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Gender Equality & Education in Emergencies and Fragility Rebecca Winthrop International Rescue Committee / Center for Universal Education March 2009.

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  1. Gender Equality &Education in Emergencies and FragilityRebecca WinthropInternational Rescue Committee / Center for Universal EducationMarch 2009

  2. Session Objectives1. Exchanging experiences, lessons learned, and identifying gaps2. Reviewing work to date of the INEE Gender Task Team, including tools3. Identifying next steps for Gender Task Team

  3. Review of TermsSex: biological state of being male/femaleGender: set of characteristics a culture decides is masculine or feminine Gender Equity: ensuring fairness and basic equal rights to women and men (sometimes actions must be taken to compensate for social or historical disadvantages)Gender Equality: The equal valuing by society of both the similarities and differences between women and men & allows both women and men to develop personally and contribute to society to their full potential

  4. How is it Different?Specific focus on emergency & fragility contexts.Look at education supply vs. education demand in these contexts.

  5. Supply Issues & Gender DimensionsAccess girls/boys enrollment male/female teachers flexibility of scheduleLearning Env. Sanitary facilities Sexual harassment/violenceCurriculum/materials perspective written from inclusion of girls/boys experiences gender-specific topicsTeachers high percentage of one sex teachers awareness of gender needs ability to adapt to different needs boys/girls

  6. Demand Issues & Gender DimensionsSafety/Security parents keeping children at home girls/boys afraid to attend Income generation income potential of girls/boys Childcare/household girls/boys household responsibilitesMarriage/parenting age of marriage/parenthoodCultural attitudes gender roles

  7. ToolsINEE Gender Strategy SheetsINEE/IRC/UNGEI/IASC Gender TrainingIASC E-Learning Gender HandbookUNESCO Education and Gender Advocacy BriefIRC Healing Classrooms Gender ModuleOthers?

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