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Gender could be described as being the socially defined differences between the sexes as ascribed to men and women in their particular community or society. These man-made differences can change and vary from region to region, according to race, religion, class and social values. But they all have one thing in common — their enormous influence on the lives of girls and women and on society’s attitude and behaviour to girls and boys, and women and men. They influence the relationships between the sexes: sex being the physical differences between women and men over which we have no control. The Dakar Framework of Action (UNESCO, 2000) pinpoints gender-based discrimination as
... one of the most intractable constraints to realizing the right to education. Without overcoming this obstacle, Education for All cannot be achieved.
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Aksornkool, N. (2003). Gender-Sensitive Education for Bridging the Gender Gap. In: Keeves, J.P., et al. International Handbook of Educational Research in the Asia-Pacific Region. Springer International Handbooks of Education, vol 11. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-3368-7_19
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