Purewal, Navtej (2015) 'Interrogating the Rights Discourse on Girls’ Education: Neo-Liberalism, Neo-Colonialism, and the Beijing Platform for Action.' IDS Bulletin, 46 (4). pp. 47-53.
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Abstract
This article examines how girls’ education since 1995 has emerged as a prominent symbol within the ‘rights’ discourse coming out of the Beijing Platform for Action. By highlighting the neoliberal and neocolonial processes during this time, particular shifts are traced which show how girls’ education has been a symbolic part of the geopolitical canvas in Pakistan and Afghanistan alongside the ‘war on terror’ and universalisation of education. The article refers to alternative voices which have attempted to disrupt the global narrative of the post-Beijing ‘rights’ agenda and points to the problems of this in the context of occupations, militarisation, and markets being used simultaneously as strategies for global governance and order.
| Item Type: | Journal Article |
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| SOAS Departments & Centres: | Departments and Subunits > Department of Development Studies ?? 5300 ?? |
| ISSN: | 02655012 |
| Copyright Statement: | © 2015 The Authors. IDS Bulletin © 2015 Institute of Development Studies. This is the published version of record. For information on re-use, please refer to the publisher’s terms and conditions. |
| DOI (Digital Object Identifier): | https://doi.org/10.1111/1759-5436.12156 |
| Date Deposited: | 10 Sep 2015 09:08 |
| URI: | https://eprints.soas.ac.uk/id/eprint/20641 |
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