Gender and primary edcuation
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- Geographic and gender differences in learning achievement in Malawi
- Eldis Document Store, 2009
- The Malawi government has implemented a number of reforms in order to improve the current situation especially to increase access to and retention at all levels, and improve the quality and the releva...
- Gender, education and media – an advocacy guide
- Oxfam, 2008
- Nationally, regionally and internationally millions of individuals and thousands of civil society groups and organisations are campaigning for quality education for all. This guide draws on learning f...
- Access to private cable television promotes female autonomy and welfare in India
- R. Jensen;E. Oster / National Bureau of Economic Research, USA, 2007
- 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 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...
- 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
- 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...
- DFID’s goals for promoting gender equality in education
- Department for International Development, UK, 2007
- This fact sheet sets out the goals and strategies of the UK’s Department for International Development (DFID) for achieving gender equality in education. It provides an overview o...
- Supporting poor communities to engage with mainstream schools is more effective than scholarships
- V. Ramachandran; N. Mehrotra; K. Jandhyala / Educational Resource Unit, 2007
- It is recognised that individual incentives, such as scholarships, may not be the most effective way of ensuring that poor children receive an education. This study reviews the approaches of six NGOs ...
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