Education for Hmong Women in Thailand

Autor/in	Peng, Xuefang
Titel	Education for Hmong Women in Thailand
Quelle	In: Australian Journal of Indigenous Education, 36 (2007), S.88-97 (10 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1326-0111
Schlagwörter	Females; Hmong People; Foreign Countries; Access to Education; Gender Discrimination; Anthropology; Educational Anthropology; Womens Education; Womens Studies; Socioeconomic Status; Gender Issues; Population Distribution; Comparative Analysis; Performance Factors; Barriers; Indigenous Knowledge; Social Change; Social Characteristics; Social Influences; Ethnology; Cultural Influences; Thailand + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Weibliches Geschlecht; Ausland; Education; Access; Bildung; Zugang; Bildungszugang; Anthropologie; Pädagogische Anthropologie; 'Women''s education'; Frauenbildung; Socio-economic status; Sozioökonomischer Status; Geschlechterfrage; Demographical distribution; Bevölkerungsverteilung; Leistungsindikator; Sozialer Wandel; Gesellschaftsbild; Sozialer Einfluss; Ethnologie; Cultural influence; Kultureinfluss
Abstract	The Hmong are the second largest tribal group in Thailand. Hmong society is stratified by both age and gender. Women were considered inferior to men in Hmong traditional society. There was a strong bias against education for Hmong women in the past. Hmong women's access to education has improved with recent developments in the socio-economy and modern educational system. Today there does not appear to be discrimination against girls in continuing their education beyond the compulsory level. However, the conventional ideas that "marrying early, bearing early, and having many children are blessings" are popular in the Hmong community. Many girls of school age leave school for marriage. These traditional conventions are an obstacle for females in continuing their formal education. Today, the Hmong's traditional subsistence economy is undergoing change, and many Hmong women are actively involved in business. Adult and vocational education is also an important way for Hmong women to improve their educational level and gain new skills for making a living. This paper is based on anthropological field research carried out in northern Thailand from December 2003 to September 2004, supported by the Asian Scholarship Foundation. (Contains 5 tables.) (As Provided).
Anmerkungen	University of Queensland. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies Unit, Brisbane, Queensland, 4072, Australia. Tel: +61-7-3365-1969; Fax: +61-7-3365-6855; e-mail: ajie@uq.edu.au; Web site: http://www.atsis.uq.edu.au/ajie/
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10