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For roughly the past four decades gender equality has been and still is one of the key global concerns in achieving empowerment for women and girls. A number of initiatives have focused on achieving gender equality and women’s empowerment, many of which have been initiated by various organizations at national and international levels (Arnot & Fenell, 2008; Colclough, 2008; Hains, 2009; Joseph, 2009; Mehran, 2009; Unterhalter, 2008).
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Holmarsdottir, H.B., Nomlomo, V., Farag, A.I., Desai, Z. (2013). Revisiting the Discourses on Gender Equality, Equity and Education. 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_1
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