Chapter 6 The influence of politics on girls’ education in Ethiopia

In this chapter we consider why education systems have not yet achieved equitable access and learning for all girls, despite high-level government commitment. Taking Ethiopia as a case study, we refer to the ‘domains of power’ framework (Hickey & Hossain, 2019) to explore the influence of politics o...

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Main Authors: Yorke, Louise, Rose, Pauline, Pankhurst, Alula
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description In this chapter we consider why education systems have not yet achieved equitable access and learning for all girls, despite high-level government commitment. Taking Ethiopia as a case study, we refer to the ‘domains of power’ framework (Hickey & Hossain, 2019) to explore the influence of politics on progress in girls’ education, focusing on the interaction between the political settlement and the education policy domain. The analysis draws on data from the Research on Improving Systems of Education (RISE) Ethiopia programme, including analysis of government documents, actor mapping and interviews with 150 key government stakeholders across seven regions and city administrations in Ethiopia. Adopting a gender lens, we take account of the influence and interaction of informal institutions within the education domain. We find that the education system cannot be considered to be a gender-neutral site given that women continue to be absent from positions of power. In addition, stakeholders’ ideas about the nature of gender roles influence their attitudes, behaviour and actions, holding back progress towards the high-level commitments.
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spelling doab-20.500.12854ir-818732025-02-05T15:14:16Z Chapter 6 The influence of politics on girls’ education in Ethiopia Yorke, Louise Rose, Pauline Pankhurst, Alula Education In this chapter we consider why education systems have not yet achieved equitable access and learning for all girls, despite high-level government commitment. Taking Ethiopia as a case study, we refer to the ‘domains of power’ framework (Hickey & Hossain, 2019) to explore the influence of politics on progress in girls’ education, focusing on the interaction between the political settlement and the education policy domain. The analysis draws on data from the Research on Improving Systems of Education (RISE) Ethiopia programme, including analysis of government documents, actor mapping and interviews with 150 key government stakeholders across seven regions and city administrations in Ethiopia. Adopting a gender lens, we take account of the influence and interaction of informal institutions within the education domain. We find that the education system cannot be considered to be a gender-neutral site given that women continue to be absent from positions of power. In addition, stakeholders’ ideas about the nature of gender roles influence their attitudes, behaviour and actions, holding back progress towards the high-level commitments. 2022-05-26T04:01:57Z 2022-05-26T04:01:57Z 2022-05-25T14:10:01Z 2021 chapter https://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/54702 9780367264895 https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/81873 eng open access image/jpeg image/jpeg Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/54702/1/9780429293467_10.4324_9780429293467-7.pdf https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/54702/1/9780429293467_10.4324_9780429293467-7.pdf Taylor & Francis Routledge 10.4324/9780429293467-6 10.4324/9780429293467-6 fa69b019-f4ee-4979-8d42-c6b6c476b5f0 Reforming Education and Challenging Inequalities in Southern Contexts University of Cambridge ef01d703-cec9-4aa8-bd01-a0e3b7c2f1ee 9780367264895 Routledge 23 open access
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