Grandmothers: A Learning Institution (available in English & French)

Health
Written By Cate Urban

Since education is an integral aspect of children’s development, this paper examines existing evidence regarding the role of senior women, referred to in this paper as “grandmothers,” in children’s overall development, including education, in non-western societies (in Africa, Asia, Latin America,The Pacific, Aboriginal Australia, and Native North America). The paper also identifies the extent to which policies promoting the well-being of children support grandmothers’ inclusion in child development programming. It highlights programs around the world that have explicitly involved grandmothers and explores in some detail how one of these programs was designed to ensure grandmothers’ involvement. It concludes by exploring strategies to ensure the involvement of grandmothers in future basic education initiatives for children.

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Source: USAID
Year: 2005

Cate Urban

I founded Urban Web Renovations after 11 years of leading global marketing strategies for nonprofit organizations in Washington, DC. In each position I held, one thing remained the same – my passion for managing web sites and social media accounts for both organizations and major thought leaders.

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