Promote Democratic Citizenship among Rural Women: A Chinese NGO's Two Models
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| Title: | Promote Democratic Citizenship among Rural Women: A Chinese NGO's Two Models |
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| Language: | English |
| Authors: | Zhao, Xu, Haste, Helen |
| Source: | Berkeley Review of Education. Jan 2012 3(1):49-70. |
| Availability: | Berkeley Graduate School of Education, University of California, 5648 Tolman Hall, Berkeley, CA 94702. Tel: 510-328-3701; e-mail: bre_editor@berkeley.edu; Web site: http://www.berkeleyreviewofeducation.com |
| Peer Reviewed: | Y |
| Page Count: | 23 |
| Publication Date: | 2012 |
| Document Type: | Journal Articles Reports - Research |
| Descriptors: | Models, Citizenship, Citizenship Education, Rural Population, Womens Studies, Democratic Values, Civil Rights, Nongovernmental Organizations, Administrator Attitudes, Disadvantaged, Partnerships in Education, Beliefs, Educational Practices, Barriers, Identification (Psychology), Conflict Resolution, Foreign Countries, Case Studies, Semi Structured Interviews |
| Geographic Terms: | China |
| ISSN: | 1947-5578 |
| Abstract: | A Beijing-based non-governmental organization (NGO) strives to empower rural Chinese women and migrant girls by increasing their awareness of constitutional rights and promoting their capacities to exercise their civil and political rights. This article reports the NGO leaders' perceptions of the goals, strategies, and challenges in their citizenship endeavor, and analyzes their educational activities in theoretical and cultural contexts. By reporting a tension between the two founding leaders and unpacking the different approaches they take to engaging rural women, we demonstrate how the conceptualization of human rights education in the rural Chinese context is influenced by three approaches to human rights--the Confucian emphasis of rites, the Western tradition of emphasizing law, and the "human functional capacities" approach--and how the implementation process is constrained by China's political framework, the social conditions of rural women, and the NGO leaders' vantage points. |
| Abstractor: | As Provided |
| Number of References: | 50 |
| Entry Date: | 2018 |
| Accession Number: | EJ1169845 |
| Database: | ERIC |
| Abstract: | A Beijing-based non-governmental organization (NGO) strives to empower rural Chinese women and migrant girls by increasing their awareness of constitutional rights and promoting their capacities to exercise their civil and political rights. This article reports the NGO leaders' perceptions of the goals, strategies, and challenges in their citizenship endeavor, and analyzes their educational activities in theoretical and cultural contexts. By reporting a tension between the two founding leaders and unpacking the different approaches they take to engaging rural women, we demonstrate how the conceptualization of human rights education in the rural Chinese context is influenced by three approaches to human rights--the Confucian emphasis of rites, the Western tradition of emphasizing law, and the "human functional capacities" approach--and how the implementation process is constrained by China's political framework, the social conditions of rural women, and the NGO leaders' vantage points. |
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| ISSN: | 1947-5578 |
