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ERIC Number: EJ1205128
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2019
Pages: 16
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ISSN: ISSN-1360-3116
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'Boys Don't Rule Us': Exploring Rwandan Girls with Disabilities' Resistance to Masculine Dominance in School
Wallace, Derron; Karangwa, Evariste; Bayisenge, Jeannette
International Journal of Inclusive Education, v23 n3 p297-312 2019
This paper explores how economically disadvantaged girls with disabilities resist masculine domination at Rwanda's largest inclusive school, Busengare Secondary. Based on 16 in-depth interviews and 3 focus group interviews with Rwandan girls with disabilities, this study draws on critical feminist perspectives to examine the subjectivities of girls with disabilities marginalised by virtue of their gender, class and disability. The findings reveal that girls with disabilities challenge the enduring power of masculine domination that seeks to limit their leadership and learning in classrooms through two distinct strategies: assertive resistance and subversive resistance. At its core, this paper exposes gendered structures of dominance among young people with disabilities not yet addressed in gender studies and disability studies scholarship in Rwanda.
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Secondary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Rwanda
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