Missing a lot of this world formal education and political competition in Iraq through a Yezidi lens

This thesis examines Yezidi perceptions of access to formal education for Yezidi children and youth from the Sinjar region of Iraq, a primary homeland of the Yezidi people and an officially disputed territory between the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) and the federal government of Iraq in Baghd...

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Main Author: Wadsworth, Daria
Other Authors: Faculty of Education and Psychology, Kasvatustieteiden ja psykologian tiedekunta, Kasvatustieteiden laitos, Department of Education, University of Jyväskylä, Jyväskylän yliopisto
Format: Master's thesis
Language:eng
Published: 2017
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title_sub formal education and political competition in Iraq through a Yezidi lens
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