Swarna Jayaweera
Biographic Data
| ID | 1548413 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Swarna Jayaweera |
| GIVEN NAMES | Swarna |
| FAMILY NAME | Jayaweera |
| SIGNATURE | JAYAWEERA S |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Peradeniya |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 6 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 42 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 6 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1969 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1997 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
Women, Education and Empowerment in Asia
Education is widely perceived as an indicator of the status of women and even more importantly, as an agent for the empowerment of women. This article examines the relationship between education and several facets of empowerment, using the macro statistics on countries in Asia presented in the United Nations Human Development Report, 1995, which attempts to compute country specific 'Gender Empowerment Measures', as well as data from qualitative s…
Higher Education and the Economic and Social Empowerment of Women—the Asian experience
This paper examined the degree of socioeconomic empowerment of Asian women due to higher education (HE). Examples illustrate different cultural contexts and stages in development. Colonial administrations established the first modern educational institutions. These schools trained Western-oriented elites in Western and gender values. Uneven development led to increased socioeconomic differences and disparities by region, ethnicity, religion, and …
European women educators under the British colonial administration in Sri Lanka
Gender and access to education in Asia
British Educational Policy in Ceylon in the Nineteenth Century
Recent trends in educational expansion in Ceylon
Women, Education and Empowerment in Asia
Education is widely perceived as an indicator of the status of women and even more importantly, as an agent for the empowerment of women. This article examines the relationship between education and several facets of empowerment, using the macro statistics on countries in Asia presented in the United Nations Human Development Report, 1995, which attempts to compute country specific 'Gender Empowerment Measures', as well as data from qualitative s…
Higher Education and the Economic and Social Empowerment of Women—the Asian experience
This paper examined the degree of socioeconomic empowerment of Asian women due to higher education (HE). Examples illustrate different cultural contexts and stages in development. Colonial administrations established the first modern educational institutions. These schools trained Western-oriented elites in Western and gender values. Uneven development led to increased socioeconomic differences and disparities by region, ethnicity, religion, and …
Recent trends in educational expansion in Ceylon
European women educators under the British colonial administration in Sri Lanka
Gender and access to education in Asia
British Educational Policy in Ceylon in the Nineteenth Century
British Educational Policy in Ceylon in the Nineteenth Century
Recent trends in educational expansion in Ceylon
Gender and access to education in Asia
European women educators under the British colonial administration in Sri Lanka
Women, Education and Empowerment in Asia
Education is widely perceived as an indicator of the status of women and even more importantly, as an agent for the empowerment of women. This article examines the relationship between education and several facets of empowerment, using the macro statistics on countries in Asia presented in the United Nations Human Development Report, 1995, which attempts to compute country specific 'Gender Empowerment Measures', as well as data from qualitative s…
Higher Education and the Economic and Social Empowerment of Women—the Asian experience
This paper examined the degree of socioeconomic empowerment of Asian women due to higher education (HE). Examples illustrate different cultural contexts and stages in development. Colonial administrations established the first modern educational institutions. These schools trained Western-oriented elites in Western and gender values. Uneven development led to increased socioeconomic differences and disparities by region, ethnicity, religion, and …
Sociology (6 works) · Political science (5 works) · Economic growth (4 works) · Economics (4 works) · Gender Studies (4 works) · Gender Studies (4 works) · Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare (4 works) · Ancient history (2 works) · Ceylon (2 works) · Disadvantaged (2 works)