19.11.12 Lucy Philpott's presentation "Gender matters in Education"
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19.11.12 Lucy Philpott's presentation "Gender matters in Education"
- 1. GENDER MATTERS IN EDUCATION Lucy Philpott Monday 19th November 2012
- 4. Gender-based policy Interpretations Gender-specific and barriers to implementation education
- 5. Equal distribution of Equal access to roles and extra-curricular responsibilities activities Gender Equality = Equal treatment of girls and boys Mixed sex Equal access to group work subjects Mixed sex seating plans
- 6. Equal Treatment ≠ Equal Outcomes (data from GoM,2011)
- 7. REALITY OF GENDER-SPECIFIC BARRIERS INTERNAL FACTORS EXTERNAL FACTORS • Lack of girl- • Poverty friendly facilities • Parental attitudes • In-school • Gender roles and harassment expectations • Lack of female role • Gender-based models violence • Post-primary • Adverse cultural prospects practices
- 8. ACHIEVING ‘GENDER EQUALITY’ IN EDUCATION EDUCATION SYSTEM WIDER SOCIETY WIDER SOCIETY
- 9. “[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 scotland@lcd.org.uk
Editor's Notes
- 6-week fieldwork in MalawiInvestigating gender-based policy, its dissemination and implementation, and gender-specific barriers directly influencing girls’ participation in education in the targeted district of DedzaAll levels of education system – gov staff, district education officials, teachers, pupils, PTA, SMC, Mother Groups, village heads, religious leaders ad girls who have dropped out of education
- LimitedNo specific focus on girls’ education, despite being a national area of concern (exception is ‘Readmission Policy’, which focuses on getting girls back into school after having babygender has been mainstreamed through all national policy and it seems that the limited elaboration on ‘gender equality’ has led to misinterpretation of the aims behind the policy at school level‘gender equality’ = ‘equal treatment of girls and boys in school’Although ‘Readmission Policy’ appears to be well-known at local levels, there are major challenges in its implementation – not realistic
- Education system: strengthen policy (to address and reflect reality of both internal and external gender-specific barriers), understanding of policy (expanding the vision of ‘gender equality’)