Gender and Education in Central Asia

Herausgegeben:Kuzhabekova, Aliya; Durrani, Naureen; Kataeva, Zumrad

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This open access book brings together established and emerging scholars to explore policies, statistical trends and representative research on gender equity across post-Soviet Central Asia. The book provides an overview of policy development in the promotion of gender equity, a comparative summary of changes in gender equity indicators at various levels of education, and examples of current research on an array of issues relating to gender equity across the region. The chapters present a broad picture which will be relevant to scholars of educational reform, comparative education policy, international development and gender issues.

Produktdetails

• Palgrave Studies in Gender and Education
• Verlag: Nazarbayev University / Palgrave Macmillan / Springer Nature Switzerland / Springer, Berlin
• Artikelnr. des Verlages: 978-3-031-75300-8
• Seitenzahl: 308
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Februar 2025
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 153mm x 22mm
• Gewicht: 490g
• ISBN-13: 9783031753008
• ISBN-10: 3031753003
• Artikelnr.: 71524551

Autorenporträt

Aliya Kuzhabekova is Assistant Professor in the Werklund School of Education, University of Calgary, Canada. Naureen Durrani is Professor in the Graduate School of Education, Nazarbayev University, Kazakhstan. Zumrad Kataeva is Assistant Professor in the Graduate School of Education, Nazarbayev University, Kazakhstan.

Inhaltsangabe

Part 1: Contextualizing Gender and Education in Central Asia.- Chapter 1: Situating Gender and Education in Central Asia: An Introduction.- Chapter 2: Policy Context for Gender Equality Reforms in Education in Central Asia.- Chapter 3: Current and Emerging Issues in Gender Equality in Education: What Does the Data Tell Us?.- Part 2: Current Research on Gender in Education in the Region.- Chapter 4: The Construction of Gender and History Textbooks in Kazakhstan.- Chapter 5: Exploring Barriers to School Education for Girls in Rural Tajikistan.- Chapter 6: Who Are the Persistently Out of Education and Jobless? Identifying the Sociodemographic and Economic Factors Affecting NEET Women in Kazakhstan.- Chapter 7: Exploring Barriers for Girls' Access and Persistence in Higher Education in Tajikistan.- Chapter 8: Combining Motherhood and PhD Studies in Uzbekistan.- Chapter 9: Experiences of Girls and Women in the STEM Pipeline in Kazakhstan.- Chapter 10: Women in Leadership in Education inKazakhstan.- Chapter 11: Producing a Sexuality Education Curriculum for LGBTQIA+ Youth in Kyrgyzstan.