Gender equality and the empowerment of rural girls and young women: evidence from Young Lives

Drawing on the Young Lives study of childhood poverty in Ethiopia, India, Peru and Vietnam, this brief explores different dimensions of rural girls' growth, learning and development over childhood and adolescence. Despite gains in recent years, many rural girls are growing up in challenging cir...

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Автор: Winter, F
Формат: Report
Опубліковано: Young Lives 2018
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