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Community Development Journal 39:49-61 (2004)
© 2004 Community Development Journal and Oxford University Press

‘The girls do not learn hard enough so they cannot do certain types of work.’ Experiences from an NGO-sponsored gender sensitization workshop in a Southern Ghanaian community

Henrietta Abane

Henrietta Abane lectures in the Department of Sociology, at the University of Cape Coast, Ghana

Address for correspondence: email: hetabane{at}yahoo.com

This paper presents insights from a gender sensitization workshop organized by a non-governmental organization in a community where both men and women are under-educated but in which a gender gap could still be discerned. It explores the perceptions of community members regarding the importance of education generally, but girl-child education in particular. The project sought to challenge cultural values and beliefs concerning women in the community. The first part of the paper makes a case for interventions to ensure that the gender disparity in education is addressed. The second revisits the gender sensitization workshop, whilst the third part looks at lessons drawn from the workshop.


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