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The impact of a wide variety of
innovative initiatives for the promotion of basic
education for girls women.u
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and women.
Burkina Faso:
the contribution of NGOs to
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the promotion of basic education for girls and
women. study was carried out in August-September, 2002. It
visits to each of the countries, in the course of
the following data collection methods were used:
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(a) visits to projects; (b) interviews and focus group discus-
sions with policy-makers and operators of programmes;
(c) analysis pThe pinvolved pwhich of documentary
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with national authorities and other stakeholders on
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major observations of fact-finding exercise.
UNESCO National Commissions facilitated work of the consultant in all four countries. contri-a
Valuable contri-
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and Nigeria are also gratefully acknowledged.
The report is presented according to the order in
the countries were visited: Ethiopia, Swaziland,
Mozambique and Burkina Faso. While, the iwhich
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experience of
each country is unique, the reports have followed simi-i
a simi-
lar pattern: (a) background information (or context), to sit-
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the experiences studied; (b) an outline of the policy
(c) an assessment of the performance of the
policy on the ground; and (d) some concluding remarks,
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