Lifelong learning: An achievable goal or an unrealistic ambition? A cross-cultural, feminist perspective

Lifelong learning discourses are continually explored and contested. In this paper, the author focuses on Papua New Guinean women’s access to, and participation in, education, in the context of turbulent economic and social times within the developing nation. Taking a cross-cultural, feminist perspective, the author questions whether lifelong learning is an achievable goal or an unrealistic ambition.