Reaching for the sky : empowering girls through education /: empowering girls through education. ([2017])

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Urvashi Sahni.
• Authors: Sahni, Urvashi
• Other Names: Brookings Institution, issuing body.
• Contents: Letting girls learn -- The girls' own stories -- Education myself : valuable lessons for self and others -- The story of Prerna -- Building a universe of care -- Enabling learning : building a web of support -- Developing a feminist consciousness : dialogical circles of empowerment -- Finding self, finding home : using drama for self-work -- Empowerment as a social act : from self-work to social work -- Learning outcomes and beyond -- Scaling Prerna -- Reframing girls' education -- Epilogue: Educating boys for gender justice -- Appendixes. A. Caste in India : a brief note. B. Methodology. C. Historical backdrop of girls' education.
• Publisher Details: Washington, D.C : Brookings Institution Press
• Publication Date: 2017
• Copyright Date: 2017
• Extent: 1 online resource (1 PDF (xx, 276 pages)), illustrations, map, portraits
• Subjects: 371.8220954; Girls -- Education -- India -- Uttar Pradesh; Girls' schools -- India -- Uttar Pradesh; Sex discrimination in education -- India; Filles -- Éducation -- Inde -- Uttar Pradesh; Écoles de filles -- Inde -- Uttar Pradesh; Discrimination sexuelle en éducation -- Inde; EDUCATION -- Administration -- General; EDUCATION -- Organizations & Institutions; Girls -- Education; Girls' schools; Sex discrimination in education; India; India -- Uttar Pradesh
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9780815730392
• Related ISBNs: 081573039X; 9780815730385; 0815730381
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Print version record.
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.