1. Challenges to Women's Education and Ways Forward: A Gender and Equity Perspective
Ranjani K Murthy
International Conference on Gender Dynamics: Evolving Synergies, 2016
Women’s Christian College, Chennai, India 

2. Why Women’s Education? Welfare Poverty reduction
Equity and empowerment
Human rights

3. SDG 4: Ensure inclusive and quality education for all and promote lifelong learning
Eliminate disparities +
Affordability
Early learning
Primary and secondary outcomes
Vocational
Tertiary
Skills for employ-
ment
Literacy and numeracy
Inclusive
Safe
Gender and rights sensitive
Scholarships for higher educn.
Teacher supply and capacity
10 targets. Vocational certificate. Technical degree.

4. Challenges to women’s education
Rights to education
Rights within education
Rights through education
(Orestis, n,d.)

5. Interlocking identities
Gender
Race
Caste. ethnicity
Religion
Abilities
Orientation etc

6. General and gender specific challenges: rights to education

7. Challenges: Rights of girls and women in education
Hegemonic reproduction
Education institutions
Students themselves

8. Lithuania
Access

9. According to one survey 23% drop out due to absence of toilets in India

10. Colombia- do not disclose sexual harassment

11. Gender-balance or women only teachers?
South Africa

12. Stereotyping?

13. Gendered choices

14. Bullying by seniors

15. Gendered performance: Tests vs assignments

16. Barriers to women studying

17. Beyond binaries

18. Challenges: rights through education
Supplementary income
care
Unpaid
Men as norm in work space
Night shift
Unsafe transport
Harassment at work space
Mascul-inities
Marriage as given

19. Equality vs equity

20. Towards gender and social equity: Rights to education
Law
Incentives
Scholarship
Bank loans
Child care
monitoring
Community
Child marriage watch
High school+5
Vocational skills

21. Towards gender and social equity: rights in education
Banning terms such as girls and boys
Engendering curriculum
Segregated functional toilets in school- inclusive toilets
Recruitment of women teachers –non stereotypical
Assessments through tests and assignments
After school care/affordable child care
Non traditional sports.
Gender sensitive education counseling
Safe city campaign
Transgender education access and scholarships
Legislation related to discrimination/sexual harassment

22. Rights through education
Negotiating work before marriage
Affordable child care
Awareness of labour laws
Non traditional work
Valuation of women’s work
Placement services for women
Financial services for women
Promotions-Family counselling
Own bank account and control
Get back to work campaign

23. Not a conclusion
Let us break barriers to education, in education and through education and emerge victorious. Let us help those who are marginalized to do so as well!
Let us act in synergy for ourselves and others