Part I: Conclusion

Abstract

The work in the present section of the book can be located in a tradition of women’s learning that draws on feminist principles and pedagogies to empower women in seeking non-gendered choices . Women’s learning through shared experience and networking, which is an important focus in the chapters above, emerges as a theme that resonates in discussions of work and identity in subsequent sections of the book. In Chap. 6 Olivier reveals the crucial role played by solidarity among women to support those affected by gender violence . Networking and sharing experience emerge in women’s concerted action to support more equitable learning relationships . This leads in one example to the inception of a new learning programme (Chap. 5) and in another to new approaches to learning relations (Chap. 3). In the chapters above, mutual support helped women to develop learning to address unequal power relations (Chap. 6) or to enter workplaces where power relations contribute to women’s under-representation (Chap. 5).