Opening Minds, Improving Lives: Education and Women's Empowerment in Honduras

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211 Index Page numbers in boldface refer to illustrations. The letter “t” refers to a table. abuse, 124–25, 132 action, 3, 15, 18–21, 137–41 Adan (Garifuna man), 104, 112–16 Adato, Michelle, 22 affiliation, 13, 18, 107, 135 agency, 20–21, 137–38. See also action agricultural skills and knowledge PSA and, 163, 167 SAT and, 44, 78–79, 137, 142–43 Ahderom, Selam, 156–57, 159 Alan (SAT student), 77, 83, 99 alcohol abuse, 69 Alejandra (SAT student), 75 community service and, 98, 99 on education, 73–74 gender relations and, 65, 68, 88 self-confidence and self-perception of, 81–82 small business and, 102 sociability and, 96 yuca and, 101 Alejandro (SAT coordinator), 55–56, 84 Amartya Sen’s Capability Approach and Social Justice in Education (Walker and Unterhalter), 14 Ana (SAT student), 120 gender relations and, 116–21, 131, 138 income generation and financial independence of, 105 sociability and, 96 Angela (Garifuna woman), 76 gender relations and, 65, 87, 129–30, 136 income generation and financial independence of, 106 Arbab, Farzam, 31, 33–34 Arbab, Haleh, 37, 40 ayuda (help), 68, 85, 98, 128–29 Bahá’í faith FUNDAEC and, 4, 28, 37, 156 teachings of, 195n5 Bahá’í International Community, 28, 37, 156 Bateman, Rebecca B., 65 Batliwala, Srilatha, 140 Bayan Association (Asociación Bayan), 48, 54–61, 149 Benjamin, Orly, 111–12 Betty (PSA student), 152, 153–55, 164–65, 168 Boender, Carol, 13–14, 15–16 Bohm, David, 40 Bowling Alone (Putnam), 107–8 Bryk, Anthony, 95 capabilities approach development and, 12–13 empowerment and, 20–21 SAT and, 42–43 women’s education and, 14–15 capacity building empowerment process and, 3, 15, 18–21 PSA and, 162–65 SAT and, 136–37 CARE, 1, 20 Carey, George, 32 Carolina (Garifuna woman), 76 on ayuda (help), 85, 98 community service and, 101 gender relations and, 129 Carter, David S. G., 31 212 Opening Minds, Improving Lives cassave Garifuna women and, 66, 67–68 SAT students and, 78, 101, 105 CAUSE, 100 Center for the Development of Human Resources in Honduras (CADERH), 54 Charles (PSA student), 162, 166 chicken raising, 79–80 Churchill, Winston, 156 civic engagement, 99–101 cohabitation, 63–65 Colombia development in, 33 FUNDAEC and, 32, 35 SAT in, 35–36, 47–48 common-law marriages, 64 communication skills, 113–14, 118–19 community service PSA and, 165–66 SAT and, 97–101, 108–9 Comunidad por los Niños (Community for the Children), 35 Connell, Raewyn, 131, 148 conscientização (critical consciousness), 24, 136–37 contraceptives, 22 courtship, 63–64 critical awareness, 18 critical consciousness (conscientização), 24, 136–37 critical pedagogy, 23–24, 31, 50 critical social theory (CST), 23–24 CUBR (Centro Universitario de Bienestar Rural, University Center for Rural Well-Being, or Rural University), 36 DARADA, 105 DeGroot, Jessica, 130 de los Reyes, Eileen, 24 Department for International Development (DFID, UK), 14, 25, 49 Deutsch, Francine M., 116, 140, 149 development capabilities approach and, 12–13 in Central America, 52t in Colombia, 33 education and, 10–13, 91 religion and, 31, 32 women’s empowerment and, 133–34 dignity, 108 division of labor, 65–68, 87–90 Dooki, Soheil, 57 Drayton, Brendaly, 20 dugu (Garifuna rite), 197n2 Dulcinea (Garifuna woman), 76 gender relations and, 68, 87, 127–28 self-confidence and self-perception of, 80, 82 Eden, Ricardo, 55–56 education capabilities approach and, 12–13 development and, 10–13, 91 employment and, 73–76 empowerment and, 21, 23–25, 141–43 FUNDAEC on, 40–41 in Honduras, 52–54, 53t, 58, 146, 148 intimate relationships and, 111–12 in Latin America, 145–47 NGOs and, 31–32 social relations and, 107–8 in Uganda, 154, 156, 162 See also women’s education Empowering Education (Shor), 21, 50 empowerment campaigns and, 1–2 collective action and, 109, 140–41 definition and use of term, 1–3, 15–16 education and, 21, 23–25, 141–43 power and, 16–18, 19 religion and, 135–36 See also women’s empowerment empowerment process, 3, 15, 18–21. See also action; capacity building; recognition Engels, Friedrich, 16 Esmeralda (Garifuna woman), 76 on education, 73 gender relations and, 68, 127–28 self-confidence and self-perception of, 82 family, 41–42, 145 Federación de Juntas de Acción Comunal (Federation of Community Action Boards), 35 feminism on education, 23 on power, 17–18, 19, 116 Index...