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Title Scolarisation - Travail et Genre en Algérie
Full text http://ajol.info/index.php/ad/article/view/57205
Date 2010
Author(s) S Houria
Abstract This article focuses on education, work and gender to reflect on several statistical data and the experience of women in Algeria. Generally, statistical data on the evolutionary trends on children's education in Algeria shows that the democratisation of education has succeeded in increased enrolment in primary,secondary and university education. Several studies also reveal that, on the average, girls performed better than boys due to the fact that education represents for girls the only gateway to the outside world, in particular to the world of work, andas a means to escape family restrictions and rise above the situation of women. In addition the employment of women remains marginal. In an estimated population of 14.5 million, less than one million women participate in paid work force. The employment of women remains linked to their matrimonial situation. Women are encouraged in sectors such as education, health and public services, thus reflectingthe basis of division of labour by gender. The article concludes that although the statistics show progress, it cannot show the processes of significant differences in gender discrimination. What would be of interest is how girls and boys occupy the spaces of learning and that of work. How are power relations between girls and boys in these spaces structured? How does the position occupied by the two groups influence sexual identities?
Language en
Publisher Africa Development
Type of publication Peer-reviewed Article
Format application/pdf
Source Africa Development; Vol 32, No 3 (2007)
Rights Copyright for articles published in this journal is retained by the journal.
Repository Africa - African Journals OnLine (AJOL)
Added to C-A: 2010-08-26;09:03:18