Description

• Title:
  How Women Drove ‘Spirits’ out of Their Local Communities: The ‘Exorcism’ of Non-Governmental Organizations: A Comparative Case Study
• Creator:
  Bogacz-Wojtanowska, Ewa;
  Góral, Anna;
  Wrona, Sylwia
• Description:
  The process of system transformation in Poland and Central-Eastern Europe brought forth numerous economic benefits and social acceptance. However, it also presented challengingsocial problems, particularly at the local level. Non-governmental organizations (NGOs), often led by female leaders, took on the responsibility of gradually addressing these issues. By identifying the needs and expectations of the communities they served, NGOs became significant agents in resolving local social problems. Unfortunately, the actions andperspectives of women in these NGOs, who played a crucial role in their establishment and development over the decades of the system transformation period, remain inadequatelyrecognized in the existing literature. The research presented in this text aimed to explore and understand how women-led NGOs defined and addressed the social problems of localcommunities during the system transformation in Poland. To achieve this, the metaphor of spirits and exorcisms was employed. The research utilized a comparative case studyapproach, focusing on four NGOs founded and managed by women across different phases of the system transformation in Poland. In-depth interviews, observations, and documentand website analyses were conducted within each case study. This research contributes to the micro-level understanding of the contributions made by women-led NGOs to theprocess of system transformation in Poland.
• Object availability:
  free access
• Rights: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd/4.0 ;
  Prawa autorskie (c) 2023 Ewa Bogacz-Wojtanowska, Anna Góral, Sylwia Wrona
• Date:
  2023.12.19
• Type:
  info:eu-repo/semantics/article;
  info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion
• Language:
  English
• Source:
  Przegląd Badań Edukacyjnych (Educational Studies Review); Nr. 42 (2023): Educational Studies Review (Women in Education. Women about Education) ; 157-188;
  Przegląd Badań Edukacyjnych (Educational Studies Review); No. 42 (2023): Educational Studies Review (Women in Education. Women about Education) ; 157-188;
  Przegląd Badań Edukacyjnych; Nr 42 (2023): Przegląd Badań Edukacyjnych (Kobiety w Edukacji. Kobiety o Edukacji) ; 157-188;
  Przegląd Badań Edukacyjnych (Educational Studies Review); № 42 (2023): Przegląd Badań Edukacyjnych (Kobiety w Edukacji. Kobiety o Edukacji) ; 157-188;
  2392-1544;
  1895-4308
• Format:
  application/pdf
• Publisher:
  Nicolaus Copernicus University in Torun
• Relation: https://apcz.umk.pl/PBE/article/view/43123/37085
• Subject:
  local communities;
  women leaders;
  non-governmental organization;
  spirits and exorcisms metaphor;
  Poland
• Identifier: https://apcz.umk.pl/PBE/article/view/43123
• Data provider:
  Akademicka Platforma Czasopism
• Can I use it?:
  seek permission
• Type:
  text