Thematic brief gender, education and training

This Thematic Brief provides quick guidance on the most important issues relating to gender and education in development programmes (including technical and vocational education and training: TVET)

This Brief is addressed to staff from development cooperation agencies who are involved in education programmes and projects.

Here they will find information on the most important gender issues at stake and how to address them, indicators that can be used to monitor whether a development programme is integrating gender dimensions, examples of gender-sensitive development actions and references to further information and tools related to gender and education (including TVET).

Contents

Introduction

Gender issues in education

A roadmap for gender mainstreaming in education development programmes

Questions for gender analysis in education and training

Gender sensitive indicators for the education sector

Examples of gender-sensitive projects in education