Girls education
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- The Safe School Program to help reduce gender-based violence in Malawi
- ( E. Kadzamira;C. Moleni / Eldis Document Store , 2008)
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The Safe Schools Program (Safe Schools) is a five-year project under the U.S. Agency for International Development, Bureau for Economic Growth, Agriculture, and Trade, Office of Women in Developmen...
- Access to private cable television promotes female autonomy and welfare in India
- ( R. Jensen;E. Oster / National Bureau of Economic Research, USA , 2007)
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This paper explores the effect of the introduction of cable television on gender attitudes in rural India. It finds that the introduction of cable television is associated with improvements i...
- The continuing discrimination against girls and young women globally
- ( N Van Der Gaag / Plan International , 2007)
- ‘Because I am a Girl’ is the first of a series of annual reports by Plan focusing on girls and young women. The reports will be published every year from 2007 to 2015. This report outlines...
- What should be done to ensure adequate sanitation and hygiene in schools?
- ( IRC International Water and Sanitation Centre , 2007)
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To be successful, water, sanitation and hygiene education (WASH) programmes in schools should focus on providing both effective facilities and effective education. Some of the problems schools face...
- The positive impact of a scholarship programme on school enrolment for girls in Cambodia
- ( D. Filmer;N. Schady / World Bank Publications , 2006)
- This paper evaluates the impact of a Japan Fund for Poverty Reduction (JFPR) programme that gives scholarships to girls making the transition between the last year of primary school and the first year...
- Is universal primary and secondary education within the 21st century achievable?
- ( M.A. Lewis;M.E. Lockheed / IMF Publications , 2007)
- This paper discusses the gap between boys and girls attending school. It specifically looks at reasons why numbers of girls excluded from education are still high in spite of recent convergence betwee...
- Does female autonomy reduce education gaps in Pakistan?
- ( Research Consortium on Educational Outcomes and Poverty , 2007)
- This study examines whether improving female autonomy in Pakistan has consequences for child education and whether female-heads are more equalising in their educational expenditure allocations than ma...
- Call for a stronger focus on the gender implications of inadequate transport in rural areas
- ( G. Porter / Overseas Development Institute, London , 2007)
- This paper produced for a conference at the Overseas Development Institute (ODI) reflects on the experiences of women and girls with poor accessibility to services and markets, and inadequate transpor...
- Can education partnerships promote equal opportunities for girls?
- ( United Nations Girls' Education Initiative , 2007)
- This document looks at education partnerships as a way of empowering girls and promoting equal opportunities. It discuses seven case studies from East Asia on programmes addressing the educational nee...
- Teacher absence a factor in access to education
- ( S. Ghuman;C. B. Lloyd / Population Council, USA , 2007)
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School access can be determined not only by physical proximity of schools but also by other "barriers to use". This paper argues that teacher absence creates additional “barriers to...
