A critical exploration of Pan-African ecofeminist popular education within WoMin’s feminist schools

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dc.contributor.authorHargreaves, Samantha
dc.contributor.authorWalters, Shirley
dc.contributor.authorKhan, Leila
dc.date.accessioned2025-10-10T09:51:17Z
dc.date.available2025-10-10T09:51:17Z
dc.date.issued2025
dc.description.abstractWoMin African Alliance (WoMin) has hosted six Feminist Schools since 2016 in which a Pan-African ecofeminist popular education approach has evolved. The participants are women in communities of resistance against extractive projects in West, East, and Southern Africa. Given the limited research on ecofeminist popular education in Africa, an exploratory case study method is used to examine the praxis of the emergent curriculum. Most participants have limited levels of formal schooling; therefore, we probe how we build an understanding of complex theoretical ideas while simultaneously honouring the centrality of women’s embodied knowledge. We describe various participatory, inventive pedagogical practices which place women’s experiences at the centre while elucidating abstract concepts. The facilitator’s ability to weave theory from the stories while ‘on her feet’ is crucial. The case deepens the argument that experience is a source of knowledge and provides rich evidence to support it.
dc.identifier.citationHargreaves, S., Khan, L., Mapondera, M., Shamuyarira, W. and Walters, S., 2025. A critical exploration of Pan-African ecofeminist popular education within WoMin’s feminist schools. Studies in the Education of Adults, pp.1-20.
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.1080/02660830.2024.2445905
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10566/21059
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherTaylor&Francis
dc.subjectCognitive justice
dc.subjectEcofeminism
dc.subjectFeminist popular education
dc.subjectFeminist schools
dc.subjectPan-Africanism
dc.titleA critical exploration of Pan-African ecofeminist popular education within WoMin’s feminist schools
dc.typeArticle

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