Education and gender equality remain key foci within the development agenda, particularly
since the international consensus garnered through the Education for All (EFA) and …

Developing a gendered understanding of the neoliberal state has been, not surprisingly, a
preoccupation for much recent feminist praxis in the Global North and particularly in the …

Decades of 'feminist'sexual-and gender-based violence (SGBV) policies have produced
limited change in southern African SGBV rates. Recent critiques highlight ongoing colonial …

This article presents a critical discourse analysis of the discourse surrounding education,
international development and security in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, North-West Pakistan. The …

This document has emerged from the contribution of many people whom I would like to
acknowledge. First of all, I would like to thank Columbia University's School of International …

For almost 100 years, institutional music education in Afghanistan has both thrived and been
devastated as a result of the country's political changes and upheavals. This thesis explores …

Purpose Historically, as a result of complex intersections of marginalisation, women and
girls in India are known to have had less access to economic and social capital than men …

This dissertation challenges the common framing of “religion” that emerged from
international development institutions in the late 1990s, with specific focus on how it has …

Despite overarching global discourse on pushing for investment into girls' education, there is
still a predominant pattern of girls of school age ending their education early to enter the …

Both globally and in India, the discourse around girls' education is particularly charged.
There is an urgency as it is now understood that developmental promises cannot be fulfilled …