Empowerment of Women in Higher Education in Africa
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Introduction of the issues 4 I. Higher education in Africa within the global and historical contexts 9 1.1. Social significance of higher education in Africa 9 1.2. Gender parity and higher education: a general and global overview 12 1.3. Historical roots of entrenchment of gender inequality in contemporary higher education in Africa 13 II. State of gender in higher education in Africa 14 2.1. Women in higher education: the basic quantitative facts 15 2.2. Disciplinary distributions 20 2.3. Women and research 24 III. Nature of past achievements and the persistent challenges 26 3.1. Achievements made 26 3.2. Magnitude and persistence of challenges: financing higher education in general 30 3.3.
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