Beyond Access: Transforming Policy and Practice for Gender Equality in Education

This volume combines policy analysis and empirically based studies on gender, education, and development. It considers the significance of gender equality in education, and the ways in which gender inequality relates to other sources of division and conflict in society. The resource is divided into three parts: part one explores the challenges for gender equality in education, part two looks at how policy can be changed, and part three examines the challenges which arise through local practices which relate to education. The conclusion highlights some of the connections and disconnections of policy and practice. It assesses the nature of change that has been achieved, and considers some of the key challenges which must be addressed if Millennium Development Goal (MDG) 2 on universal primary education and MDG 3 on gender equality are to be achieved. Recommendations include the need to go beyond projects that focus on the minimum achievement of girls' access to school, and to focus on the goals of gender equity and education of quality.