Girls education
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- Reducing violence against Ethiopian school girls
- ( United Nations Girls' Education Initiative , 2008)
- With a focus on Ethiopia, this paper identifies and analyses the types, prevalence, major causes and effects of violence against girls in schools. It also aims to assess the availability and effective...
- How to address school development issues through activities and training
- ( Educational Quality Improvement Program, USAID , 2008)
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This toolkit outlines activities and training methods to address problems that affect school attendance and development in Cambodia. The toolkit is organised into a website developed to engage scho...
- Gender and sexual relations in South Africa
- ( N. N. Nyawo;R. Sathiparsad;M. Taylor / Africa Regional Sexuality Resource Center , 2006)
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Gender is a culture-specific construct, and the unequal power balance in gender relations that favours males has been shown to be associated with the transmission of HIV/AIDS. This qualitative stud...
- Gender inequality in education
- ( Plan International , 2007)
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Gender discrimination has it’s most glaring reflection in the education arena particularly in South Asian countries. This publication clearly portrays the reality and reasons why nearly...
- 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...
