| Summary: | xi, 105 p. : map. A print copy of this thesis is available through the UO Libraries. Search the library catalog for the location and call number. === This thesis explores the empowerment effects of informal education programs run
by the highly acclaimed non-governmental organization (NGO) Tostan in Senegal, West
Africa. My interviews with 25 women in six rural communities in Senegal reveal that
participants in Tostan training programs experience multiple forms and degrees of
empowerment. The respondents in this study report sometimes feeling empowered in
terms of education, access to resources, individualization and participation. In light of
the literature on empowerment, my respondents remain only partially empowered,
constrained by existing sociopolitical relations and economic dependency. My research
also considers whether there are structural limits to empowerment when an outside NGO
comes into a community for a relatively short time to promote change better produced
indigenously. === Committee in Charge:
Dr. Dennis Galvan, Chair;
Dr. Stephen Wooten;
Dr. Anne Williams
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