Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior - CAPES / This is a comprehensive qualitative and quantitative study aimed to investigate how young people living in rural areas perceive the schooling experience, what are their professional expectations and how they verbalize their identities and individualizations. The study universe was composed of young individuals from rural areas in the last year of high school in urban schools of Poço Redondo and Nossa Senhora da Glória, cities of the sertão region of the state of Sergipe. Data collection began in 2015, in three schools, with the administration of a questionnaire, interviews and focal groups to a total sample of 80 young individuals from rural areas. Data analysis showed that parents encouraged their children to go to school and wanted them to pursue higher education studies, but even when they were not supported by their parents, these youngsters expressed their wish to go to college. For them, school is a gateway to a profession that will ensure a higher social status and higher income, and this cannot be obtained in agricultural activities. Regarding school and professional expectations, in Poço Redondo, although most youngsters confirmed their interest in attending university, they were more willing to get a job than the youngsters were from Nossa Senhora da Glória. Regarding their parents’ expectations, some youth said they did not agree with the careers their parents wanted them to follow, and others said they would choose their own professions, particularly girls of Nossa Senhora da Glória. Some of them were not sure of what they wanted to do because of the predominant scenario of poverty of rural families. Most of them loved the countryside, but could not decide whether to stay or move to urban areas. Those who wished to leave the countryside claimed they were looking for better living conditions and for a job in the city. However, leaving does not mean rejecting the rural environment and staying does not imply becoming a farmer, since none of the participants spontaneously indicated an interest in this profession. Asked whether they would like to be farmers, most of the girls answered “no”, in a slightly lower percentage than those who attended the school of Nossa Senhora da Glória. The boys who attended the school of Poço Redondo had diverging opinions, while most students at the school of Nossa Senhora da Glória did not want to be farmers. The rural environment of the sertão region of Sergipe has changed a lot. Most young people are strongly identified with rural production, but attending urban high schools has changed their minds. Many of them perceived the sertanejos as individuals who live on farming and are always facing extreme climactic conditions such as droughts. Regarding their expectations of the future, based on their parents’ lives, none of the subjects suggested their lives would be worse than their parents’ lives and most expect to have better life conditions than their parents. Asked whether they knew exactly what they wanted, the subjects were careful and many said plans are useless, although most suggested they wished to become entrepreneurs. Thus, the subjects apparently tended to passive individualization, using tactics to construct their careers. / Esta é uma pesquisa qualiquantitativa e compreensiva cujo objetivo foi investigar o sentido que jovens rurais dão à experiência de escolarização, que expectativas profissionais estão construindo e seus discursos sobre identidades e individualizações. O universo de estudo foi constituído de jovens rurais estudantes do último ano do ensino médio regular em escolas urbanas de Poço Redondo e Nossa Senhora da Glória, municípios do sertão sergipano. No ano letivo 2015, realizou-se a coleta de dados por meio de questionário, entrevistas e grupos focais a um total de 80 jovens rurais. Da análise das informações obtidas conclui-se que: os pais apoiam seus filhos para que vão à escola e almejam que cursem faculdade; mas, mesmo se não apoiados, os jovens demonstram a pretensão de continuar os estudos em nível superior. Consideram a escola como uma passagem para uma profissão que lhes conceda status e renda melhores do que na agricultura. Quanto às expectativas escolares e profissionais, em Poço Redondo, ainda que a maioria confirme interesse em cursar universidade, suas expectativas de começar a trabalhar são mais altas do que as dos jovens de Nossa Senhora da Glória. Em relação à profissão desejada pelos pais, alguns jovens não se mostraram de acordo e outra parte indicou que escolheria a profissão que quisesse; com ênfase para as moças de Nossa Senhora da Glória, demonstrando atitudes relacionadas ao conceito de individualização. Parte se mostra em situação de incerteza, pois o cenário predominante é de famílias em situação de pobreza, fato que dificulta as expectativas de cursar o nível superior. Um percentual elevado gosta do campo, porém, fica dividido entre sair e ficar. Os que pensam em sair alegam a busca de melhoria de vida e a oportunidade de emprego urbano; entretanto, sair não significa rejeição ao meio rural e permanecer não significa ser agricultor, já que nenhum jovem espontaneamente indicou aspirar essa profissão. Quando perguntados se gostariam de ser agricultores, a maioria das moças respondeu “não”, com percentual um pouco menor das que estudam em Nossa Senhora da Glória. Quanto aos rapazes, os de Poço Redondo encontram-se divididos, ao passo que os de Nossa Senhora da Glória a maioria não quer ser agricultor. O meio rural do sertão sergipano tem mudado muito e já não absorve apenas o aspecto do trabalho agrícola. A maioria dos jovens tem referências de identidade da produção rural, mas o fato de cursarem o ensino médio em escolas urbanas resultou em mudanças. Boa parte possui a concepção que sertanejo é exclusivamente aquele que enfrenta as secas e tira seu sustento da agricultura. Acerca das expectativas diante do futuro, tendo como referência a vida dos pais, nenhum deles indicou que terá uma vida pior e a maioria espera ter uma vida melhor que a dos progenitores. Quanto a saber exatamente o que querem, foram bastante moderados e não foram poucos os que afirmaram ser inútil fazer projetos, embora a maioria tenha indicado que gostaria de empreender. Assim, parecem mais se aplicar a uma individualização passiva, construindo suas trajetórias a partir de táticas.

Made available in DSpace on 2017-07-10T18:08:05Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Diani Fernanda da Silva.pdf: 4308607 bytes, checksum: 15e7dca78e64eb979242f6e5eb152b6a (MD5) Previous issue date: 2014-02-14 / Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior / The use absence of domestic systems for wastewater treatment promotes the frequent cases of soil and water resources contamination, and contributes to the spread of diseases in the population. Within this context, the work aimed the development/proposition a methodology and alternative technology for treatment domestic sewage of residences located in rural area, specifically for the treatment of effluents generated in the kitchen sink and the toilet bowl. For this, was performed the domestic effluents source characterization through the management diagnostic of domestic wastewater in Paraná state and the city of Toledo; domestic effluents qualitative (physical, chemical and biological parameters) and quantitative (daily and monthly volume) characterization; performance evaluation of the conventional methods, processes and technologies for treatment of rural areas domestic sewage; the method and the technology design/developing for the rural domestic sewage treatment from the toilet bowl and kitchen sink; the construction, operation and monitoring of alternative technology; and the agreement analysis. From the results obtained in the first step, it was found that in Paraná state rural areas are generated over 261 thousand m³ day-1 of domestic sewage, in the city of Toledo rural area are produced 37,410.8 m3 of domestic effluent monthly. In the evaluation step of treatment methods and technologies it was verified the existence of technical limitations and bottlenecks in the equipment, prevailing the low treatment efficiency. Based on detailed studies of the physical, chemical and biological fundamentals and testing bench, was developed the project of alternative technology containing a feces and urine separator; a helical anaerobic bioreactor with tubular shape for the feces. The technology alternative prototype operation showed satisfactory results with respect the feces and urine separation and the feces stabilization in the reactor was completed in just 30 days of treatment forming a residual without the E. coli presence (<1 NMP g-1). / A ausência no uso de sistemas de tratamento de efluentes domésticos na área rural promove frequentes casos de contaminação do solo e dos recursos hídricos, bem como contribui com a disseminação de doenças entre a população. Nesse contexto, o objetivo do trabalho foi o desenvolvimento/proposição de uma tecnologia alternativa para o tratamento dos efluentes gerados no vaso sanitário e na pia da cozinha de residências da área rural. Para isso, realizou-se a caracterização da fonte geradora de efluentes domésticos por meio do diagnóstico da gestão dos efluentes doméstico no estado do Paraná e no município de Toledo; a caracterização quantitativa (volume diário e mensal) e qualitativa (parâmetros físicos, químicos e biológicos) dos efluentes domésticos; a avaliação do desempenho dos métodos, processos e tecnologias convencionais para o tratamento de efluentes domésticos das áreas rurais; o projeto/desenvolvimento do método e da tecnologia alternativa para o tratamento dos efluentes domésticos rurais provenientes do vaso sanitário e da pia da cozinha; a construção, operação e monitoramento da tecnologia alternativa; e a análise de concordância. A partir dos resultados obtidos na primeira etapa, constatou-se que nas áreas rurais do estado do Paraná são gerados mais de 261 mil m³. dia-1 de efluentes domésticos, na área rural da cidade de Toledo são produzidos 37410,8 m3 de esgoto domestico mensalmente. Na etapa de avaliação dos métodos e tecnologias de tratamento, constatou-se a existência de limitações e gargalos técnicos nos equipamentos, prevalecendo à baixa eficiência no tratamento. Com base em estudos detalhados dos fundamentos físicos, químicos e biológicos e dos testes de bancada, foi desenvolvido o projeto da tecnologia alternativa contendo um separador de fezes e urina, um biorreator anaeróbico helicoidal de formato tubular para o tratamento das fezes. A operação do protótipo da tecnologia alternativa apresentou resultados satisfatórios quanto a segregação das fezes e da urina e a estabilização dos dejetos no reator foi completa em apenas 30 dias de tratamento originando um composto sem a presença de E. coli (<1 NMP g-1).

La présente recherche se veut d’être une contribution à la problématique de l’eau et sa relation avec le développement local au niveau du Dir de Béni-Mellal. Le contexte général se résume au fait que la planète terre en général et la zone méditerranéenne en particulier vivent des changements climatiques et subissent les effets du réchauffement de l’atmosphère. Cela se traduit par la fréquence des périodes de sécheresse longues et par des précipitations irrégulières, ainsi qu’une variation évidente d’une année à l’autre. Le territoire de l’Atlas de Beni Mellal connait des périodes successives de sécheresse aussi bien au niveau du Dir qu’au niveau de la région montagneuse. Cela a comme conséquence une diminution des quantités d’eau des sources, sur le plan du Dir et des régions avoisinantes. Par ailleurs, le territoire objet de notre étude connait l’itération des évènements climatiques extrêmes comme les inondations et la sécheresse. Dans ce contexte, et à cause de plusieurs autres raisons, la contribution des ressources en eau dans le développement local se trouve entravée. En effet, la croissance démographique rapide que connait la population, suite à la migration vers le Dir et l’extension urbaine qui en résulte, s’accompagne des problèmes environnementaux graves comme la baisse des taux des terres agricoles dans le Dir et sur la plaine, comme elle s’accompagne aussi d’une une baisse des taux d'activité et d’un accroissement du taux de chômage ainsi que de différents types de pollution. Cette situation ne fait qu’aggraver la crise de l’eau potable, vue la contamination de l'eau de surface et de l'eau souterraine en raison de l’absence de systèmes d’égouts dans la plupart des villes du Dir. En outre, la gestion et l’utilisation des ressources en eau constituent, en elles-mêmes, un véritable obstacle pour une exploitation rationnelle des ressources en eau disponibles. Cela impose le développement des techniques d’irrigation et des méthodes plus efficaces pour diminuer les pertes d’eau et la pollution afin de profiter au maximum des eaux disponibles. Ainsi, il s’avère donc que les ressources en eau sont incapables de jouer leur rôle efficace dans le développement local au niveau du Dir. Nous avons conclu que l’eau ne peut jouer pleinement son rôle de leitmotiv du développement territorial au niveau du Dir sans la réunion d’un ensemble de conditions techniques, organisationnelles, économiques et sociales. / This research study deals with the issue of water contribution to local development in the Dir area. The issue is of a paramount importance today both locally and globally. The world as a whole and the Mediterranean region in particular lives under climate changes and the effects of global warming, with a succession of long periods of drought and irregular rainfalls. On the local level, the successive periods of drought in the Atlas mountainous area have caused a significant decline in the amount of water reserves and resources in the Dir area. The succession of extreme weather conditions such as unusual floods and droughts undermine the contribution of water resources to local development. The alarmingly growing population as a result of emigration towards the Dir area has led to a significant expansion of unstructured and poorly planned urban areas, causing serious environmental problems such as the loss of fertile agricultural land, the expansion of pockets of poverty, and the increase in the number of unemployed people in the Dir area. The contamination of water resources due to the absence of sewage networks in most villages and the ineffective methods of organizing and using water reserves are a real obstacle to development in the Dir area. This requires the implementation of more rational irrigation methods to save existing water resources. All these obstacles make water resources unable to play an effective and leading role in the local development of the Dir area. The provision of technical, social and economic conditions as well as other complementary components can contribute to the development of the Dir area.

The dissertation is about a community made up of settlers. Nova Ramada is determined by an intensive agricultural production work force constituted by the family. The presence of this new core in a given spatial municipal spatial circumstances has caused profound changes on the current rural landscape. The constituted social set has met, over twenty years, different times of economic production and social reproduction, moments that solidified the socioeconomic relations and contributed to the change in food production and its availability in the urban city, by offering new products and ensuring the supply of the urban population; moreover, promoting the emergence of initiatives that transform the products both in rural as in urban areas. At first, the need to produce to survive and obtain additional income secured forms of subsistence production and the market. Today, the option is to produce to achieve higher productivity gains through specialization. The use of added work on land and in complementary activities takes place incorporating technological mechanisms, with the use of machinery and planting techniques, seed and soil management. This production model, which guides the agricultural activities, has allowed transformations of the rural landscape. Today, Nova Ramada can be considered a place made up of family farmers, with intensive and diversified production, technology aggregator and serving the local market, and even to a regional level, promoting behavioral changes of the urban market and the local consumer society. / A dissertação trata de uma comunidade constituída por assentados. Nova Ramada se determina por uma produção agropecuária intensiva de trabalho constituído pela força familiar. A presença deste novo núcleo em uma dada espacialidade municipal causou profundas transformações espaciais determinadoras da atual paisagem rural. O conjunto social constituído conheceu, ao longo de vinte anos, diferentes momentos de produção econômica e reprodução social, momentos que solidificaram as relações socioeconômicas e contribuíram para a alteração da produção alimentar e sua disponibilidade no conjunto municipal urbano, através da oferta de novos produtos e garantindo o abastecimento da população urbana além de promover o surgimento de iniciativas transformadoras dos produtos quer na zona rural como na urbana. Nos primeiros tempos, a necessidade de produzir para a sobrevivência e obtenção de renda adicional garantiu formas de produção de subsistência e para o mercado. Hoje, a opção maior é a de produzir para alcançar ganhos de produtividade por meio da especialização. O emprego do mais-trabalho na terra e nas atividades complementares se realiza, hoje, incorporando mecanismos tecnológicos, com o emprego de máquinas e de técnicas de plantio, sementes e manejo do solo. Este modelo de produção, que norteia as atividades agrícolas, tem permitido transformações da paisagem rural. Hoje, Nova Ramada pode ser considerada uma ruralidade constituída por agricultores familiares, na forma de produtores familiares, com produção intensiva e diversificada, agregadora de tecnologias e atendendo ao mercado local e até regional, promotora de mudanças comportamentais do mercado urbano e do consumo da sociedade local.

Submitted in fulfillment of the requirements for the Degree: Master of Technology: Entrepreneurial Studies and Management, Durban University of Technology, Durban, South Africa, 2017. / Different social classes of people in South Africa are divided, digitally. This phenomenon manifests as a disparity of information in ICT (Information and Communication Technologies), which is a matter of concern, as the use of ICT is acknowledged to greatly influence the world today, more specifically so in rural areas. An investigation to determine which factors affect rural communities’ access to information, as well as progress levels that can be realised in the support means employed by people resident in rural areas, through introducing ICT’s in their day-to-day living, thus addresses the purported ‘digital divide’. The study’s population was drawn from the Dibate Village community, located in Mmabatho in Mafikeng, South Africa. Recommendations from the findings, point out how ICT facilities can be utilised in the development of rural communities, not just socially but also economically. As main objective, the study evaluates and examines the use of ICT facilities for commercial activities, in uplifting the rural community in the area of Dibate Village. This study is of value to governmental and non-governmental organisations where improving both socio-economic development and service delivery is concerned, in South Africa’s rural areas. / M

Submitted in fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Masters in Management Sciences: Business Administration, Durban, South Africa, 2017. / Given the current, global, economic situation, the status of youth entrepreneurship in South Africa is no different to that of the youth in other countries. It is debatable whether similar support and mechanisms used by other countries can be used without contextualising them for the South African environment. Cultural differences, level of education, different market standards, and a different socio-political environment are some of the factors that should be taken into consideration, when aiming to create an enabling environment that will open entrepreneurial opportunities for South African youth. A major threat for youth, especially in South Africa, is that if their needs and desires are not addressed, the youth will lose faith in starting their own entrepreneurial activities and in that way, become more dependent on the government to create employment opportunities for them. This situation certainly could add to the currently high unemployment rate and in the long-term, high youth unemployment could destabilise the country. This study is aimed at investigating entrepreneurship activities in a semi-rural area, with the aim of identifying the inherent weaknesses that prevent young people from pursuing entrepreneurial activities, as well as those enabling factors that can mitigate against these identified weaknesses. The study is conducted in the UGu District Municipality, specifically, the Umdoni Local Municipal area has been selected. A mixed methods research approach was used and 120 respondents from the selected municipal area participated in this study, including the municipal official. The study highlighted that access to financial support is one of the primary obstacles for the setting-up of a new business, since the majority of young people in the area tend to come from disadvantaged backgrounds. In addition, the research pointed to other challenges, including the business registration process, lack of adequate entrepreneurial training and mentoring programmes, the impact of crime in starting a fledging business and general support from government departments and agencies. Should these challenges not be addressed through an enabling environment, young people will, in the process, be discouraged from engaging in entrepreneurial activities. Given that the study was conducted in a semi-rural area, there are certainly greater challenges to the development of youth entrepreneurship. Therefore, the recommendations include municipalities creating a special relationship with government agencies to obtain greater assistance; that Government and its agencies consider setting up a designated fund to assist young people who want to open business in semi-rural and rural areas; that the administrative requirements for such a group of young entrepreneurs, in respect of funding, training, support, mentoring and business registration, be much more accessible and easier to obtain. / M

Globalisation raises hopes that communities will become self reliant through development success and thus become an integrated whole (Offiong 2001). But the creation of global village leads to fragmentation of communities, a loss of norms and local values. This study focuses on communities of the Eastern Cape Province, exploring the nature of and extent to which children use alcohol as a consequence of cultural rituals. The researcher aims to develop a culturally sensitive psycho-social approach to address alcohol use among children. The purpose of the research was to investigate the extent to which certain cultural practices contribute towards alcohol use among children in the rural areas of the Eastern Cape Province. Thus exploring the nature and extent to which children use alcohol as a consequence of cultural rituals and to explore whether families and communities are aware of the impact of alcohol use by children in the community. The research was qualitative in nature and through semi-structured interview schedules the researcher was able to gain insight in the area of substance use amongst children in the rural areas of the Eastern Cape Province. Community members, learners from schools, educators and probation officers formed part of the research sample. The research findings suggest that community members are aware that the traditional rituals that are carried out in the rural areas have been contributing to the issue of children using alcohol. However, the community members feel challenged as they become conflicted by their traditional rituals and this impacts upon children using alcohol.

Cette thèse porte sur la mise en oeuvre du Fonds Social Européen (FSE) en Pologne et son impact sur les femmes vivant en milieu rural. L’objectif est d’analyser l’intervention concrète de l’Union européenne au niveau local dans le domaine de l’emploi et du social ; d’identifier les spécificités ou particularités locales qu’elle rencontre dans les zones rurales polonaises, s’agissant des femmes ; d’observer la manière dont les différents acteurs mettant en oeuvre les programmes cofinancés parle FSE se mobilisent et à quelle fin, comment les bénéficiaires elles-mêmes y répondent et avec quels effets.Ce travail se situe dans le champ théorique de l’Européanisation des politiques publiques, considérée ici comme un processus d’ajustement des institutions, desidées et des intérêts, exprimés à un niveau régional et infrarégional et sous l’angle des interactions entre acteurs. Une dimension microsociologique est ajoutée en fin de thèse, destinée à questionner les limites de la dynamique d’ajustement. Après un retour historique permettant de saisir la spécificité du cas polonais en termes de situation des femmes, d’espace rural, de marché de l’emploi et d’équilibre territorial, nous adoptons une démarche comparative entre trois régions ayant des profils économiques, sociaux et ruraux bien différents : la région Podkarpackie, située au sud-est du pays, la région Łódzkie, au centre, et la région Zachodniopomorskie, au nord-ouest. Nous nous appuyons entre autres sur une recherche empirique de plusieurs mois effectuée dans chaque région, et sur un corpus de 152 entretiens semi-directifs réalisés auprès d’acteurs du FSE et de leurs bénéficiaires. / This research deals with the implementation of the European Social Fund (ESF) in Poland and its impact on women living in rural areas. Our aim is to study the concrete action of the European Union at the local level in the field of employment and social integration; to identify the specific aspects of Polish rural areas and rural women’s situation to which ESF programs are confronted; to analyze the way the different actors mobilize for implementing these programs, how female beneficiaries react to them and what the effects are.Our theoretical field is the Europeanization of public policy, who is considered hereas an adjustment process of institutions, ideas and interests, expressed at a regionaland sub-regional level and through actors’ interactions. We add a micro-sociologicaldimension to our work, in order to question the limits of this process.We begin with a historical return to understand the specificity of the Polish case regarding the situation of women, rural areas, the labor market and the territorialbalance; then we develop a comparative approach between three Polish regions presenting different economic, social and rural backgrounds: Podkarpackie, a region located in the southeast of the country, Łódzkie, in the center, and Zachodniopomorskie, in the northwest. The comparison is based inter alia on a several month empirical research, conducted in each region, and on 152 semistructured interviews with ESF actors and their beneficiaries

PHDRDV / Institute for Rural Development / Over 50% of the world's economies face high enterprise failure with African countries being on the top of the list. Specifically, South Africa is among nations with the highest rate of enterprise failure, estimated at 70%, despite sustained investments by the government to support the growth of enterprises. It has been argued that the country has no entrepreneurship models to support enterprise development, as a result, policies for entrepreneurial-supporting initiatives are not driven by correct or informed mechanisms that can adequately transform enterprises. This study investigated the indicators and critical exogenous and endogenous components associated with successful enterprises, borrowing some aspects from the Economic base theory. A mixedmethod was followed and 280 participants were drawn from 16 villages in four local municipalities of Vhembe District using snowball, purposive and cluster sampling techniques. A desktop review, semi-structured and structured questionnaires were tools used for the data collection. An analysis of the qualitative data was achieved through a thematic technique using MAX QDA and Atlas-ti v8. Microsoft Excel functions; descriptive statistics through STATA, while, Crosstabulation, Principal Component Analysis (PCA) and Multilayer Perceptron (MLP) model through SPSS v26, as well as Multiple Linear Regression (MLR) model using R v3.0, were exploited with the quantitative data. The results indicate that - profit margin, trends of new products, enterprise expansion and enterprise survival - are common success indicators in the area. The PCA fitted on exogenous data structure (n=280) computed 6 principal enterprise challenges from 45 items identified qualitatively. These are - Access to finance (AF: 14.887%), Access to market (AM: 10.297%), Physical capacity (PC: 8.858), Operational cost (OC: 6.052%), Socio-cultural issues (SC: 5.628%) and Competition (Co 4.460%). The MLP based on 83 sample structure of success enterprises, however, revealed that Co presents the most challenge followed by AM, OC, SI, AF and PC which was the least challenging. Similarly, PCA post-endogenous qualitative study computed 5 principal components from 49 initial items. Bridging networks (BN) constituted 38.044% of the variance followed by Self-belief (SB:15.802), Risk Awareness (RA:6.144), Resilience (R: 4.532), and Nonconformist (NC:4.271). The MLR employed to investigate the linear relationship of the parameters revealed that BN (𝛽1 = 7.57) is most influential and statistically significant (p=0.01). Except for SI which is negatively related to enterprise success, R, RA and NC parameters demonstrate positive influences to enterprise success. A model for successful enterprises centred on entrepreneurs’ exogenous and endogenous attributes is proposed as the main contribution of the study towards enterprises’ success in the areas of the research. The key recommendation in this study is that support to enterprises should be informed by the area-specific indicators outlined in the study. Keywords: African model, enterprise development, endogenous attributes, exogenous factors, rural areas / NRF

Doctor Educationis / Sudan is one of the countries with a large number of people who move around the country for safety and better living conditions due to conflicts and the long-lasting war. These people are referred to as Internally Displaced People (IDPs), and most of them live in rural areas. The war in Sudan has led to socio-economic deterioration and has negatively affected social services such as health and education, particularly in the IDP camps. As a result, children's access to education and the quality of education remains a great concern. Educational challenges include poor infrastructure, lack of facilities and teaching-learning materials, overcrowding, and shortage of trained teachers. Illiteracy rates are higher among women, and drop-out rates are higher among girls. It is believed that traditional socio-cultural practices are barriers to girls' access to education in this country. In light of the above, this study investigates factors that contribute to girls' construction of educational aspirations in the IDP camps of North and South Sudan. The girls' educational aspirations are explored concerning gender empowerment discourses to gain an understanding of how gender empowerment is perceived and implemented by young females as they move between the school and home environments. It analyzes the impact of socio-cultural factors on girls' educational aspirations, perceptions, and self-esteem to understand the significance of education within a gender empowerment framework in the lives of young girls 10 disadvantaged communities of Sudan. Through the lens of the Capabilities Approach and various Feminist views, the study explores how gender discourses in education are understood, and the extent to which they contribute to building girls' opportunities and capacities in the local context. The study provides an analysis of the girls' opinions of themself and the influence of socio-cultural factors on their inspirational plans and expectations.