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  Violent response: protecting African schoolgirls from sexual abuse

  id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2003

  Why is sexual violence so prevalent in Africa’s schools? Why is predatory aggressive masculinity condoned? What are the links between abuse in schools, lack of information and poverty? How should schools tackle abuse and intimidation of female students?
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  Empowering women, developing society: female education in the Middle East and North Africa

  Population Reference Bureau, 2003

  This policy brief offers an overview of education’s benefits to women, families, economies, and societies and highlights the ongoing concerns about education in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA).
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  Attitudes towards water quality and water use practices in low income areas in Lusaka

  Population Services International, 1999

  This study examines perceptions of water quality, methods of water storage and water use, and awareness and practice of water purification in two low-income neighborhoods of Lusaka, Zambia.
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  Review of basic ICT skills and training software for educators in Africa

  Imfundo, 2003

  This study aims to assist African educators by identifying suitable training materials to develop basic information and communications technology (ICT) skills.
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  Policy responses to skilled migration: retention, return and circulation

  International Migration Branch, ILO, 2003

  This paper looks at different possible policy responses to the emigration of highly skilled persons from developing countries (the brain drain) with the goal of minimising its adverse effects and promoting the sharing of gains between source and host countries.It focuses on three policy approaches: retention, return and circulation of skills.
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  Free and compulsory education for all children: the gap between promise and performance

  Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency, 2001

  This document aims to address the inattention to the right to education of children who have no access to schooling. It summarises key international human rights obligations, followed by a brief overview of the constitutional provisions designed to guarantee free and compulsory primary education for all.
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  Mapping competencies for communication for development and social change: turning knowledge, skills, and attitudes into action

  The Change Project, 2002

  This paper reviews the results of a conference devoted to the identification of key competencies for communication for development and social change, with the aim of subsequently using them in the process of curriculum development and design.
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  Education reforms in Hong Kong: challenges, strategies and international implications

  Asia-Pacific Centre for Education Leadership and School Quality, Hong Kong, 2001

  This paper analyses educational change and development in Hong Kong since the 1970s and examines the related trends in education reforms.The paper identifies three waves of education reforms in both Hong Kong and internationally, each representing different paradigms of educational effectiveness.
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  Lifelong learning in the global knowledge economy: challenges for developing countries

  Education Section, Human Development Department, World Bank, 2003

  This report explores the challenges to education and training systems that the knowledge economy presents. It outlines policy options for addressing these challenges and developing viable systems of lifelong learning in developing countries and countries with transition economies.
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  Education in Africa: responding to a human rights violation

  ActionAid International, 2003

  This paper looks at what the 'right to education' means in theory and practice, and outlines what a rights-based response to education in Africa would entail. It argues that although the concept of rights has become increasingly commonplace in the discourse of international development there is a massive gap between the language and practice of rights.

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