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Mainstreaming Gender in Higher Education in Africa

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Mainstreaming Gender in Higher Education in Africa

GENDER TOOLKIT

The Working Group on Higher Education (WGHE) of the Association for the Development of Education in Africa (ADEA), in 2006, collaborated with the Association of African Universities (AAU) to develop a Toolkit for Mainstreaming Gender in Higher Education in Africa, in response to a felt need to bridge persistent gender gaps in tertiary education institutions in Africa. The Toolkit, which is now available in English, French and Portuguese and comprises ten modules and literature review, provides practical guide on how to initiate a gender-mainstreaming program and establish helpful processes. Beginning July 2008, WGHE, will partner with the UNESCO Bamako Cluster Office to deliver an online training course, for academics and teachers, using the Toolkit.

Module 1 – Basic Facts about Gender (.pdf 1,400 KB)
Module 2 – Forming Policies and Strategies (.pdf 590 KB)
Module 3 – The Role of Human Resources Development and Management (.pdf 490 KB)
Module 4 – Mainstreaming Gender in the Curriculum (.pdf 434 KB)
Module 5 – Research and Gender Sensitive Research Methods (.pdf 590 KB)
Module 6 – Faculty and Support Programs (.pdf 438 KB)
Module 7 – Student Access and Retention (.pdf 438 KB)
Module 8 – Gender Violence and Sexual Harassment (.pdf 502 KB)
Module 9 – Disaggregated Data (.pdf 590 KB)
Module 10 – Resource Mobilization for Gender Equity (.pdf 460 KB)
Literature Review (.pdf 1,100 KB)
Full document (.pdf 6,200 KB)

It is the hope of WGHE and AAU that the institutions that will benefit from the training workshops will take practical and proactive steps to mainstream gender in their core functions order to ensure sound institutional governance, human rights and equitable development and use of the most highly skilled human capital, towards the acceleration of the continents’ socio-economic development.