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Global Seminar. Gender Issues in Early Childhood Education

Crawford School of Public Policy | Indonesia Project

Event details

Indonesia Study Group

Date & time

Wednesday 09 March 2022
1.00pm–2.30pm

Venue

Online

Speaker

Vina Adriany (Universitas Pendidikan Indonesia)

To join: bit.ly/gs_Indonesia Webinar ID: 846 0999 4505 Passcode: 029070

Vina Adriany (Universitas Pendidikan Indonesia)

One of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) goals is to achieve gender equality. The Indonesian government claims to be committed to ensuring that gender equality is mainstreamed in all aspects of the country’s development, including education. It is unfortunate, however, that the attention towards gender issues in early childhood education and care (ECEC) settings is often overlooked. ECEC is often perceived as an innocent space that does not perpetuate traditional gender ideologies. Previous research, however, has indicated that ECEC is one of the most gendered spaces.

This presentation will discuss two gender issues in ECEC. The first one is related to the extent to which the teaching in ECEC is gendered, and the second one is the so-called ‘feminization of ECEC’ that justifies teachers’ low wages. This presentation calls for rethinking of ECEC as a place where possibilities to disrupt gender inequalities can occur. Hence, the presentation sees ECEC as a strategic place to achieve gender equalities in society.

This seminar will be recorded and will be available to the public through ANU Indonesia Project Channel.

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