Non-formal education and women’s empowerment: an assessment of the contemporal relevance of Freire’s concept of conscientisation in increasing district assemblywomen’s participation in community development and governance in Northen Ghana

Non-formal education and women’s empowerment: an assessment of the contemporal relevance of Freire’s concept of conscientisation in increasing district assemblywomen’s participation in community development and governance in Northen Ghana

AbstractThe study examined the contemporary relevance of Freire’s concept of conscientisation as a framework, as well as how organized non-formal education (NFE) programmes have increased women’s participation in local-level governance as assembly members in Ghana’s Northern sector. The study invest...

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Main Authors: Moses Yinkorah Namoog, Boadi Agyekum
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Taylor & Francis Group 2024-12-01
Series:Cogent Arts & Humanities
Subjects:
Non-formal education
conscientisation
women’s empowerment
human development
local-level governance
Lincoln Geraghty, School of Media and Performing Arts, University of Portsmouth, United Kingdom
Online Access:https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/10.1080/23311983.2024.2313338

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