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The protection of human rights comes with respect for all persons irrespective of their gender. African societies should not be immune to this reality.
Colins Imoh, Doctoral Candidate in the Department of Educational Foundations & Leadership at the University of Toledo, Toledo, OH, USA; Email: imohcolins@gmail.com.
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See also Education for Peace: Focus on Mankind, edited by George Henderson, 127–51. Alexandria, VA: Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development, 1973.
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See: https://www.un.org/africarenewal/magazine/august-2010/african-women%E2%80%99s-long-walk-equality; https://www.afidep.org/africas-progress-gender-equality-womens-empowerment-notable-gender-inequality-persists/; https://en.unesco.org/gem-report/sites/gem-report/files/SSA_Press_Release_English_Gender_Report2015.pdf; and https://www.un.org/africarenewal/magazine/december-2015/closing-africa%E2%80%99s-%E2%80%98elusive%E2%80%99-gender-gap.
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Imoh, C. (2019). Peace Education and Gender in Africa: Reflections on the Work of Dr. Betty Reardon. In: Snauwaert, D. (eds) Exploring Betty A. Reardon’s Perspective on Peace Education. Pioneers in Arts, Humanities, Science, Engineering, Practice, vol 20. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-18387-5_8
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