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This chapter focuses particularly on a girl’s right to education, be- cause denial of, or interference with, this right facilitates the ex- clusion of girls from society, severely restricts their autonomy, and significantly contributes to the subordination of women later in life.
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See Nawal El Saadawi, Women and Islam, in THE NAWAL EL SAADAWI READER 73, 88 (London/NewYork: Zed Books, 1997).
H.G. WELLS, THE OUTLINE OF HISTORY: BEING A PLAIN HISTORY OF LIFE AND MANKIND, Vol. 2, 594 (NewYork: The Macmillan Company, 1921).
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Van Bueren, G., Fottrell, D. (1999). The Potential of International Law to Combat Discrimination against Girls in Education. In: Howland, C.W. (eds) Religious Fundamentalisms and the Human Rights of Women. Palgrave Macmillan, New York. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230107380_12
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