Women and the university curriculum : towards equality, democracy, and peace
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Women and the university curriculum : towards equality, democracy, and peace
J. Kingsley Publishers , Unesco, 1996
- : UNESCO
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Emerging from the World Conference on Women in Beijing in September 1995, this volume assesses the links between the university curriculum and gender issues. The contributors examine the challenges facing higher education, relating them to: the current phase of reform and renewal in higher education and to the challenges of sustainable human development; aspects such as access, discrimination and the importance of empowerment as an avenue to decision making; reasons for the inclusion of gender issues in the university curriculum today. This evaluation of whether and how the teaching, training and research functions of higher education sensitize students to the principal questions affecting women and their role in society, the contributors argue that the gender dimension in university disciplines can and should exist. They conclude that in fields where this has not previously been considered, change must occur to better orient social policy making.
Table of Contents
- Overview - feminine leadership in higher education for human development, Sheryl Bond, Canada
- public administration, Otilia Mo and Mayte Gallego, Spain
- law, Henrietta Mensa-Bonsu, Ghana
- medicine, Sandra Levison and Katherine Sherif, USA
- economics and commerce, Margaret Gardner, Australia
- science and technology, Zhizhen Gui and Hong Wang, China
- the humanities and philosophy, Anne Holden Ronning, Norway
- Development and environmental studies, Marcia Inacia d'Avilo Neto, Brazil
- Peace studies, Sanaa Osseiran, IPRA
- women's studies, Ralitsa Muharska, Bulgaria
- demography, Mouna Samman, UNESCO.
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