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Young Rural Women’s Perspectives on the Impact of Education Supported Development Projects

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Education during the Time of the Revolution in Egypt

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Prior to the January 25th, 2011 revolution, there was a proved negligence of social and ethical responsibility and ignorance of the rightful interests of Egyptians (Rennick, 2015). The overall persistent high level of poverty in Egypt suggests that poverty is primarily the consequence of the way society is organized and resources are used, both of which promote inequality (Verme et al., 2014).

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Hosny, O. (2017). Young Rural Women’s Perspectives on the Impact of Education Supported Development Projects. In: Megahed, N. (eds) Education during the Time of the Revolution in Egypt. Comparative and International Education. SensePublishers, Rotterdam. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-6351-206-0_6

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