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Download full textGolding, Barry; Carragher, Lucia; Foley, Annette – Australian Journal of Adult Learning, 2021
Our paper focuses on delineating and scoping international Women's Sheds, a movement that has emerged within the past decade, mainly in Australia, Ireland and the UK. It addresses two main research questions. Firstly, what is the origin, distribution, nature and intent of Women's Sheds internationally to March 2021? Secondly, how might Women's…
Descriptors: Community Development, Females, Organizations (Groups), Classification
Golding, Barry; Kimberley, Helen; Foley, Annette; Brown, Mike – Australian Journal of Adult Learning, 2008
This article reviews research into the genesis and spread of both neighbourhood houses and learning centres in Victoria and community-based men's sheds in Australia to identify some similarities and differences. Our article asks questions about the gendered communities of practice that underpin houses for women on the one hand, and sheds for men…
Descriptors: Females, Adult Learning, Foreign Countries, Gender Issues
Peer reviewedSetterlund, Deborah; Abbott, Joan – Community Development Journal, 1995
Fifteen older women involved as volunteers faced several barriers to participation: pain, disability, family obligations, assumptions about age, transportation, and different patterns and pace of life. Structural changes that would enhance older people's contributions to community life were suggested. (SK)
Descriptors: Community Development, Community Involvement, Females, Foreign Countries
Duke, Chris; And Others – Adult Education and Development, 1990
This supplement to "Adult Education and Development," a journal for adult education in Africa, Asia, and Latin America, refers to and is intended as a companion volume to "Combatting Poverty through Adult Education: National Development Strategies" (Croom Helm 1985). In addition to an introductory chapter and a conclusion, this…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Community Development, Comparative Education, Developing Nations
