Gender Equity in Education: A Global Challenge and Local Solutions

Session Type: Working Group Roundtable

Abstract

Scholars explore the consequential issue of equal education for women under their socio-cultural, economic and political contexts, and critically examine their local responses to this global challenge. With special attention to women of color and in disadvantaged positions, the studies interrogate the theme with a variety of methods, such as case studies, content and historical analysis, mixed-method, and time-series analysis of large-scale international data and identify the global status and trends of women in education. With its inherent nature of comparison, the session allows its audience to see how the educational systems in China, India, the USA and other countries tackle the urgent issue in education, think out of the box, and to disrupt the inequitable gender system worldwide.

Sub Unit

• SIG-Research on Women and Education

Chair

• Guofang Wan, Loyola University Chicago

Papers

• The COVID-19 Pandemic and Gender Equity in Education Worldwide - Guofang Wan, Loyola University Chicago; Yi-Lung Kuo, BNU-HKBU United International College; Huaxiong Huang, United International College; Xin Chen, United International College

• Rural Women's Education and Empowerment Program in India: An Appreciative Inquiry - Rashmi Sharma, Western Illinois University

• Women and Girls' Education: The Case of China - Cui Bo, Taiyuan University of Technology; Guofang Wan, Loyola University Chicago

• Educate Girls and Change the World: Documentary Film as a Catalyst for Social Praxis - Guofang Wan, Loyola University Chicago; Michael R. Scott, National Education Association; Stefani Thachik, University of North Carolina at Charlotte

Discussant

• Francis E. Godwyll, Illinois State University