TY - JOUR
T1 - Enhancing adolescent Mayan girls’ education through peer support
AU - Osorio Vázquez, María Cristina
AU - Bressers, Hans Th.A.
N1 - Funding Information:
This paper summarizes the results of a pilot study supported by Echidna Giving, a private foundation based in the US which supports the advancement of marginalized girls from the developing world through education. One of the goals of this organization is to support girls while they complete secondary education, which is an important aspect of this project, taking into account that it is at this educational level that adolescents are at greater risk of dropping out of school. The pilot study was conducted by two researchers. The main researcher was born and raised in the Yucatan peninsula and worked for a long time in Mayan majority areas with the support of Maya-speaking research assistants. As Smith stated in her work () the researcher should have acquired a historical background outside the academy to perform a critical analysis with the communities and for the communities. The second author, due to his research experience, played a role in supporting the methodology of the study and observed a few conversations in the area; his comments have substantially improved this investigation.
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PY - 2022/5/19
Y1 - 2022/5/19
N2 - The aim of this paper is to evaluate how peer support can contribute to the completion of secondary school for girls who have interrupted their education, so that they can achieve higher levels of schooling through a supportive community network in villages of the Yucatan peninsula in southeast Mexico. For this purpose, qualitative social science research methodology was used with a participatory approach. The findings demonstrated that beyond existing school reintegration programs, it is the strength of purpose in the girls’ minds and the influence of the people that surround them that determines the degree of success or failure. The originality of this research is to be found in the collection of primary information from groups of adolescents regarding aspects that encourage them to reach, or stop them from reaching, higher levels of education, while compiling the intervention of key actors in the communities in favor of girls’ education in the state of Yucatan.
AB - The aim of this paper is to evaluate how peer support can contribute to the completion of secondary school for girls who have interrupted their education, so that they can achieve higher levels of schooling through a supportive community network in villages of the Yucatan peninsula in southeast Mexico. For this purpose, qualitative social science research methodology was used with a participatory approach. The findings demonstrated that beyond existing school reintegration programs, it is the strength of purpose in the girls’ minds and the influence of the people that surround them that determines the degree of success or failure. The originality of this research is to be found in the collection of primary information from groups of adolescents regarding aspects that encourage them to reach, or stop them from reaching, higher levels of education, while compiling the intervention of key actors in the communities in favor of girls’ education in the state of Yucatan.
KW - Girls
KW - Inclusive education
KW - Leadership
KW - Motherhood
KW - Secondary education
KW - n/a OA procedure
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U2 - 10.1080/09540253.2021.1964446
DO - 10.1080/09540253.2021.1964446
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85112637537
SN - 0954-0253
VL - 34
SP - 411
EP - 428
JO - Gender and education
JF - Gender and education
IS - 4
ER -
