Gender mainstreaming in education
Subtitle: Recommendation CM/Rec(2007)13 adopted by the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe on 10 October 2007 and explanatory memorandum
Series: Legal instruments
Publisher: Council of Europe Publishing; Manhattan Pub. Co., U.S. sales agent]
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Strasbourg; [Croton-on-Hudson
Language: eng
Number of pages: 37
ISBN-13: 9789287166104
Subjects: Sex discrimination in education; Law and legislation; Gender mainstreaming; Government policy; Educational equalization
Other titles: Recommendation CM/Rec(2007)13 and explanatory memorandum
Description: Over the last century, significant progress has been made in terms of gender equality in Europe. Great disparities persist in our societies, however, between girls and boys, women and men, preventing the full enjoyment of the fundamental human right for all to participate fully, as equal partners, in all aspects of life. The Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe is convinced that the most effective way to promote gender equality is through education. This is why it adopted Recommendation CM/Rec(2007)13 on gender mainstreaming in education, in 2007. This recommendation encourages the governments of member states to incorporate the gender perspective at all levels of the educational system - through legislation and in practice - so as to promote among young people the values of justice and participation necessary for the building of a society which guarantees true gender equality, both in the private and the public spheres.--Publisher's description.
Notes: "Recommendation CM/REC(2007)13 ... as proposed by the Steering Committee for Education (CDED) and supported by the Steering Committee for Equality between Women and Men (CDEG)--P. [3].

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