Rhetoric versus reality: Exploring the rights-based approach to girls' education in rural Niger

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Volumn 38, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 555-568

  Greany, Kate ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

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Grassroots; Niger; Rights based approach

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EID: 54049118900     PISSN: 03057925     EISSN: 14693623     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03057920802351317     Document Type: Article

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