Promising Empowerment: How Tostan Engages Communities in Participatory Development in Rural Senegal

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dc.contributor.authorCauble, Elizabeth Marie, 1973-
dc.date.accessioned2009-11-24T00:44:31Z
dc.date.available2009-11-24T00:44:31Z
dc.date.issued2009-09
dc.descriptionxi, 105 p. : map. A print copy of this thesis is available through the UO Libraries. Search the library catalog for the location and call number.en_US
dc.description.abstractThis thesis explores the empowerment effects of informal education programs run by the highly acclaimed non-governmental organization (NGO) Tostan in Senegal, West Africa. My interviews with 25 women in six rural communities in Senegal reveal that participants in Tostan training programs experience multiple forms and degrees of empowerment. The respondents in this study report sometimes feeling empowered in terms of education, access to resources, individualization and participation. In light of the literature on empowerment, my respondents remain only partially empowered, constrained by existing sociopolitical relations and economic dependency. My research also considers whether there are structural limits to empowerment when an outside NGO comes into a community for a relatively short time to promote change better produced indigenously.en_US
dc.description.sponsorshipCommittee in Charge: Dr. Dennis Galvan, Chair; Dr. Stephen Wooten; Dr. Anne Williamsen_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/1794/9978
dc.language.isoen_USen_US
dc.publisherUniversity of Oregonen_US
dc.relation.ispartofseriesUniversity of Oregon theses, Dept. of International Studies, M.A., 2009;
dc.subjectTostan (Organization : Senegal)
dc.titlePromising Empowerment: How Tostan Engages Communities in Participatory Development in Rural Senegalen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US

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