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‘Now I am free’—education and human resource development in Eritrea: contradictions in the lives of Eritrean women in higher education
Human resource development as an objective of education policy in developing countries is increasingly narrowed down to its human capital component. In Eritrea, the objective of a highly centralized human resource development strategy is to produce human capital for the advancement of the nation. This instrumentalist view ignores the fact that education is not only… Read more
Reducing maternal deaths
Welcoming a child into the world should always be a joyous occasion. Yet the tragedy remains: many women in low and middle income countries still continue to die during pregnancy, delivery or after childbirth. Every year, about 287,000 women die worldwide due to pregnancy or birth-related complications. Half of these deaths occur in sub-Saharan Africa,… Read more