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Fight to learn: the struggle to go to school / Scandiffio, Laura 2016  Book
Scandiffio, Laura Book
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Publication Toronto, Annick Press, 2016.
Description viii, 168pBlack spine
Summary/Abstract In many countries around the world, universal access to education is a seemingly unattainable dream; however, determined individuals with vision and drive have made this dream come true for many. This book highlights people such as Okello, a former child soldier in Uganda, who founded a school for children like himself whose education was derailed by war; Julia Bolton Holloway who realized that the only effective way to educate Roma children was to teach literacy to their parents at the same time; Shannen Koostachin, a passionate 13-year-old whose fight for the right of First Nations children to have proper schools endured even after her untimely death. These uplifting stories of people who were undeterred in their fight to bring education to children will leave young readers with excellent models of how to mobilize support when fighting for social justice.
Contents Poverty Child Workers The Boy with a School in His Backyard The Roma Alphabets, Chisels, and Cradles: A Family School for Roma Taking Roma Learning Online "Every Child in School" Discrimination Gender: Girls in the Muslim World The Other Malalas Sharing the Knowledge that Changes Lives Caste Outcasts from Learning: Teaching the Untouchables Violence Gangs Caught in the Crossfire War Forced into Battle Protest Movements Equal Schools Shannen Koostachin: The Right to a "Real School" Affordable Schools Education for All: Chile's Student Protest
Standard Number 9781554517978 Pb.
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Women changing India / Butalia, Urvashi (ed.); Roy, Anita (ed.) 2010  Book
Roy, Anita (ed.) Book
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Publication New Delhi, Zubaan, 2010.
Description 220pGolden spine
Summary/Abstract India is changing. And at the heart of this change are its women. The change is widespread and varied, individual and collective, reflecting the full spectrum of women's lives, whether in politics or in economics, in business, or within their daily domestic work. This book maps - in words and in marvelous color photographs - some of the changes that are both visible and invisible in India today. These stories focus on the world of women working with the help of microloans, participating in grassroots governance, working behind the scenes in the Mumbai film industry, and moving into new jobs, often in male-dominated fields. Together, they are making contributions in varied fields and imagining a new future for themselves and other women. Featuring contributions from leading writers, "Women Changing India" offers a window into the lives of women living in South Asia today, bringing to public attention their complex realities and their aspirations for a better world.
Standard Number 9788189884970 Hb.
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