Women in Leadership Across the Continents: Equitable Education Systems for All

Session Type: Symposium

Abstract

This session offers new insights into the means by which women leaders seek to disrupt inequity and enact equitable education systems for all in their countries. Addressing AERA’s theme, “Cultivating Equitable Education Systems for the 21st Century,” and the International Studies SIG’s mission, we present five research investigations from Brazil, Costa Rica, Ireland, Senegal, and United States. Each examines scholarship that engages with a variety of stakeholders in these countries, leading to the transformation of education in authentic ways for the public good. Presenters explore how women activists in education in several international contexts and from diverse cultures share common ethical perspectives on the moral imperative to embrace educational responsibility through efforts that result in actionable narratives, policies, and practices.

Sub Unit

• SIG-International Studies

Chair

• Elizabeth C. Reilly, California State University - Channel Islands

Papers

• Senegalese Women and Girls in Formal Education: Where Do They Fit? - Nikysha D. Gilliam, Los Angeles Unified School District

• Brazilian Women of Colour Using Community Activism for Education - Victoria Showunmi, UCL Institute of Education

• Phenomenal Women: Experiences of Women in Executive Catholic Educational Leadership in the United States - Fatima Nicdao, Loyola Marymount University

• STEMM Educational Leadership During COVID-19: Perspectives of Irish Female Academics - Mary Elizabeth Cunneen, University College Dublin

• La Mundialización en Costa Rica: Testimonios of Women Activists for Education - Elizabeth C. Reilly, California State University - Channel Islands

Discussant

• Mary Elizabeth Cunneen, University College Dublin