ERIC Number: EJ774811
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2004-Mar
Pages: 17
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Human Rights: Promoting Gender Equality in and through Education
Wilson, Duncan
Prospects: Quarterly Review of Comparative Education, v34 n1 p11-27 Mar 2004
The Dakar Framework for Action represents the most important international political commitment towards promoting Education for All. The Framework contains two gender-based goals. In Article 7 (ii) the participants commit themselves to eliminating "gender disparities in primary and secondary education by 2005". The second commitment is to achieve gender equality in education (Article 7 (v)). These are described as "gender parity" and "gender equality" respectively. This article focuses on gender equality and examines gender parity by way of comparison, on the premise that it is a necessary but insufficient precondition for the realization of equality. It also discusses a human rights framework for education to promote gender equality in and through education. (Contains 2 figures, 1 table and 47 notes.)
Descriptors: Equal Education, Student Rights, Gender Issues, Civil Rights, International Cooperation, International Law, Social Attitudes, Compulsory Education, Access to Education, Educational Quality, Teaching Conditions, Females, Educational Discrimination, Early Parenthood, Marriage, Foreign Countries
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Opinion Papers
Education Level: Elementary Secondary Education
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Language: English
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