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    What are children in private schools learning?

    Education Data, Research and Evaluation in Nigeria, 2015
    This policy brief sets out the findings of an assessment of the learning outcomes of 2,444 pupils in the early stages of primary three (P3) in 358 private schools across four Local Government Areas in Lagos as a baseline to evaluate the Developing Effective Private Education in Nigeria (DEEPEN) Programme.
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    Literacy and education for sustainable development and women’s empowerment

    UNESCO Institute for Lifelong Learning, 2013
    That women comprise two-thirds of the world’s non-literate population has been a matter of concern for the development sectors for decades. Despite a number of high-profile literacy initiatives and interventions, the gender disparity is persisting in many countries, leading UNESCO to publish this report examining the ways in which literacy is approached with regard to development.
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    Influence and Accountability: Citizen Voices, Responsiveness and Accountability in Service Delivery

    One World Action, 2002
    How can citizens exercise their right to participate in meaningful ways in order to influence the delivery of basic services? How can the public sector's willingness and ability to respond be increased in accountable and sustainable ways?
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    GenderStats on Myanmar

    World Bank, 2004
    Myanmar has a population of over 50,000, of which over 50.3 percent are women. Life expectancy is 64 years of age for women compared to 58 for men. Yet only 86.4 percent of women are literate compared to 93.9 percent of men. These are some of the statistics available from GenderStats, an electronic database of gender statistics hosted by the World Bank.
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    Human development and Millennium Development Goal (MDGs) –Goal 3: promote gender equality and empower women: mainstreaming gender equality and women’s empowerment

    United Nations Development Programme, 2003
    This report examines the status of women in Sudan, using the third Millennium Development Goal of women's empowerment as the framework. It begins with an overview of some key definitions, including gender mainstreaming and women's empowerment.
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    Women, citizenship and difference

    Feminist Review, 1997
    In a globalising world where the role of the local, the national and the global is shifting, the meanings of citizenship are also changing. This article presents some new theoretical discussions on gender and citizenship.
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    Women, nationality and citizenship

    United Nations [UN] Division for the Advancement of Women, 2003
    In the majority of cases, nationality is crucial to the enjoyment of civil, political, economic, social and cultural rights. This has significant implications for those who do not have nationality such as stateless persons and refugees. However, looking at nationality also reveals numerous gender discriminations.
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    Gender Assessment Sudan ISP: 2003-2005

    2003
    As Sudan emerges from decades of internal conflict, this report outlines the status of women in Sudan, with a particular emphasis on the differing challenges faced by women in Northern and Southern Sudan. Gender relations in Sudan must be examined through the lens of a range of ecological, ethnic, cultural and socio-economic differences.
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    GENIA Toolkit For Promoting Gender Equality in Education

    2004
    How can education in Asia become more gender sensitive? The GENIA toolkit provides a collection of practical resources for gender focal points in Asian Ministries of Education (MoE). It aims to build the technical capacity of gender focal points to mainstream gender at national and regional levels.
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    Why eat green cucumbers at the time of dying?: women’s literacy and development in Nepal

    Education Sector, UNESCO, 2000
    Why should people take on new literacy practices when they feel they are able to communicate adequately? Is 'traditional' literacy the key to women's empowerment? In Nepal, as elsewhere, there has been an explosion of literacy programmes due to the popular perception that this is the case. This report questions whether such programmes meet women's needs from the point of view of participants.

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