Fiona Leach
Biographic Data
| ID | 3697539 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Fiona Leach |
| GIVEN NAMES | Fiona |
| FAMILY NAME | Leach |
| SIGNATURE | LEACH F |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 13 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 120 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 13 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1993 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2018 |
| H-INDEX | 7 |
Reclaiming the Women of Britain's First Mission to West Africa: Three Lives Lost and Found
Reclaiming the Women of Britain's First Mission to Africa is the compelling story of three long-forgotten women, two white and one black, who lived, worked and died on the Church Missionary Society's first overseas mission at the dawn of the nineteenth century. It was a time of momentous historical events: the birth of Britain's missionary movement, the creation of its first African colony as a home for freed slaves, and abolition of the slave tr…
African girls, nineteenth‐century mission education and the patriarchal imperative
This paper draws on Anglican mission archive material to uncover the extent to which girls’ schooling in early nineteenth‐century West Africa developed as a response to male interests and perceived male needs. The founding of the colony of Sierra Leone in 1787 as a home for freed slaves followed by the arrival of Protestant missionaries in 1804 offers a laboratory type environment to trace the development of girls’ formal schooling in Africa. In …
Democratising higher education in Ghana and Tanzania: Opportunity structures and social inequalities
Hijacking equal opportunity policies in a Nigerian College of Education: The micropolitics of gender
Researching gender violence in schools: Methodological and ethical considerations
Gender violence in schools in the developing world
This paper explores gender violence in schools in what is commonly known as the ‘developing world’ through a review of recent research written in English. Violence in the school setting has only recently emerged as a widespread and serious phenomenon in these countries, with the consequence that our knowledge and understanding of it is embryonic; much of it remains invisible or unrecognized. Informed by research from elsewhere, we use theories of…
Learning to be Violent: The role of the school in developing adolescent gendered behaviour
This paper examines the role of the school, and of the peer group culture in particular, in constructing male and female identity among adolescents within the context of high levels of gender violence. It draws on a DfID-funded study into the abuse of girls in schools in three African countries (Zimbabwe, Malawi and Ghana). This study documents incidents of male teachers and older male pupils aggressively propositioning female pupils for sex, 'su…
Microfinance and women's empowerment: A lesson from India
This article describes an NGO project intended to empower scheduled caste women working in the silk-reeling industry in India through the provision of microfinance. It documents the impact that the project had on their economic and social status over a period of time and highlights the negative consequences of excluding male relatives from playing any meaningful role. It suggests ways in which the project might have been made more male inclusive …
Gender implications of development agency policies on education and training
Women in the informal sector
This article reviews the extent to which the educational system has acknowledged the importance to women of the informal sector of the economy, and the extent to which it has sought to prepare them for employment or self-employment within it. It assesses the record of both formal and non-formal education in providing women with the necessary skills to compete with men for employment, and concludes that both have generally failed to assist women t…
Development projects and their host institutions: Are they compatible
Expatriates as Agents of Cross‐cultural Transmission
(1994). Expatriates as Agents of Cross‐cultural Transmission. Compare: A Journal of Comparative and International Education: Vol. 24, No. 3, pp. 217-231
Counterpart personnel: A review of the literature with implications for education and development
Gender violence in schools in the developing world
This paper explores gender violence in schools in what is commonly known as the ‘developing world’ through a review of recent research written in English. Violence in the school setting has only recently emerged as a widespread and serious phenomenon in these countries, with the consequence that our knowledge and understanding of it is embryonic; much of it remains invisible or unrecognized. Informed by research from elsewhere, we use theories of…
Microfinance and women's empowerment: A lesson from India
This article describes an NGO project intended to empower scheduled caste women working in the silk-reeling industry in India through the provision of microfinance. It documents the impact that the project had on their economic and social status over a period of time and highlights the negative consequences of excluding male relatives from playing any meaningful role. It suggests ways in which the project might have been made more male inclusive …
Democratising higher education in Ghana and Tanzania: Opportunity structures and social inequalities
Learning to be Violent: The role of the school in developing adolescent gendered behaviour
This paper examines the role of the school, and of the peer group culture in particular, in constructing male and female identity among adolescents within the context of high levels of gender violence. It draws on a DfID-funded study into the abuse of girls in schools in three African countries (Zimbabwe, Malawi and Ghana). This study documents incidents of male teachers and older male pupils aggressively propositioning female pupils for sex, 'su…
Researching gender violence in schools: Methodological and ethical considerations
Expatriates as Agents of Cross‐cultural Transmission
(1994). Expatriates as Agents of Cross‐cultural Transmission. Compare: A Journal of Comparative and International Education: Vol. 24, No. 3, pp. 217-231
Gender implications of development agency policies on education and training
African girls, nineteenth‐century mission education and the patriarchal imperative
This paper draws on Anglican mission archive material to uncover the extent to which girls’ schooling in early nineteenth‐century West Africa developed as a response to male interests and perceived male needs. The founding of the colony of Sierra Leone in 1787 as a home for freed slaves followed by the arrival of Protestant missionaries in 1804 offers a laboratory type environment to trace the development of girls’ formal schooling in Africa. In …
Hijacking equal opportunity policies in a Nigerian College of Education: The micropolitics of gender
Women in the informal sector
This article reviews the extent to which the educational system has acknowledged the importance to women of the informal sector of the economy, and the extent to which it has sought to prepare them for employment or self-employment within it. It assesses the record of both formal and non-formal education in providing women with the necessary skills to compete with men for employment, and concludes that both have generally failed to assist women t…
Development projects and their host institutions: Are they compatible
Counterpart personnel: A review of the literature with implications for education and development
Expatriates as Agents of Cross‐cultural Transmission
(1994). Expatriates as Agents of Cross‐cultural Transmission. Compare: A Journal of Comparative and International Education: Vol. 24, No. 3, pp. 217-231
Development projects and their host institutions: Are they compatible
Women in the informal sector
This article reviews the extent to which the educational system has acknowledged the importance to women of the informal sector of the economy, and the extent to which it has sought to prepare them for employment or self-employment within it. It assesses the record of both formal and non-formal education in providing women with the necessary skills to compete with men for employment, and concludes that both have generally failed to assist women t…
Gender implications of development agency policies on education and training
Microfinance and women's empowerment: A lesson from India
This article describes an NGO project intended to empower scheduled caste women working in the silk-reeling industry in India through the provision of microfinance. It documents the impact that the project had on their economic and social status over a period of time and highlights the negative consequences of excluding male relatives from playing any meaningful role. It suggests ways in which the project might have been made more male inclusive …
Learning to be Violent: The role of the school in developing adolescent gendered behaviour
This paper examines the role of the school, and of the peer group culture in particular, in constructing male and female identity among adolescents within the context of high levels of gender violence. It draws on a DfID-funded study into the abuse of girls in schools in three African countries (Zimbabwe, Malawi and Ghana). This study documents incidents of male teachers and older male pupils aggressively propositioning female pupils for sex, 'su…
Gender violence in schools in the developing world
This paper explores gender violence in schools in what is commonly known as the ‘developing world’ through a review of recent research written in English. Violence in the school setting has only recently emerged as a widespread and serious phenomenon in these countries, with the consequence that our knowledge and understanding of it is embryonic; much of it remains invisible or unrecognized. Informed by research from elsewhere, we use theories of…
Researching gender violence in schools: Methodological and ethical considerations
Hijacking equal opportunity policies in a Nigerian College of Education: The micropolitics of gender
African girls, nineteenth‐century mission education and the patriarchal imperative
This paper draws on Anglican mission archive material to uncover the extent to which girls’ schooling in early nineteenth‐century West Africa developed as a response to male interests and perceived male needs. The founding of the colony of Sierra Leone in 1787 as a home for freed slaves followed by the arrival of Protestant missionaries in 1804 offers a laboratory type environment to trace the development of girls’ formal schooling in Africa. In …
Democratising higher education in Ghana and Tanzania: Opportunity structures and social inequalities
Reclaiming the Women of Britain's First Mission to West Africa: Three Lives Lost and Found
Reclaiming the Women of Britain's First Mission to Africa is the compelling story of three long-forgotten women, two white and one black, who lived, worked and died on the Church Missionary Society's first overseas mission at the dawn of the nineteenth century. It was a time of momentous historical events: the birth of Britain's missionary movement, the creation of its first African colony as a home for freed slaves, and abolition of the slave tr…
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