19.11.12 Lucy Philpott's presentation "Gender matters in Education"

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

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