mutindi mumbua kiluva-ndunda is Assistant Professor in the Department of Educational Foundations and Specializations at the College of Charleston.

Preface

1. Introduction

Main Focus
Background
Overview of the Book

2. Education and Women's Equity: Framing the Context

Women and Education in Kenya
Women's Economic Activities
Women and the Family
Women's Self-Help Groups
Conclusion

3. Research Sites

Kithumba Village
Kyandue Village
Salama Town
Choice of Study Area
Participants

4. Grounding the Methodology of Study

Paving the Way: Theoretical Framework
Research Design
Writing Ethnography
Reflections on Doing Research in Kilome Division

5. Analyses of Education- and Development-Policy

Documents
Ominde Report (1964)
Sessional Paper # 10: African Socialism and Its Application to Planning Policy (1965)
1974¿1978 Development Plan
Gachathi Report (1976)
Mackay Report (1981)
Wanjigi Report (1982¿1983)
Kamunge Report (1988)
1989¿1993 Development Plan
Ndegwa Report (1991)
Conclusion

6. Kilome Women's Educational Experiences

Colonial Background
Women's Own Experiences of Education
Educational Experiences of Kilome Women's Daughters
Conclusion

7. Factors Limiting Girls' Educational Opportunities

High Cost of Education
Traditional Preference to Educate Boys
Assumption That Girls Will Get Married
Girls' Potential Motherhood
Responsibility for Sex Education
Poverty
Conclusion

8. Intensification of Women's Labor to Educate Their Children and Its Implications

Importance Women Attach to Educating Daughters
Supporting Their Mothers
Supporting Their Families
Making Marriage Choices
Women's Inability to Depend on Husbands for Daughters' Education
Intensification of Women's Labor
Women's Health
Girls' Education,Impact on the Welfare of the Family
Conclusion

9. "Help Me So That I May Help You": Women's Self-Help Movement

Kyandue Women's Self-Help Group
Kithumba Women's Self-Help Group
Salama Women's Self-Help Group
Successes and Limitations
Exclusiveness of Women's Self-Help Groups
Conclusion

10. Women's Educational Experiences: Private and Public Discourses on Education in Kenya and Implications for Policy

Public and Private Discourses on Education
Implications for Policy
Support for Girls' Education Starting at the Village Level
Reentry of Adolescent Mothers into the School System
Introducing Sex Education in Schools and Communities
Support for Women as Intervention Agents for Their Daughters' Education
Conclusion

Notes
Bibliography
Index