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Gender equality: how global universities are performing, part 1

Published date 2022-03-08
Author Times Higher Education - UNESCO IESALC
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Extract:

...this report examines how well higher education institutions across the globe are performing when it comes to making progress towards gender equality, with worldwide and country-level analysis on 18 different indicators and detailed case studies from five universities that are leading on this work in their regions. Universities hold a unique position in society that makes them critical actors for change in this area. Through the education they provide, they can ensure that female students have equal chances when it comes to application, admission and completion rates; they can teach curricula where women are equally represented; and they can educate students on gender equity. Through their research, they can expose the ways in which girls and women are discriminated against and they can ensure that datasets include the perspectives of women. As organisations, they can ensure that female staff have equality when it comes to recruitment, promotion, pay, funding and workload and that women have mentors and role models. And as pillars of their communities, they can help address gender inequality in wider society by engaging in outreach projects that support women with education, employment and empowerment.

Part two of this title is also available:

Gender equality: how global universities are performing, part 2