3 research outputs found
Training Critically Conscious Educators: Bolivian Women in Popular Education
This study examines how the Education Office of the Oficina JurĂdica Para la Mujer [Women’s Legal Office] (OJM), a community-based popular education organization in Cochabamba, Bolivia, works with women to address personal, legal and policy issues through local leadership training and popular education methodology, demonstrating a powerful model for achieving individual, family, community and societal change
The Role Of Women In Popular Education In Bolivia
In the face of poverty and long-term political instability in Bolivia, many adult educators
are working towards social justice, focusing students on economic opportunities and maintaining
their indigenous culture. The process is complex and often compounded by the sociocultural
context in which the learning takes place, particularly when examining education and justice for
women and minorities. However, in cases when the educational model takes daily life within
local cultures into account (popular education), true learning and change can be seen