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Reflections on the Struggle for Girls’ Education in Sudan

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Gendered Voices

Part of the book series: Comparative and International Education ((CIEDV,volume 23))

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Though there has been a tendency to understand the relationship between the Global North and the Global South as one wherein the transmission of ideas has been unilateral, such a premise invites interrogation in several ways.

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  1. School of Psychology and Pre-School Education, Ahfad University for Women, Sudan

    Amna Mohamed Bedri

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  1. Oslo and Akershus University College, Norway

    H. B. Holmarsdottir

  2. University of the Western Cape, South Africa

    V. Nomlomo

  3. Ahfad Univeristy for Women, Sudan

    A. I. Farag

  4. University of the Western Cape, South Africa

    Z. Desai

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Bedri, A.M. (2013). Reflections on the Struggle for Girls’ Education in Sudan. In: Holmarsdottir, H.B., Nomlomo, V., Farag, A.I., Desai, Z. (eds) Gendered Voices. Comparative and International Education, vol 23. SensePublishers, Rotterdam. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-6209-137-5_3

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