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A Study on Challenging Gender-Based Issues Before Women’s Education in Ama Ata Aidoo’s The Girl Who Can

Author(s) Mr. Uday Barman
Country India
Abstract Challenging gender-based issues appear as barriers to women education in Ama Ata Aidoo’s short story The Girl Who Can. Aidoo’s writings advocates for women empowerment through education and women empowerment is the center of interest of Aidoo. The study follows a textual analysis. The Girl Who Can promotes the ideals of feminist movement in Africa by presenting issues which adhere to nuances in gender roles and social structure. The study unfolds the hidden stories behind women’s backwardness and powerlessness. Aidoo promotes gender equality and women’s empowerment through education. The Girl Who Can plays a significant role in empowering women through education. It shows gender-based stereotypes which make invulnerable barriers in front of women education. The study presents African women’s brave and persistent struggle to overcome the inhibitions and gender-based stereotypes created by the male dominated society to subject them to a narrow world. The Girl Who Can portrays a female tripartite household in which general conflict is shown through the conversation and interaction among the grand-mother Nana, her daughter Kaya and her grand-daughter Adjoa. Aidoo has portrait Adjoa as a representative fighting women character, who last of all wins over all challenges she faced in course of her educational journey. The study undergoes a close reading of the text. The article aims to investigate the challenging gender-based issues in the short story The Girl Who Can.
Keywords Barrier, Challenging, Women Empowerment, Feminist Movement, Stereotype
Field Arts
Published In Volume 8, Issue 1, January-February 2026
Published On 2026-01-23
DOI https://doi.org/10.36948/ijfmr.2026.v08i01.67181
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