Gender Based Violence in South African Schools

Written by Felicia Wilson | 26 October 11

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In the last ten years many advances were made to increase the awareness on the value of girls' education and enrollment and retention has improved. While many countries have made progress toward achieving gender equality in education (Hyde 2001), girls continue to face many obstacles that impede their path to learning. Factors include discrimination on the basis of sex; unequal rates of investments by governments, political conflicts, and inadequate hardship are all recognized barriers to girls' educational attainment. In the least-developed countries, in sub-Saharan Africa, 45 percent of girls are not enrolled in classes, and of those who are, nearly 40 percent will drop out before completing fifth grade (UNICEF 2001).

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Publisher	UNESCO and Internationa Institute for Educational Planning
External Link	http://www.iiep.unesco.org/fileadmin/user_upload/Research_Challenges_and_Trends/pdf/symposium/WilsonF.pdf
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