You learned how to read and
write. How about: classes where the boys don't get all the attention, teachers who don't ignore sexist harassment, a school board that won't punish you for being feminist, a history course that names Columbus as colonizer and oppressor, a university without physical barriers, a curriculum that isn't about white, able-bodied, heterosexual, privileged men. For a start. CCLOW Are YOU a member?
A notional voice for
women's education *"Education Behind the Veil: Women in Afghanistan" by Sharifa Sharif, WEdf; vol. II, no.2, pp.4-9. |
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