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Record Nr.

UNINA9910136743203321

Autore

Cislaghi Beniamino

Titolo

Values Deliberation and Collective Action : Community Empowerment in Rural Senegal / / by Beniamino Cislaghi, Diane Gillespie, Gerry Mackie

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2016

ISBN

3-319-33756-4

Edizione

[1st ed. 2016.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (XIII, 211 p. 1 illus.)

Disciplina

303.372

Soggetti

Social justice

Human rights

Economic development

Social Justice, Equality and Human Rights

Development Studies

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

1. Introduction -- 2. Community Values and Aspirations as the CEP Arrives -- 3. Tostan’s Instructional Strategies -- 4. Learning and Values Deliberations During the Democracy and Human Rights Sessions (DHRS), 2010 -- 5. One and a Half Years After the Democracy and Human Rights Sessions, 2011 -- 6. Long-Term Program Results -- 7. Analysis: How Values Deliberations Lead to Community Empowerment -- 8. Conclusion -- 9. References -- 10. Appendices.

Sommario/riassunto

This book describes how a program of values deliberations–-sustained group reflections on local values, aspirations, beliefs and experiences, blending with discussions of how to understand and to realize human rights--led to individual and collective empowerment in communities in rural Senegal. The study explains what happens during the deliberations and shows how they bring about a larger process that results in improved capabilities in areas such as education, health, child protection, and gender equality. It shows how participants, particularly women, enhance their agency, including their individual and collective capacities to play public roles and kindle community action. It thus provides important insights on how values deliberations help to revise



adverse gender norms.