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Miles, Susie; Fefoame, Gertrude Oforiwa; Mulligan, Diane; Haque, Zakia – Compare: A Journal of Comparative and International Education, 2012
This article examines the role networking has played, at local and national levels, in facilitating communication between key actors involved in challenging the marginalisation of disabled people from education and from wider Bangladeshi society. Efforts to promote awareness of the importance of including disabled children in their local schools…
Descriptors: Self Help Programs, Rural Areas, Nongovernmental Organizations, Foreign Countries
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Meena, M. S.; Jain, Dilip; Meena, H. R. – Journal of Agricultural Education and Extension, 2008
Self-help groups (SHGs) have emerged as an effective mechanism of empowerment and development of women as well as being on efficient mode of promoting group action and technology dissemination. Initiatives were undertaken at the Central Institute of Post-Harvest Engineering and Technology (CIPHET), Ludhiana to facilitate the formation of women's…
Descriptors: Females, Self Help Programs, Technology Transfer, Rural Areas
Condon, Ellen; Brown, Kim – Rural Institute, 2007
The Rural Institute: Center for Excellence in Disability Education, Research, and Service, is one of sixty-four Centers for Excellence in Disability Education across the nation. It is an inter-disciplinary organization that promotes full participation in rural life for individuals with disabilities. The Rural Institute accomplishes this goal by…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Employment, Rural Areas, Career Planning