Gender, education, and training

a case for affirmative action

by Eddah Gachukia

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Published 1994 by Forum for African Women Educationalists in [Nairobi] .
Written in English

Places:

• Africa.
Subjects:

• Women -- Education -- Africa.,
• Educational equalization -- Africa.

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Edition Notes

Statement	prepared by Eddah Gachukia.
Series	Working papers series ;, no. 8, Working papers series (Forum for African Women Educationalists) ;, no. 8.
Contributions	United Nations. Division for the Advancement of Women. Secretariat for the Fourth World Conference on Women Expert Group Meeting on Gender, Education, and Training., Fourth World Conference on Women Expert Group Meeting on Gender, Education, and Training (1994 : International Training Centre of the ILO)
Classifications
LC Classifications	LC2412 .G33 1994
The Physical Object
Pagination	11 leaves ;
Number of Pages	11
ID Numbers
Open Library	OL963708M
LC Control Number	95982918

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