Study of Adult Education, 2015
This article provides a critical feminist analysis of the intersection of policy, practice, and decisions about funding for women's learning and activism. Beginning with a discussion of the current Canadian context, the authors then examine the international context via three United Nations-level policies affecting funding priorities for women's…
Descriptors: Feminism, Adult Education, Educational Policy, Females
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Irving, Catherine J.; English, Leona M. – Adult Education Quarterly: A Journal of Research and Theory, 2011
Feminist nonprofit organizations are sites of informal and nonformal learning where citizens learn advocacy, literacy, and the practices of social democracy. With the growing use of information and communication technologies in the nonprofit sector, there are questions as to how well organizations are able to make use of this technology to further…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Feminism, Nonprofit Organizations, Informal Education
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Gillis, Doris E.; English, Leona M. – Journal of Extension, 2001
Community-based agencies (extension, women's association, public health department) initiated a health promotion project using adult learning approaches (experiential learning, storytelling, and networking) to enable participants to examine their experiences of health and factors affecting health in their communities. Assessment tools were…
Descriptors: Adult Learning, Community Involvement, Community Organizations, Extension Education
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English, Leona M. – Canadian Journal of University Continuing Education, 2002
Responses from 23 of 35 leaders of lay minister education programs indicated liberal attitudes on some issues (social justice, women's ordination); 74% were hopeful about the church's future; 17% felt at risk because of their views; 32% experienced little or no congregational support; and 82% felt that the church needed to improve its acceptance…
Descriptors: Beliefs, Continuing Education, Foreign Countries, Lay People
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English, Leona M. – Studies in the Education of Adults, 2005
The article explores the relationships of feminist organisers with government policy makers and within their own organisations. Based on a qualitative study of eight directors and eight board members of grassroots feminist organisations, this paper examines how the funder (State) and the women (executive directors and board members) interact and…
Descriptors: Public Policy, Feminism, Accountability, Organizations (Groups)
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English, Leona M. – McGill Journal of Education, 2005
This paper reports on qualitative research with 8 board members and 8 directors of women's social action organizations. A poststructural reading of the narrative data gives voice to an undertheorized aspect of humanist relational learning in women's organizations and makes visible the power-relationships. The power relationships are explored and…
Descriptors: Social Action, Females, Qualitative Research, Community Organizations