45 min
How can we free education from harmful gender stereotypes? What is gender transformative education?
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- Education
Gender stereotypes have no borders, and globally they are embedded in our classrooms. From a young age, girls and boys, children and youth, including those who identify as LGBTIQ+, are denied a safe, quality education because of prevailing gender stereotypes and expectations that dictate what they can or cannot do. Gender stereotypes perpetuate inequities in education and limit future life pathways for children and youth.
Through this podcast, we want to explore why gender stereotypes in education are so pervasive, and the wide-ranging consequences of failing to address them; raise awareness on the importance of prioritising gender norms in our education policies, plans and budgets; and talk about promising approaches to ensure all learners can enjoy an education free from stereotypes. This podcast is a celebration of diversity, and the transformative power of education to achieve gender and social justice in our world.
Host: Nafesha Richardson
Guests: Jayathma Wickramanayake, United Nations Secretary-General’s Envoy on Youth and Cristian González Cabrerav, Researcher, LGBT Rights Program, Human Rights Watch
Gender stereotypes have no borders, and globally they are embedded in our classrooms. From a young age, girls and boys, children and youth, including those who identify as LGBTIQ+, are denied a safe, quality education because of prevailing gender stereotypes and expectations that dictate what they can or cannot do. Gender stereotypes perpetuate inequities in education and limit future life pathways for children and youth.
Through this podcast, we want to explore why gender stereotypes in education are so pervasive, and the wide-ranging consequences of failing to address them; raise awareness on the importance of prioritising gender norms in our education policies, plans and budgets; and talk about promising approaches to ensure all learners can enjoy an education free from stereotypes. This podcast is a celebration of diversity, and the transformative power of education to achieve gender and social justice in our world.
Host: Nafesha Richardson
Guests: Jayathma Wickramanayake, United Nations Secretary-General’s Envoy on Youth and Cristian González Cabrerav, Researcher, LGBT Rights Program, Human Rights Watch
45 min