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Does Education Work? Perspectives on Semi-Nomadic Girls’ Education in Some Selected Areas of Sudan

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Gendered Voices

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

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I stopped going to school because I am from a poor family with limited financial resources. My family failed to pay my school fees and buy me a uniform and books in addition to the daily money I need for food and transport. Instead I found selling in the street more attractive and with economic benefits.

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

    Alawia Ibrahim Farag

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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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Farag, A.I. (2013). Does Education Work? Perspectives on Semi-Nomadic Girls’ Education in Some Selected Areas of 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_6

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