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    Education: An NGO Approach to Non-Formal Education

    BRIDGE, 1999
    Description of ActionAid's non-formal education strategy, which links primary schools in areas of low participation to outreach centres which act as ?feeder schools? to formal systems.
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    Education: Education Sector Support, Uganda

    BRIDGE, 1999
    A brief overview of the education sector programme in Uganda which aims to improve access, equity, quality and management.
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    Education for Community Empowerment Project

    Department for International Development, UK, 2010
    Anglican Church of Kenya project to increase functional literacy among the communities in Kagamega, through the use of the Regenerated Freirian Literacy and Empowering Community Techniques (REFLECT) approach.
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    Girls and Basic Education: A Cultural Enquiry

    BRIDGE, 1998
    70 percent of girls in Ghana enroll in basic education, as opposed to 84 percent of boys. At higher educational levels, even fewer girls are represented. This gender discrepancy is mirrored in the female to male ratio in the composition of the teaching force.
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    Gender and School Achievement in the Caribbean

    BRIDGE, 1997
    Why do girls in the Caribbean do better at school than boys, when in most other developing countries the reverse is true' This report examines the relationship between pupils' sex and school achievement in Barbados, St Vincent and Trinidad. It argues that variation in school achievement is explained largely by the socio-economic status of parents, but sex of the pupil is a clear secondary factor.
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    The Role of Men in the Lives of Children: A Study of How Improving Knowledge About Men in Families Helps Strengthen Programming for Children and Women

    1997
    As the rights and wellbeing of children are maximised when mother-father relations are based on mutual respect, equal rights and shared responsibilities, UNICEF aims to shift its focus to include men and boys as important actors. This paper reviews lessons learned and suggests strategies for enhancing the positive role of men in the lives of children.
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    Gender Inequalities in Primary Schooling: The Roles of Poverty and Adverse Cultural Practices

    Institute of Development Studies UK, 1998
    The roles of poverty and 'adverse cultural practices' in perpetuating the gender gap in primary education evident in many developing countries are explored in this paper. It investigates whether variations in terms of the gender gap can be explained by a country's level of development.
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    Empowering the Next Generation: Girls of the Maqattam Garbage Settlement

    Population Council, 1998
    Lessons learned from interventions aimed at extending employment opportunities and broader social roles to adolescent girls in the settlement of Maqattam (on the outskirts of Cairo) are the focus of this publication. Livelihoods of Maqattam families are directly or indirectly linked to garbage collection and sorting, and almost half of households have adolescent daughters.

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