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Latest items for ASR-PRACTICE-1

March 15, 2024, 2:30 p.m.
Countries: Gabon
Variables: ASR-PRACTICE-1

"[I]nformation about opportunities is disseminated to encourage students, including girls, to choose non-traditional fields of education and careers" (14).
Jan. 16, 2024, 6:33 p.m.
Countries: Botswana
Variables: ASR-PRACTICE-1

"Fewer females continue to enrol in science and technology fields than males" (7). "The Botswana MDG Report of 2010 indicates that the number of females entering tertiary education is higher [than men's] (52% — University of Botswana, 68% —Teacher Training Colleges and 58% — Colleges of Education). However, in science and technology fields Botswana continues to register lower female enrolment rates (38% — Vocational Training Centres, 28% — Botswana College of Agriculture)” (17). "The 2011 Population and Housing Census reflect that 16% of men and 12% of women had Vocational and Technical education" (29).
Jan. 4, 2024, 10:41 a.m.
Countries: Singapore
Variables: ASR-PRACTICE-1

"The Education and Career Guidance (ECG) curriculum, as part of the CCE in schools, encourages students to explore a variety of education and career pathways… B]oth boys and girls have equal access to Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) subjects... the Applied Learning Programme in STEM aims to help primary and secondary school students develop an interest in STEM and acquire dispositions and skills that allow them to apply STEM knowledge in addressing real-world problems" (23). "25.5 per cent of the NRF Fellowship recipients from 2013–2018 were female" (25).
Nov. 22, 2023, 5:13 p.m.
Countries: Indonesia
Variables: ASR-PRACTICE-1

"Regardless of whether girls choose to participate in extracurricular scouting activities, they are required to wear the uniform and, accordingly, jilbabs" (6).
Nov. 6, 2023, 11:49 p.m.
Countries: China
Variables: ASR-PRACTICE-1

"The country has also implemented student financial aid policies, including tuition waivers and national student grants for secondary vocational education, and scholarships, student grants and student loans for higher vocational education, targeted especially at poverty-stricken regions and populations. Various reward and financial aid policies have effectively prevented girls from dropping out upon completion of junior high school and ensured that women can participate equally in and complete vocational education" (19). "A total of 200,000 “women’s schools” have been set up, providing training to 200 million women on new agricultural techniques and crop varieties" (27).
Nov. 6, 2023, 11:39 p.m.
Countries: China
Variables: ASR-PRACTICE-1

"A total of 200,000 ‘women’s schools’ have been set up, providing training to 200 million women on new agricultural techniques and crop varieties. In 2017, the Women’s Federation system organized more than 16,000 training sessions on new-type professional women farmers and trained nearly 1.5 million women employed in various types of agricultural production and operation" (27).
Nov. 6, 2023, 11:33 p.m.
Countries: China
Variables: ASR-PRACTICE-1

"Across the country, 39.92 per cent of the participants of government-subsidized vocational training were women. A growing number of women have received vocational skills training. Between 2011 and 2015, more than 3 million urban women benefited from various vocational and re-employment technical training sessions… As of April 2018, participating universities and colleges in China had held 405 workshops and training sessions with 18,000 attendances” (20).
Nov. 3, 2023, 11:41 a.m.
Countries: South Korea
Variables: ASR-PRACTICE-1

“Park talks of her despair that she would be the only woman in meetings, and that when she spoke, nobody would respond. 'They just ignored me, and I ended up shouting into a void,' she says. 'When I wanted to discuss the economy or the environment, they would say: 'You just focus on what you know - women's issues and sex-crimes'. I realised I was a puppet in this position, being used to gather women's votes’” (para 13). Discouragement of being vocal about certain topics may occur within women's education, not just leadership positions (ET - CODER COMMENT).
Nov. 1, 2023, 6:30 p.m.
Countries: China
Variables: ASR-PRACTICE-1

"In 2016, more than 5,000 centres of practical entrepreneurship activities for female college students and more than 2,100 makerspaces, incubators and maker service platforms for women were established across China, providing guidance for millions of women in starting their own e-commerce businesses" (20).
Oct. 4, 2023, 6:58 a.m.
Countries: Angola
Variables: ASR-PRACTICE-1

"The underrepresentation of girls and women in traditionally male-dominated areas of education, including technical and vocational education [indicates that women are not encouraged to study in non-traditional fields of study]" (11).
Sept. 25, 2023, 8:02 a.m.
Countries: Guyana
Variables: ASR-PRACTICE-1

"There were no government restrictions [against females] on academic freedom or cultural events" (5).
Sept. 22, 2023, 8:51 a.m.
Countries: Angola
Variables: AFE-PRACTICE-2, ASR-PRACTICE-1

"There were no government restrictions on academic freedom or cultural events" (10).
Aug. 24, 2023, 1:08 a.m.
Countries: Cape Verde
Variables: ASR-PRACTICE-1

"[G]irls [continue to be underrepresented] in traditionally male-dominated fields of study, in particular in higher education, in which study choices remain stereotyped" (8). "[There are no] financial incentives and scholarships, to promote enrolment among women and girls in the fields of science, technology, engineering and mathematics [to] address stereotypes and structural barriers that may deter girls and young women from enrolling in traditionally male-dominated fields of study" (9).
Aug. 15, 2023, 5:22 p.m.
Countries: Bahamas
Variables: AFE-PRACTICE-2, ASR-PRACTICE-1

"There were no government restrictions on academic freedom or cultural events" (7).
Aug. 8, 2023, 8:30 p.m.
Countries: Bulgaria
Variables: ASR-PRACTICE-1

"Despite the adoption of the science and education for smart growth programme for the period 2014–2020, women and girls te[n]d to be concentrated in traditionally female-dominated fields of study and are underrepresented in science, technology, engineering and mathematics, which reduces their employment prospects… [T]he educational and vocational choices of boys and girls [needs to be diversified]and participation of girls in apprenticeships, crafts, science and technology [needs to increase]" (9). "[W]omen and girls [are not encouraged] to select non-traditional career paths" (10).
Aug. 8, 2023, 12:20 p.m.
Countries: Senegal
Variables: ASR-PRACTICE-1

"The following steps have been taken under the support programme for female education and women’s empowerment for inclusive local development phase (PAEF-Plus), which complements the Framework and is carried out in 149 schools, including 27 high and middle schools:...Organization of female leadership camps for women teachers with additional training in communication, education and the law, information and communications technology in education, and other areas; Support for the organization of the 'Miss Mathematics' and 'Miss Science' competitions...Organization of science summer camps to promote the access of girls to science education..."(7-8).
July 25, 2023, 10:44 a.m.
Countries: Cambodia
Variables: ASR-PRACTICE-1

"[There is] inadequate gender sensitivity in technical education, vocational training and life skills programmes, which reinforces discriminatory gender stereotypes and leads to the underrepresentation of girls and women in non-traditional fields of study and career paths, such as science, technology, engineering and mathematics… [The state does not p]romote and encourage girls and women to enrol in non-traditional fields of study, such as science, technology, engineering and mathematics, including through orientation programmes and career counselling in secondary and higher education" (11).
July 21, 2023, 11:58 a.m.
Countries: Azerbaijan
Variables: ASR-PRACTICE-1

"The Government has, accordingly, undertaken concrete measures to fight widely circulated stereotypes and encourage young girls and women to study and acquire professional skills in non-traditional fields, and it opens up possibilities for them to get employed in developing areas of the economy. The meetings between women that gained successes in business and scientific areas, including also female MPs and young girls studying at secondary, vocational, professional and higher educational institutions and those employed ones, impact on the leadership skills of young persons and the formation of their career plans. The equal enrolment criteria are defined for women and men in vocational education without any discrimination in profession selection. Starting...more
July 14, 2023, 4:22 p.m.
Countries: Azerbaijan
Variables: ASR-PRACTICE-1

"[O]ver 500 women were trained in financial literacy, IT skills, increasing professional qualifications, drafting CVs etc. Only in the south of Azerbaijan, more than 800 schoolgirls were involved in training courses" (36).
July 10, 2023, 9:26 p.m.
Countries: Maldives
Variables: ASR-PRACTICE-1

"Yet women and girls continue to be streamed into traditional areas of study, such as Education and Health. Women constitute 55.6% of the Civil Service (2016), although figures are not available as to what percentage of these women are in management positions. Women’s strong showing in the public sector perpetuates the belief, particularly in the remote islands, that there is no gender-based discrimination, despite the fact that women are seldom decision-makers within the fields that they dominate, with only 29% of all doctors being women, as compared to 90% of all nurses. 67% of all teachers are women, but only 12% of all police." (21-22)(NF - CODER COMMENT - The...more
March 31, 2023, 2:31 p.m.
Countries: Egypt
Variables: ASR-PRACTICE-1

"[Women are not ensured to] have equal access to technical and vocational education and training, including in non-traditional fields" (10).
March 18, 2023, 10:20 p.m.
Countries: Ethiopia
Variables: ASR-PRACTICE-1

"[T]here is a practice of reserving enrolment places to encourage female students enter the fields of science and technology" (8). "Looking at Technical Vocational Education Training (TVET) enrolment over the last five years (2010/11–2014/15), female enrolment with 52.3 per cent in 2014/15 is higher than males. However, in the fields of science, mechanical and technological female enrolment is lower than male. The reasons attributed to this include, stereotypes on division of vocations. To address the challenge, the Ministry of Education provides counselling services to women in order to encourage them to enrol in male dominated fields of training" (14).
March 11, 2023, 8:15 a.m.
Countries: Ethiopia
Variables: ASR-PRACTICE-1

"Universities are implementing programs to help female students that have not been able to academically progress. Some government universities have remedial programs that consist of short-term skill trainings in different areas like Information Technology (IT), surveying, hotel management, hairdressing and secretary in TVET Colleges. This intervention helps female students to start their own business or get employment. During the remedial program, female students are provided with dormitory and cafeteria service at the University" (15).
March 8, 2023, 1:43 p.m.
Countries: Montenegro
Variables: ASR-PRACTICE-1

"There are significantly more female students in the fields of pedagogy, health, humanities, and arts. Women traditionally enrol significantly less in faculties of natural sciences and technology. This situation contributes to the already existing segregation of occupations and the strengthening of prejudices about 'female' and 'male' occupations. This is supported by the fact that all the students enrolled in the Study Program for Preschool Education (part of the Faculty of Philosophy in Nikšić) in the academic year 2019/20 were women" (18).
Feb. 24, 2023, 12:54 p.m.
Countries: Nepal
Variables: ASR-PRACTICE-1

"The MoE has initiated Enhanced Vocational Education and Training (EVENT) Project in 2011 with the aim to provide technical and vocational education and training to around 75,000 Nepali youth including at least 30 percent from women. It has encouraged participation of women to non-traditional trade and has planned to produce 5,000 trained women. The EVENT project has already trained 21,1 59 youths with 30 percent women trainees." (14). "A system for allocating sufficient resources and monitoring the implementation of educational reform initiatives has been ensured for assuring quality of education that has significant impact on female education in Nepal. Gender-sensitive monitoring has been applied for examining gender equality in education"...more
Feb. 22, 2023, 10:59 a.m.
Countries: Bulgaria
Variables: ASR-PRACTICE-1, ASR-LAW-1, ASR-DATA-1

"(Testimony of Female Business Owner) “Right now 20% of the students in our IT career training programs at Telerik Academy are women – twice as many compared to the Academy’s earlier years. I don’t think there are challenges for women who work in IT. The challenge is to attract women to the sector, which I think should start very early on”, Mechkova explains. There are, however, some positive indications in this direction as well – Telerik Academy School offers classes to children. According to her, girls now make up to 30% of the young students, in some classes even 40% – a tendency that will positively impact the sector in...more
Feb. 18, 2023, 9:51 a.m.
Countries: Japan
Variables: ASR-PRACTICE-1

"A Japanese court on Thursday ordered a Tokyo medical school to pay around 8.05 million yen ($63,000) in damages to 13 women for rigging its entrance exams in favor of male candidates, in what is believed to be the first ruling of its kind following a series of manipulations of exam results found in Japan" (Para.1) "The Tokyo District Court ruled that the women had suffered emotional distress as a result of Juntendo University's gender-based discrimination, awarding each between 300,000 yen and 900,000 yen in compensation. The plaintiffs had sought a combined 54 million yen" (Para.2). "Presiding Judge Makiko Kamoto criticized the university's unfair treatment as "irrational and discriminatory," saying...more
Feb. 6, 2023, 12:07 p.m.
Countries: Kyrgyzstan
Variables: ASR-PRACTICE-1

"The Committee [on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women]…notes with concern…[t]he low enrolment rates of girls and women in non-traditional fields of education, such as science, technology, engineering and mathematics and information and commuications technology" (9-10).
Feb. 4, 2023, 6:14 p.m.
Countries: Namibia
Variables: ASR-PRACTICE-1

"Harambee Prosperity Plan is a targeted Action Plan to accelerate development in clearly defined priority areas, which lay the basis for attaining prosperity in Namibia. The Plan does not replace, but complements the long term goal of the National Development Plans [NDPs] and Vision 2030. HPP introduces an element of flexibility in the Namibian planning system by fast tracking development in areas where progress is insufficient. It also incorporates new development opportunities and aims to address challenges that have emerged after the formulation of NDPs. The plan aims to achieve the following key outcomes: A more transparent Namibia, [a] culture of high performance and citizen-centred service delivery, [a] significant reduction...more
Feb. 2, 2023, 1:11 p.m.
Countries: Austria
Variables: ASR-PRACTICE-1

"The Committee welcomes the State party’s efforts to improve its institutional and policy framework aimed at accelerating the elimination of discrimination against women and promoting gender equality, such as the adoption of the following:...Austrian university development plan for the period 2016–2021, which includes measures to increase the representation of women in all areas, including in research, teaching and academic administration, and at all levels of the hierarchy" (2)."The Committee welcomes the State party’s continuous efforts to eliminate discrimination against women in the education sector and the progress achieved to date, including through the implementation of multiple initiatives, such as the FEMtech project, which is aimed at supporting women in industrial...more