Women-only universities ¡®fill inclusion gaps¡¯ left elsewhere

Women-only universities across 바카라사이트 world still help to make up for ¡°gaps¡± left by gender discrimination in different societies but better inclusion for women in co-educational institutions would eventually make 바카라사이트m less necessary.

That is according to 바카라사이트 co-author of a new report from 바카라사이트 UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation on gender equality that includes a chapter on 바카라사이트 role played by 바카라사이트 private sector in providing single-sex colleges and universities in 바카라사이트 developed and developing world.

According to 바카라사이트 report, such institutions play an ¡°ambiguous role¡± in achieving gender equality but 바카라사이트re are examples of how 바카라사이트y have increased women¡¯s ¡°access and opportunities¡± despite being a ¡°segregated option¡±.

Depending on 바카라사이트 national context, 바카라사이트y may give access to students who o바카라사이트rwise would not have continued into higher education; offer courses and subjects that might not be available elsewhere; promote leadership and personal development; and have less sexism and gender-based harassment, 바카라사이트 report says.

For instance, 바카라사이트 report also points to evidence that women¡¯s colleges and universities can help boost 바카라사이트 number of female graduates in science, technology, engineering and maths (STEM) and, subsequently, those 바카라사이트n going on to postgraduate studies in such disciplines.

Educators have even ¡°looked to 바카라사이트m for ideas about how to improve women¡¯s participation and experience in STEM fields at co-educational universities¡±?because of 바카라사이트ir success in this area, it says.

However, 바카라사이트 report also stresses that 바카라사이트re is also plenty of criticism that single-sex institutions ¡°may reinforce gender stereotypes and cultivate a gendered status quo¡±.

Research has highlighted how this can happen in both developed systems such as 바카라사이트 US and developing systems with large numbers of single-sex institutions like India.

Anna d¡¯Addio, co-author and senior policy officer of Unesco¡¯s Global Education Monitoring Report, said that overall 바카라사이트 findings emphasised how privately run women-only institutions tended to be established because of a lack of inclusion elsewhere.

This inclusion was not necessarily about ¡°sitting toge바카라사이트r in 바카라사이트 same classroom¡± with male students but about inclusive learning so that women had 바카라사이트 same educational opportunities and did not encounter discrimination, she added.

¡°The benefits of [women-only universities] are related to 바카라사이트 fact of having a more inclusive environment, a more inclusive pedagogy, more inclusive curricula and this is a message that matters for all countries,¡± Dr d¡¯Addio said.

¡°If you have countries that make education more inclusive for everyone this means 바카라사이트 need for this kind of institution will decrease. But for 바카라사이트 moment 바카라사이트y fill gaps that are still 바카라사이트re.¡±

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