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Acharya, Deviram – International Journal of Multidisciplinary Perspectives in Higher Education, 2021
Given that achieving gender equality is a global development agenda, girl's participation in education has been taken as one of the most important indicators. The purpose of this article is to analyze the status of girls' participation in higher education and explore the reasons behind the disparities among them. Similarly, some ways forward to…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Gender Bias, Access to Education, Higher Education
Keisu, Britt-Inger; Ahlström, Björn – Educational Research, 2020
Background: The international body of research on student voice concludes that active pupil participation has multiple positive effects on the work environment and learning for pupils. In a large study on gender equality and diversity work in Swedish schools, it became evident that pupils wanted to be active participants. However, pupils…
Descriptors: Student Participation, Student Attitudes, Power Structure, Gender Bias
Edström, Charlotta; Brunila, Kristiina – Education as Change, 2016
This article concerns gender equality work, that is, those educational and workplace activities that involve the promotion of gender equality. It is based on research conducted in Sweden and Finland, and focuses on the period during which the public sector has become more market-oriented and project-based all over the Nordic countries. The…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Sex Fairness, Gender Issues, Educational Practices
Banham, Louise; Ahern, Meg – Global Partnership for Education, 2016
Gender equality in and through education is critical to the achievement of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, as many experts have observed, and investing in this area yields substantial public and private returns. It is a key driver of economic and social development and leads to gains in health, nutrition and many other areas. Support…
Descriptors: Social Justice, Gender Issues, Sex Fairness, Change Strategies
Sahni, Urvashi – Center for Universal Education at The Brookings Institution, 2018
Both globally and in India, the discourse around girls' education is particularly charged. There is an urgency as it is now understood that developmental promises cannot be fulfilled unless gender equality is taken seriously. Generally, a complete, high-quality secondary school education for girls is seen as a vital pathway to achieving gender…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Equal Education, Gender Bias, Secondary Education
Cho, Yonjoo; Kim, Sehoon; You, Jieun; Moon, Hanna; Sung, Hyoyong – European Journal of Training and Development, 2021
Purpose: Global gender diversity and equality indexes have been developed to promote gender diversity and equality at the country level, but it is difficult to see how those indexes are applied to organizations on a daily basis. The purpose of this study is to examine the application of environmental, social and governance (ESG) measures for…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Diversity, Gender Differences, Employees
Chi, Jin – Center for Universal Education at The Brookings Institution, 2018
In spite of efforts to improve the quality of early childhood education for girls and boys globally, incorporating a gender perspective--particularly in teacher policies--remains a gap, including in China. This inattention to early childhood poses an additional barrier for countries to achieve quality education and the United Nations Sustainable…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Equal Education, Sex Fairness, Early Childhood Education
Kassama, Fatoumatta L.; Eschenbacher, Saskia – Studies in the Education of Adults, 2023
Period poverty is a global phenomenon that affects billions of people, particularly menstruators from developing countries, low- income families, and marginalised communities who lack access to sanitary products, education on healthy period management practices, and basic water sanitation and hygiene (WASH) facilities to manage their periods with…
Descriptors: Females, Developing Nations, Low Income Groups, Social Bias
Saville, Elizabeth; Cherkowski, Sabre; Jakobi, Jennifer – Alberta Journal of Educational Research, 2023
This qualitative study was designed from an appreciative and positive research focus to examine how and why young women engage in, succeed, and persevere in STEM courses. The objective was to gain student perspectives on improving gender equality in STEM education. From the questionnaire and focus groups with participating women university…
Descriptors: STEM Education, College Students, Females, Inclusion
Nielsen, Mathias Wullum – Scandinavian Journal of Educational Research, 2017
This study investigates how Denmark, Norway, and Sweden approach issues of gender equality in research differently. Based on a comparative document analysis of gender equality activities in six Scandinavian universities, together with an examination of the legislative and political frameworks surrounding these activities, the article provides new…
Descriptors: Sex Fairness, Higher Education, Comparative Analysis, Educational Research
Prendes-Espinosa, María-Paz; García-Tudela, Pedro-Antonio; Solano-Fernández, Isabel-María – Comunicar: Media Education Research Journal, 2020
This article focuses on gender equality as one of the most relevant objectives of the educational system to alleviate gender violence and combat stereotypes. At the same time, ICTs have become a very important educational tool in a digital society like the one where we live. Around these two topics we conducted this research whose purpose is, from…
Descriptors: Sex Fairness, Sex Stereotypes, Information Technology, Educational Practices
Levi, Thursica Kovinthan – Education Sciences, 2019
There is growing evidence to support the relationship between levels of gender inequality in a society and its potential for conflict. Positive attitudes to gender equality in and through education strengthen social cohesion; consequently, there is a need for gender-transformative education for peacebuilding. Drawing on the 4Rs (representation,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Gender Bias, Sex Fairness, Social Justice
Benito, Eva; Verge, Tània – Quality in Higher Education, 2020
Gender equality goals for higher education are found in all national legislations. This notwithstanding, quality assurance conceptual frameworks and practitioners' work in the European Higher Education Area have tended to be gender-blind and thus remained disconnected from gender equality concerns. Focusing on the policy innovations recently…
Descriptors: Sex Fairness, Higher Education, Educational Quality, Quality Assurance
Vaughan, Rosie Peppin; Longlands, Helen – Comparative Education, 2023
Since 2000, girls' education has been an increasingly high-profile concern in international development policy. At the same time, there has been a trend towards the greater production and reliance on quantitative data, indicators and targets in national and international education policy. Scholars have raised concerns about the rise of…
Descriptors: Womens Education, Sex Fairness, Educational Indicators, Accountability
Anderson, Emily W. – Compare: A Journal of Comparative and International Education, 2023
Over the past 20 years, empowerment has been used as a 'rallying cry' for girls' education and a necessary condition for gender equality. This article explores gender as an organising framework for international education policy and development during the Global Goals era (2000-2020). Using feminist policy discourse analysis as a coordinated…
Descriptors: Educational Policy, Womens Education, Gender Issues, Equal Education