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Catalyst for Education and Gender Equality, Issue 1

Author: UNICEF
Price: Free
No. of pages: 16
Publication date: September 2007
Publisher: UNICEF
Languages: English

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The inaugural issue of Catalyst focuses on the theme of Empowerment Through Girls’ Education. Featuring an essay on the alignment of human rights and economic growth in education; a profile of University of Oxford Social Anthropologist Jason Hart’s work researching children’s experiences of conflict and education; a discussion of Rwanda’s successful approach to gender and education 13 years on from genocide; an update from Afghanistan on the education sector under attack; an overview of the United Nations Girls’ Education Initiative; plus girls from Nepal and DRC in their own words, a literature review, academic news and notes and a Parting Glance from the Occupied Palestinian Territory.