Gender Equity in South African Education 1994-2004: Conference Proceedings

Education was considered a key component in the transformation of post-apartheid South Africa into a place of equal opportunity for women, but as this collection of essays shows, gender equity in education has remained an elusive goal in the last 10 years. South African and international experts discuss the weaknesses of organizations inside and outside the government, the ways in which cultural assumptions inform gendered practices, sexual violence, HIV/AIDS, and continuing unemployment and poverty among women. The successes and failures that other countries, such as Australia and India, have experienced upon implementing equal education opportunity are examined, as are the initiatives of the South African Department of Education. Strategies for achieving educational gender equity are also proposed.
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Gender Equity in South African Education 1994-2004: Conference Proceedings

Education was considered a key component in the transformation of post-apartheid South Africa into a place of equal opportunity for women, but as this collection of essays shows, gender equity in education has remained an elusive goal in the last 10 years. South African and international experts discuss the weaknesses of organizations inside and outside the government, the ways in which cultural assumptions inform gendered practices, sexual violence, HIV/AIDS, and continuing unemployment and poverty among women. The successes and failures that other countries, such as Australia and India, have experienced upon implementing equal education opportunity are examined, as are the initiatives of the South African Department of Education. Strategies for achieving educational gender equity are also proposed.
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Gender Equity in South African Education 1994-2004: Conference Proceedings

Gender Equity in South African Education 1994-2004: Conference Proceedings

Gender Equity in South African Education 1994-2004: Conference Proceedings

Gender Equity in South African Education 1994-2004: Conference Proceedings

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Education was considered a key component in the transformation of post-apartheid South Africa into a place of equal opportunity for women, but as this collection of essays shows, gender equity in education has remained an elusive goal in the last 10 years. South African and international experts discuss the weaknesses of organizations inside and outside the government, the ways in which cultural assumptions inform gendered practices, sexual violence, HIV/AIDS, and continuing unemployment and poverty among women. The successes and failures that other countries, such as Australia and India, have experienced upon implementing equal education opportunity are examined, as are the initiatives of the South African Department of Education. Strategies for achieving educational gender equity are also proposed.

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ISBN-13: 9780796920942
Publisher: Human Sciences Research Council
Publication date: 09/28/2005
Pages: 168
Product dimensions: 7.00(w) x 10.00(h) x 0.45(d)

About the Author


Linda Chisholm is a director of the Child, Youth and Family Development research program at the Human Sciences Research Council and an honorary professor at the University of KwaZulu-Natal in South Africa. Jean September is a director in the British Council's Cape Town office.
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