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Miles, Susie; Fefoame, Gertrude Oforiwa; Mulligan, Diane; Haque, Zakia – Compare: A Journal of Comparative and International Education, 2012
This article examines the role networking has played, at local and national levels, in facilitating communication between key actors involved in challenging the marginalisation of disabled people from education and from wider Bangladeshi society. Efforts to promote awareness of the importance of including disabled children in their local schools…
Descriptors: Self Help Programs, Rural Areas, Nongovernmental Organizations, Foreign Countries
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Mbugua-Murithi, Tata – International Journal of Educational Reform, 1997
Drawing on data from 12 women's groups in Kenya, a recent study identified these women's general and demographic characteristics and discovered how rural Kenyan women acquire and exchange information, education, and learning skills; how education affects the groups' organizational management and leadership; how women work in groups and benefit…
Descriptors: Education Work Relationship, Educational Needs, Elementary Secondary Education, Females
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Wituk, Scott; Commer, Amy; Lindstrom, Julie; Meisen, Greg – Journal of Rural Community Psychology, 2001
A survey of 118 rural, mostly female, Latino participants in Parents Helping Parents (PHP)--a Kansas network of parenting self-help groups--found high satisfaction with PHP. PHP provided support and information concerning child rearing and child development, improved family communication, and increased the use of alternative means of discipline.…
Descriptors: Child Rearing, Discipline, Family Environment, Hispanic Americans