Document #1080573

TNH – The New Humanitarian (formerly IRIN News) (Author)

Improvements in education - but mainly for the boys

http://www.IRINnews.org/report.aspx?ReportID=85255

ecoi.net description:
School enrolment across Southern Sudan has trebled since 2005 peace agreement; number of girls in class has remained significantly lower than for boys; new report attributes low female enrolment to socio-cultural values, norms and practices, with economic realities superimposed on them
Country:
Sudan
Source:
TNH – The New Humanitarian (formerly IRIN News) (Author)
Published:
13 July 2009
Original link:
http://www.IRINnews.org/report.aspx?ReportID=85255
Document type:
Media Report
Language:
English
Document ID:
1080573 (former ID 122683)

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