animatrice
animatrice noun: a woman who is trained to teach skills and lead activities for her peers.
Noun
animatrice (plural animatrices)
- A woman who is trained to teach skills and lead activities for her peers.
- Much has been done in recent years to teach occupational skills to animatrices that will be useful to girls and mothers in rural areas.1977, David A. Mitchnik, Improving Ways of Skill Acquisition of Women for Rural Employment in Some African Countries, “Training of animatrices and village leaders”, pages 26–27
- Included activities such as collective farming, mills and donkey carts; literacy, village maternities, child care, health education, weaving, constructing latrines and water filters, sewing, civics, training of animatrices and TBAs plus other activities.1977, Joyce Jett, The Role of Traditional Midwives in the Modern Health Sector in West and Central Africa, page 63
Examples of animatrice in a sentence
- The specific functions of each animatrice are delineated in the projects in the report.1980, African Women in Development, page iii:
- My job description required that I ‘co-ordinate the women’s work in the centres’ and ‘supervise the animatrices working there’.1983, Wout van den Bor, editor, The Art of Beginning: First Experiences and Problems of Western Expatriates in Developing Countries with...
- In the meantime an assistant animatrice started that part of the women's component which emphazised^([sic]) their family roles.1985, Winifred Weekes-Vagliani, The Integration of Women in Development Projects, page 36:
- Over the course of a year, the village would be weaned from the technical advice and motivating presence of the animatrice.1994, Katherine A. Dettwyler, “12. Dancing Skeletons”, in Dancing Skeletons: Life and Death in West Africa, Waveland Press, →ISBN, page 141:
Forms of animatrice
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Origin of animatrice
Borrowed from French animatrice.
Questions about animatrice
- What does animatrice mean?
- Animatrice means a woman who is trained to teach skills and lead activities for her peers.
- How do you use animatrice in a sentence?
- The specific functions of each animatrice are delineated in the projects in the report.
- What part of speech is animatrice?
- Animatrice is a noun.
- What is the plural of animatrice?
- The plural of animatrice is animatrices.
Words near animatrice in the dictionary
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