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In Czech Schools, B Is for Biased Books
PRAGUE, Czech Republic (WOMENSENEWS) -- When Petr Havlik, head chair of the Gender Studies Department at Charles University in Prague, started looking at third-grade math schoolbooks he came up with a text book case of discouraging role modeling for girls.Activists see the government effort as a step in the right direction. Seventh in a series on women and education.
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