Gender Policies in Higher Education: Knowledge, Teaching, and Academic Path

Session Type: Symposium

Abstract

The feminist movement 2018 and the political-social crisis of 2019 have brought attention to gender dynamics within universities. Women´s participation in higher education is crucial for research, cultural values, and training. In 2021, Chile enacted a law addressing sexual harassment and gender discrimination in universities, promoting gender equality policies. Women’s representation has increased undergraduate enrollment at the women´s faculty level. However, they still lag in education level, especially at the doctoral level. This symposium discusses gender inequalities in the context of relatively new gender policy and institutional levels. The studies cover gender and feminism in academic spaces, responses to non-sexist Education demands, and a mentoring program to reduce gender inequalities in a Chilean research university.

Sub Unit

• SIG-Research on Women and Education

Chair

• Roxana Chiappa, Universidad de Tarapaca

Papers

• Feminist Knowledge Construction in the Advancement of Gender Policies in Higher Education - Fernanda Rojas-Müller, Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile; Ana Luisa Muñoz, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile; Kyuttzza Gómez Guinart, Universidad Alberto Hurtado

• Rethinking University Teaching From a Feminist Perspective: Institutional Strategies to Address Sexism in Higher Education - Carolina Munoz Rojas, Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile; Lelya Troncoso, Universidad de Chile

• Promoting Success Through a Mentoring Program at a Research University in Latin America - Daniela Véliz Calderón, Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile; Liliana Pedraja, Universidad de Tarapaca; Johana Andrea Fuentes, Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile