CaucAsia Magazine September 2006 - Gender & Education

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GENDER & EDUCATION

TAJIKISTAN

>From the WUNRN-MODAR Gender Inequality in Education International Conference
in Tajikistan: UNICEF Qualitative Survey on Issues in Girls’ Education in
Tajikistan – An In-Depth Analysis of the Reasons Girls Drop Out of School in
Tajikistan.

Among the Survey results were:

*40% of girls do not believe that education would impact the quality of
their lives.

*57% of parents think that it is more important to educate boys than girls.

*The number of girls dropping out of school increases correspondingly with
grade levels.

The most recent Government of Tajikistan Report to the United Nations CEDAW
Committee – on implementation of the UN Convention on the Elimination of All
Forms of Discrimination Against Women – stated:

“The main reasons for the decline in educational achievements for girls (in
Tajikistan) are as follows: poverty, increased education costs, shortage of
teachers, and a stereotypical gender perception of the value and role of
women and men, which, for girls, results in a lower probability of finding a
job”

KYRGYZSTAN

"The last university years unveils the tendence of an unequal approach to
post-graduate studies in Kyrgyzstan. Girls often drop studying because of
family reasons. Here, only women are in charge of the parental role, and
therefore childbirth often stops women's further education and career.

In the Kyrgzstan society, traditions of education are still alive and
distinguish quite specific female jobs,

It is easy to notice that the education system promotes preservation of
gender stereotypes. These are passed from generation to generation.
Education could break off this cycle to generate new gender attitudes.

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