GENDER EQUALITY IN EDUCATION OF AFGHANISTAN
Group 5, UNV 100, AUAF
WHAT IT IS! Gender equality is defined in Oxford
Dictionary as “the state in which access to rights or opportunities is unaffected by gender.”
4 dimension of Gender Equality (Subrahmanian 2003)
equality of access, equality in the learning process, equality in educational outcomes and equality of external results
WHERE WE AREGENERAL EDUCATION Nearly 7 million children are enrolled in
schools , around 37% or 2.5 million of them are girls
An over eight-fold increase in the number of teachers to 170,000 (30% female)
Over 79,000 students graduated from grade 12 in 1387 (26% female)
WHERE WE AREHIGHER EDUCATION Gender inequality in higher education is
higher than in general education According to Packer (2010), “by 2001 there
were just 7800 students representing one of the lowest enrolment rates in the world.”
According to MoHE, about (99,530) students are studying in the public universities across the country of which 19% were female
BARRIERS:
Culture and history has the most influential impact on human society.
limited right over decision making. Afghan pride patrilocality lack of education (85% of women are
illiterate)
RELIGION AND STEREOTYPES Islam gives equal rights to both gender 1 wrong interpretation of Islam Beliefs which we develop over a period of time. 2 Age (our people don’t like a big girl going to
school, that is also why my father doesn’t let me, he doesn’t want to be embarrassed by relatives and friends (Yasmin 14 years old) {Hunte2005}
3 Mental segregations (some grow up seeing themselves lower than man
ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS 1 security
2 geography
3 economy
poverty is the most integral part of gender bias in third world countries
STRATEGIES
STRATEGIES FOR GIRLS’ EDUCATION 1- Taking special measures to reach
the most disadvantaged girls.
2- Locating schools closer to children’s homes
3- Making sure girls and boys are safe. Breaking the silence about violence at
school.
STRATEGIES FOR GIRLS’ EDUCATION 4- Involving the local community.
5- Making sure men and boys are involved.
6- Promoting sports in schools.
7- Recruiting and training teachers.
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