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In The Midst of Gender Norms

A Study of Gender and Education in a South African Township

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Gendered Voices

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

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Gender equality in South African education has been part of a larger vision of a just, democratic and truly united country (National Gender Policy Framework, n.d.). Looking back, massive efforts were made on building a policy for gender equality in education after 1994 with the establishment of the Gender Equity Task Team (GETT) in 1996, as a particularly comprehensive investment in targeting gender in education.

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  1. Fredskorpset/ FK NorwayIngrid, Norway

    Heidi Lindberg Augestad

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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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Augestad, H.L. (2013). In The Midst of Gender Norms. 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_9

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