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‘Education is as important for me as water is to sustaining life’: perspectives on the higher education of women in Afghanistan

Nina BurridgeFaculty of Arts and Social Sciences, University of Technology, Sydney, Australia
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Anne Maree PayneFaculty of Arts and Social Sciences, University of Technology, Sydney, AustraliaCorrespondence[email protected]
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Nasima RahmaniWomen's Empowerment Centre, Gawharshad Institute of Higher Education, Kabul, Afghanistan
Pages 128-147 | Received 29 Mar 2015, Accepted 06 Sep 2015, Published online: 21 Oct 2015

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