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10. Age-old habits and attitudes die hard. Sensitizing
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the populace (and this includes women and
who have benefited from modern edu-
has not been an easy task. A major challenge for the future is evolving ipersons
ication)
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innovative
strategies for social mobilization in favour of
education of women girls.q
and girls.
achallenge Education (and most especially education for
and girls) is seen to be beneficial when
it directly and positively impacts on the qual-
ity of life for the direct beneficiaries, as well as
to pthe p11. pwomen their families and immediate communities.
another major challenge for the immedi-
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future is the search for innovative strate-
for linking education with poverty reduc- tion, alleviation and overall human well-being aate programmes.
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In spite of the many ongoing activities in the region, a
great deal still has to be done to attain gender equity in
primary education by 2005, and gender equality in sec-
iIn
igreat ondary education by 2015, as recommended by the Dakar
iprimary EFA Forum of April, 2000.
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is, however, an opportunity that the Africa
region should not allow to slip by. This is the ongoing EFA
master planning process that t
should be used hThere
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to develop
appropriate national strategies es
for moving the education
of girls and women to its desired destination.
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women and girls) is seen to be beneficial when
it directly and positively impacts on the qual- ity of life for the direct beneficiaries, as well as
tof girls and women to its desired destination.
63BGeneral conclusion
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