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Title: | Swimming against the Tide: Educational Problems and Coping Strategies of Rural Female Students in Ethiopia |
Author: | Mulugeta, Emebet |
Year: | 2004 |
Periodical: | Eastern Africa Social Science Research Review |
Volume: | 20 |
Issue: | 2 |
Period: | June |
Pages: | 71-97 |
Language: | English |
Notes: | biblio. refs., ills. |
Geographic terms: | Ethiopia Northeast Africa |
Subjects: | women students academic achievement access to education Peoples of Africa (Ethnic Groups) Education and Oral Traditions Education and Training Cultural Roles gender students Females Survival strategies Education of women |
External link: | http://muse.jhu.edu/journals/eastern_africa_social_science_research_review/v020/20.2mulugeta.pdf |
Abstract: | Using qualitative data analysis based on S. Reinharz's (1992) feminist ethnography, this paper examines the educational journey of rural female students in Ethiopia who succeeded against all odds and joined colleges. Based on a survey conducted in 1997/1998 among 563 first-year female students in five colleges/universities of Ethiopia, the paper uncovers the problems encountered by these students and explores their coping strategies. The constraints encountered by them include too many household chores; a lack of understanding and support on the part of parents; harassment both in and outside school; and economic and cultural constraints, such as early marriage and marriage by abduction. Facilitators include support of parents, educated older siblings and other relatives, and of mentors and teachers serving as role models; hard work combined with good academic performance; self-confidence and optimism; and resistance to conforming to the norms in their communities. In the final analysis, the student herself took responsibility for her success or failure. Bibliogr., sum. [ASC Leiden abstract] |