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- Title
Educational Opportunities for Women and Girls in Rural Papua New Guinea: A Case Study of Waromo Village, Sandaun Province.
- Authors
Ove, Celestine
- Abstract
Universal Primary Education has been a recent addition to the agenda of casual conversations and public discussions in Papua New Guinea. For a developing country like PNG, with deteriorating rural infrastructure, lack of basic education and health services, high infant and maternity death rates, high illiteracy levels, low life expectancy and little or no access to goods and other services, universal education needs to be given high priority. Women are the most disadvantaged group in this nation that is deeply intertwined in its culture and traditional practices. The traditional mentality that women are inferior is still foiling attempts to promote gender equality in PNG. Marginalized to the extent that they are often denied basic education, women and girls are missing out on basic education that should qualify them for formal employment opportunities that will enhance all aspects of life. This paper is based on research that investigates whether the importance of equal educational opportunities for women and girls in a rural society in PNG is understood and whether there is a transition away from the traditional belief that women and girls should not be educated. The research is based on a week long participant observation and unstructured interviews in the community of Waromo village, Sandaun province. It also takes into consideration the views of primary and high school head teachers, church leaders and the Ward Councillor of Waromo village. Education is a vital tool for development and women and girls' advancement. Therefore it is important to study whether there is equal opportunity that guarantees Universal Primary Education for all in a rural society.
- Subjects
SANDAUN Province (Papua New Guinea); PAPUA New Guinea; WOMEN'S education; RESEARCH methodology; DEVELOPING countries; GENDER inequality
- Publication
Contemporary PNG Studies, 2007, Vol 7, p43
- ISSN
1814-0351
- Publication type
Article