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Definition of Education

2Research TeamMembers
 Re-defining concept of education

Ninik Sri Rahayu, Indonesia

 Goes beyond the three basic R’s: reading, writing,

Jooyoung Lee, Korea

arithmetic Encompasses developing life skills such as, self-esteem,

Chunyu Ma, China

confidence, analytical skills for informed decisionmaking

Odine Maria Manapat de Guzman,
The Philippines Understands education to be continuing and looks

beyond learning competencies learned in the classroom Encompasses learning and developing skills that allowＷｏｍｅｎ‘ｓ Ｅｍｐｏｗｅｒｍｅｎｔ
ｔｈｒｏｕｇｈ Ｅｄｕｃａｔｉｏｎlearners to be able to be economically and culturally
productive to improve their life course Education need not stop after 14 or 18 years of formal

schoolwork

Research Proposal+

Significance of Education3

 Education in today’s technological world is a key to+

Research Question4

 What can research institutes do to promote

improving lives

gender equality and women’s leadership Education is necessary for social change

through education?

 Education is key to making societies more gender-fair,gender-equal Education and gender-equality provides opportunities formore women to take on leadership positions andresponsibilities Education is a basic human right+Our Working Context
 Current situation of education: selected issues
 Educational systems and competencies across theworld are not equal

5+ Our Working Context

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 Quick Overview of Situation of Girls and Women’s

Education (Source: Global Gender Gap 2009):
China

 Educational systems can perpetuate “traditional”

gender roles
 Some educational systems do not provide quality

education
 Research centers are expected to do research, training

Koreaand seminars
 Reliable research results are useful for policy advocacy1+7+Indonesia

Research Parameters8 Indonesia
Yanbian, ChinaKIGEPE, Korea

 Jogjakarta, Indonesia
Philippines+Going About It: Current
Research Plans

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 Korea

Quezon City, Philippines

Going About It: Current
Research Plans

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 China KIGEPE ( Korean Institute for Gender Equality

 Women Research Center of Yanbian University provides

Promotion & Education) conducts leadershipselective courses on gender equality

training programs for public officers: focus on Suggestion: Developing gender-fair curriculum ingender based on communication

Universities; offering more courses on women andSuggestion: Providing more training programs togenderdevelop self-esteem and gender sensitivity among
policy-makers+

Going About It: Current
Research Plans
 Indonesia

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Going About It: Current
Research Plans

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 The Philippines
 Basic education needs to be upgraded Research center conducts community service:empowerment women through microfinance Suggestions for further service-oriented research: Organizing and developing financial plans for

microfinance activities

 Better incorporation of life skills curriculum needs to beprovided in the high schools
 Universities need to have better gender-sensitive programs Suggestions: Assessment of textbooks for sexist ideas and examples
 Doing researches on life skills curriculum for highschools
 Providing follow-up training programs; also

monitoring microfinance activities for sustainability

 Assessment of existing gender-sensitive curricular

programs

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13+Going About It: Methodology

14 Cross-cutting / Cross-national Research Training programs, seminars, gender-sensitivity

 International research program on young women’s self-Identity
 Assessment of curriculum, teaching practice, and schooladministration for gender-sensitivity

training
 Action research, surveys, Focus group discussions, Continuing gender-sensitivity training

library research to document

 Gender wage gap

 Assessment existing curriculum programs

 Cultural and religious beliefs and practices that impede

promotion of gender equality and women’sempowerment/leadership, for example in Indonesia, it’s
still believed that women cannot be leaders Awareness-raising seminars, teach-ins, may encompass
emotional and psychological building-up/development+

Expected Outcomes

15+16 More holistic conception of education
 Improved learning tools Improved educational policies, curriculum, practiceＴｈａｎｋ Ｙｏｕ！

 More trained and empowered, confident girls andwomen More gender-sensitive populace

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 Research that may be used for policy formulation3