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Bickmore, Kathy; Kishani Farahani, Najme – Journal on Education in Emergencies, 2022
Building durable peace through education requires addressing the gender ideologies and hierarchies that encourage both direct physical aggression and indirect harm through marginalization and exploitation. Although formal education systems are shaped by gendered patterns of social conflict, enmity, and inequity, schools can help young people to…
Descriptors: Peace, Teaching Methods, Sustainability, Public Schools
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Van Houweling, Emily; Christie, Maria Elisa; Rahim, Asha Abdel – Gender and Education, 2020
In Africa women are underrepresented in higher education (HE) agricultural programs, despite the fact that they make up half of the agricultural labor force. This article discusses the reasons for women's low enrollment in HE agricultural programs, focusing on socio-cultural norms and gendered perceptions of agriculture. Moving beyond access, it…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Females, Disproportionate Representation, Women Faculty
Porter, Anne Marie; Walsh, Courtney; Ivie, Rachel – AIP Statistical Research Center, 2022
As documented in the National Academies' 2020 astronomy decadal survey report, harassment and discrimination continue to be problems in astronomical employment and educational settings. In order to document the types of harassment and discrimination in astronomy and the context in which these behaviors occur, this report describes an analysis of…
Descriptors: Astronomy, Science Education, Graduate Students, Longitudinal Studies
Manning, Teresa R. – National Association of Scholars, 2020
Controversy surrounding sex discrimination and sexual misconduct in higher education has existed now for over 50 years. Title IX is the federal law banning sex discrimination in schools receiving federal funds. This Report examines the evolving understanding of sex discrimination in higher education over the years, as well as the mechanisms that…
Descriptors: Educational Legislation, Federal Legislation, Gender Discrimination, Sex Fairness
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Keddie, Amanda – British Educational Research Journal, 2011
Recent high-profile rape cases in Australia involving Muslim and Indigenous minority groups have heightened contention around issues of culture, gender and justice. The article critically examines the culturalising of rape as an ethnic minority issue in the public and legal discourse associated with these cases. This examination problematises the…
Descriptors: Muslims, Rape, Females, Foreign Countries