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GENDER MATTERS IN EDUCATION
Monday 19th November 2012
Lucy Philpott
(data from GoM,2011)
(data from GoM,2011)
Gender-based policy
Gender-specific
barriers to education
Interpretations and
implementation
Gender Equality = Equal treatment of girls and boys
Equal distribution of roles and
responsibilities
Mixed sex seating plans
Mixed sex group work
Equal access to subjects
Equal access to extra-curricular
activities
(data from GoM,2011)
Equal Treatment ≠ Equal Outcomes
REALITY OF GENDER-SPECIFIC BARRIERS
INTERNAL FACTORS
• Lack of girl-friendly facilities
• In-school harassment
• Lack of female role models
• Post-primary prospects
EXTERNAL FACTORS
• Poverty• Parental
attitudes• Gender roles
and expectations
• Gender-based violence
• Adverse cultural practices
ACHIEVING ‘GENDER EQUALITY’ IN EDUCATION
WIDER SOCIETYWIDER SOCIETY
EDUCATION SYSTEM
“[Addressing gender inequalities in education], demands an understanding of how gender inequalities are experienced, maintained and reinforced not only in school and through schooling but in society where the economic, political and social context may deny rights to girls and boys differently and undermine their experience of education and the value it could have on their lives beyond the school”
(Aikman et al., 2011:45)
Zikomo Kwambiri
Any questions?For more information, email [email protected]