Gender Review Consultation

The aim of the quick fire talk is to explore whether and how different accountability mechanisms in educationhave promoted the case for gender equality. For example: • At the government andinternational community level, are... [ view full abstract ]

The aim of the quick fire talk is to explore whether and how different accountability mechanisms in educationhave promoted the case for gender equality. For example:

• At the government andinternational community level, are there sufficiently strong accountability mechanismsto ensure that gender mainstreaming commitments in education budgets andpolicies are upheld?

• At the school level, doincreased parental choice over schooling and pressures to invest in theirchildren’s education bolster sex-specific choice and investment preferences?Does formal community engagement end up perpetuating existing societalhierarchies, and diminish the voice of less privileged women?

• At the teacher level, giventhe feminization of the teaching profession but the continuing under-representationof women in leadership positions, are gender discriminatory practices beingchallenged in terms of how teacher contributions are valued and rewarded?