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		Empty desks, empty futures The curse of classroom gender gaps

		The culture trap: Reasons why girls drop out in Ghana

		Getting gender onto the policy agenda

		Caribbean enigma: boys achieving badly

		Girls, schools and limits to change

		Does poverty cause gender inequality in schooling?

		Gender gap in India's schools

		Sites for Sore Eyes

March 1999 Insights Issue #29

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Empty desks, empty futures

The curse of classroom gender gaps

It is almost a decade since the governments of the world, meeting at Jomtien in Thailand, pledged a commitment to achieving basic education for all, with special emphasis on improving access to primary schools and closing the gender gap. They knew the aim of achieving these goals within a decade was optimistic, but as the century draws to a close it is clear that progress has been much slower in coming than was hoped and intended.

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Also in this issue:

The culture trap: Reasons why girls drop out in Ghana

Getting gender onto the policy agenda

Caribbean enigma: boys achieving badly

Girls, schools and limits to change

Does poverty cause gender inequality in schooling?

Gender gap in India's schools

Sites for Sore Eyes

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