Head Start was one of a number of programmes developed to address chronicpoverty. It was designed to support the school readiness of children reared in povertytowards lifelong productivity (Bradley, Chazan-Cohen, & Raikes, 2009)
May be worth looking into this project, and its impact in taking a more holistic view of approaches - not just based in education
Rethinking recognition: overcoming displacementand reification in cultural politics and Reframing justice in a globalising world.
Worth wider reading on this book?
the benefits of any additional resourcing may be outweighedby the weight of stigmatisation
Where is the evidence to determine how significant a 'weight' this is, and does the author only refer to Scotland?
Further areas of debate in the field of equality concern the strands which shouldbe recognised
https://www.equalityhumanrights.com/en/equality-act/protected-characteristics
SEWA focuses on a very basic theme that runs through all these issues: the ability of women to control and plan their own lives.
Providing tools for empowerment
when the husband knows she can leave because she has employment opportunities or control over property, she is at least somewhat less likely to be beaten.
Limited power over situations relating to domestic abuse, and limited access to divorce - no power to make choice to better her situation
Because Vasanti has had no formal education, she is cut off from a full understanding of her nation’s history and its political and economic structure.
Cut off from many aspects of her own culture, due to a lack of opportunity
women are thought to have fewer options in employment and politics, so from the family’s perspective it makes more sense to assign domestic labor to girls while sending boys to school.
Women denied opportunities of employment and politics - losing their ability to wield power or influence in their communities
The religion-based systems of personal law in India govern property and inheritance as well as family law.
Cultural practices impact on individuals' ability to learn and thrive