1st Edition

Women, Education and Development in Asia Cross-National Perspectives

Edited By Grace C.L. Mak Copyright 1996
    286 Pages
    by Routledge

    286 Pages
    by Routledge

    This reissue (1996) examines four interrelated aspects of schooling for women in ten Asian countries: the development experience of a country and how it affects education and women’s status; the types of educational opportunities available to women; if the greater exposure to education results in greater participation in the public sphere; the impact of education and economic participation on women’s domestic status.

    Part 1. East Asia  1. The People’s Republic of China Grace C.L. Mak  2. Japan Machiko Matsui  3. South Korea Oksoon Kim  4. Taiwan, Republic of China Hsiao-chin Hsieh  Part 2. Southeast Asia  5. Indonesia Mayling Oey-Gardiner and Riga-Adiwoso Suprapto  6. Malaysia Robiah Sidin  7. Singapore Guat Tin Low  Part 3. South Asia  8. India Ratna Ghosh and Abdulaziz Talbani  9. Pakistan Kowsar P. Chowdhury  10. Sri Lanka Swarna Jayaweera

    Biography

    Grace C.L. Mak