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Perceptions of parents and teachers on constructions of masculinities among primary schoolboys Kirinyaga and Nairobi counties, Kenya
Kenyatta University, Kenya, 2013What role do schools play in the construction of masculinities, and how awareDocumentA girl's right to say no to marriage: working to end child marriage and keep girls in school
Plan International, 2013One in three girls in the developing world are married by their eighteenth birthday. Despite being prohibited by international human rights, child marriage continues to be a violation of children’s human rights. This report by Plan International focuses on the importance of education in preventing child marriages.DocumentGender issues in basic education and national development in Nigeria
2013This paper examines factors inhibiting gender equality in the Nigerian education sector, focusing on access to education as well as the learning process. Over the years, education in Nigeria has been primarily oriented toward closing the enrolment gap between girls and boys, while insufficient attention has been paid to retention and achievement.DocumentSocio-Economic Development and the Girl-Child Education: a Look at Jos North Local Government, Plateau State
2014The problem of girl child education in Nigeria’s Jos North Local Government Area has socio-economic aspects related to traditional gender roles. The research presented in this article examines girl child education and its impacts, with the view of finding out why few women are educated in Jos North metropolis.DocumentEducation under Occupation: Listening to Girls? Stories
2008What are Palestinian children's reflections on the impact of the Israeli Occupation on their lives and education? What are the differences between boys' and girls' experiences?DocumentBecause I am a Girl: The State of the World's Girls 2007
2007Girls are getting a raw deal. They face double discrimination on account of their gender and their age, and in many societies they remain at the bottom of the social and economic ladder. 'Because I am a Girl: The State of the World's Girls 2007' is the first in a series of annual reports published by Plan examining the rights of girls throughout their childhood, adolescence and as young women.DocumentThe girls' stipend program in Bangladesh
Journal of Education for International Development, 2006The Female Stipend Programme (FSP) created in 1982 in Bangladesh has dramatically raised the enrolment and retention of girls in secondary schools to parity with boys (at 47%). However, it has achieved less success in its other objectives: of delaying marriage, increasing contraceptive use and in reducing fertility rates.DocumentState of the world's mothers 2005: the power and promise of girls’ education
Save the Children Fund, 2005Although total primary school enrolment rates have recently risen in every region of the developing world, there is still a significant gender education gap. Of 650 million children of primary school age in the world, 103 million do not attend school, and the majority of them are girls. This progress report focuses on girls' education.DocumentPartnerships for girls’ education
Oxfam, 2005The idea of partnerships - involving multinational donors, governments, international non-government organisations, the private sector, civil society, and local communities - is increasingly current in debates about development. They are widely seen as the most effective way to achieve sustainable economic and social benefits for the poorest people.DocumentGender, education and child labour in Lebanon
International Programme on the Elimination of Child Labour, 2004Studies in Lebanon indicate gender inequalities in schooling and the child labour systems. Among the poor, boys are more likely to have access to quality education, such as private schooling. However, boys are also more likely to leave school earlier than girls to assume the role of family breadwinner.Pages