School of Education
Women, Education and Agricultural Development
The Example of Yemen
Ibtissam H. Al-Farah
PhD Researcher & PhD Student Representative
Ibtisam.alfarah@sheffield.ac.uk
Supervisor: Dr. Anita Franklin
14th Feb.2014
Outline of the Presentation
• Research aims and objectives
• Research questions
• Context of the study:
 Map of Yemen
 The Education System
 Yemeni Women and Education
• Research Methodology and Methods
• Primarily Finding
• Q&A
Research Aims and Objectives
The project aims to develop a critical understanding of the role of International
Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) in Yemen, exploring the motivational
factors behind its involvement in development policies and programmes for women,
where the gravitation is towards educational improvement. The project seeks to:
•Develop critical understanding of the political, economic and social conditions
under which the International Development Organizations (IDOs) have intervened
in developing countries in general and in Yemen in particular.
•Understand the development policies being implemented by IFAD for women's
education in Yemen.
•Explore the educational programmes being implemented by IFAD for women in
Yemen.
•Investigate the obstacles which the IFAD faced and possible impact of such
obstacles on the quality of the services provided to the women in Yemen.
Research Questions
To render structure to the aims and objectives of the study this necessitates the
following questions:
•What are the general historical, political and economic criteria which the INGOs
intervene in developing countries and in Yemen in particular?
•What are the development policies and programmes of the IFAD for women’s
education in Yemen?
•How are IFAD's educational policies and programmes for women interpreted and
perceived in Yemen?
•What obstacles does the IFAD face in the implementation of its policies and
programmes in Yemen? And what consequences such obstacles have on the
IFAD’s plans and programmes?
The Republic of Yemen
* Surface area: 527,968 km2
- Population under national poverty line : ( 42.8 % )
- Urban: 29.9 %
- People living with less than $2: ( 47.6% )
- Rural: 47.6 %
* The estimated population : 24.800.000
( World Bank estimations 2010)
The Education System in Yemen
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Yemeni Women and Education
Illiteracy in the 10-45-Year-Old Population by Gender and Area of
Residence
National Report on Adult Education Programmes in the Republic of Yemen (2009,p.9)
Research Methodology and Methods
Document
analysis
Policies and
Strategies
Reports
Qualitative
Research
Stage 1:
E-mails/Skype &
Telephone
Interviews
Stage 2:
face-to-face
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Preliminary findings
Why Yemen?
* Yemen is one of the poorest countries
* Suffering from wars, political conflicts, and
poverty.
They help with:
* Help with Education: formal and non formal.
* Community development projects
* Rural development projects and programmes,
* Humanitarian assistant ( conflict and war zones)
* Support human rights & Women’s rights
* Women’s Empowerment
* Improve the economic situation
* Innovate poverty
The returns to development countries:
* Growth the trade
* Increases the investment
* Capital flows
* Dry up the sources of terrorism