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Abbreviations/Acronyms
List of tables
List of figures
List of boxes
CHAPTER ⅠIntroduction
1.1 Background to the studies
1.2 Statement of the problem
1.2 Research questions/hypothesis
1.3 Objectives of the study
1.4 Significance of the study
1.5 Limitations of the study
CHAPTER ⅡAn overview of Sierra Leone
2.1 Geographic location
2.2 Climatic conditions
2.3 A Short History of Sierra Leone
2.4 Population
2.5 Age Structure
2.6 Economic situation
2.7 The Human Development Index - going beyond income
2.8 Human poverty: focusing on the most deprived in multiple dimensions of poverty
2.9 Building the capabilities of women
2.10 Trade and investment
2.11 Macro-economic trend
2.12 Education
2.13 Employment
2.14 General Administration
CHAPTER Ⅲ Literature review
3.1 Overview global Gender issues
3.2 Gender inequality at the start of the 21st century
3.2.1 Education
3.2.2 Trends in female labor force participation
3.2.3 Trends in female unemployment ratios and Earnings
3.2.4 Voices of women
3.2.5 Women's Time Constraints and their Triple Role in Society
3.2.6 Resource Control and Bargaining Power Affect household Allocation
3.2.7 The political and socio-economic status of third world women
3.2.8 The Global Gender Gap 2007
3.2.9 Women and Rural Development
3.3 Beijing Platform for Action
3.3.1 A review of the implementation of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action after ten years
3.3.2 Women and politics
3.3.3 Women as Political Leaders
3.3.4 Women and Revolutionary Change
CHAPTER Ⅳ Women in china
4.1 Historical perspective
4.2 Women and Education in China
4.3 Legal Position and Political Participation of Chinese Women
4.4 Female workers in the export-oriented industries in China
4.5 Chinese Women's Roles in the Changing World
4.6 Conclusion
CHAPTER Ⅴ Methodology
5.1 Introduction
5.2 General and specific research questions/hypothesis
5.3 Study design, Setting, Subjects, and Population
5.4 Instruments used in this survey
5.5 Data-collection
5.6 Data Management/Quality Control
5.7 Data analysis
5.8 Limitations of the study
CHAPTER Ⅵ Results and discussion
6.1 Descriptive Analysis
6.2 Characteristics of the study participants
6.3 Respondents Highest Level of Education
6.3.1 Gender analysis in education of the study participants
6.4.2 Gender Constraints on Access and Participation
6.3.2 Participation and Performance in public exams
6.3.3 Primary school enrollment
6.3.3 Secondary school enrollment
6.3.4 Technical and vocational education and training (TVET)
6.3.5 Tertiary education
6.3.6 Teaching Staff
6.3.7 Gender Differentials in Access and Participation in Schooling
6.3.8. Adult literacy and educational attainment
6.3.9 Gender Differentials in Higher Education
6.4.0 Disparity
6.5.2 Gender analysis of the political participation
6.5.3 Cabinet of Sierra Leone (2007) and present
6.4.1 Sierra Leonean women in Parliament
6.4.2 Women and Local Government in Sierra Leone
6.4.3 Judiciary of Sierra Leone and the Gender Act Of 2007
6.4.4 Gender analysis of the socio-economic status
6.4.5 Wages and earning of living
6.4.6 Women's role in socio-economic development in Sierra Leone
6.4.6 Health policies and women in Sierra Leone
6.4.7 Responses on maternal mortality
CHAPTER Ⅶ Discussions and Conclusions
7.1 Discussions
7.2 Educational opportunities
7.3 Political participation and decision making
7.4 Socio-economic participation and employment opportunities
7.5 Conclusions and Recommendations
7.6 Recommendations for further research
References
Acknowledgements
Dedication
Appendices
Questionnaire
SOCIO-ECONOMIC BACKGROUND
LIST OF PUBLICATIONS AND RESEARCH WORK
