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Overcoming Obstacles: Ensuring Equal Access to Education for Girls

Qian Zhang

Abstract


The development of girls education is a key catalyst for social progress and plays an important role in promoting educational equity. For a long time, equal education for girls has been facing obstacles. These issues have been receiving increasing attention in contemporary society, prompting governments of global countries to continue paying attention to them and striving to prioritize policies and practices to
ensure girls education.

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DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.18686/neet.v2i5.4651

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