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Woman-Centered Pedagogies and Their Role in Attaining Gender Equality

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Gender Equality

Part of the book series: Encyclopedia of the UN Sustainable Development Goals ((ENUNSDG))

Synonyms

Matricentric, Woman-centered; Mother, Birth parent

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Woman-centered pedagogies address the interrelationship between gender equality, intersectionality, and access to and attainment through education.

Introduction

According to bell hooks (1994, p. 13), “the classroom remains the most radical space of possibility in the academy.” With the rise of education theory and praxis as a legitimate area of analysis within feminist studies, there also emerges the challenge of addressing pedagogical approaches which are more egalitarian and inclusive of all. The United Nations Sustainable Development Goal 5 (UNSDG5) focuses not only on targeting all forms of discrimination against women and girls, but also on the factors which prevent full engagement in public life and the enjoyment of health and liberty (United Nations [UN] 2015). For too long, the structures of education have been derived from patriarchal constructs which engender hierarchies of knowing and hierarchies of...

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    Alys Einion-Waller

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  1. European School of Sustainability, Hamburg University of Applied Sciences, Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany

    Walter Leal Filho

  2. Center for Neuroscience & Cell Biology, University of Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal

    Anabela Marisa Azul

  3. Faculty of Engineering and Architecture, Passo Fundo University Faculty of Engineering and Architecture, Passo Fundo, Brazil

    Luciana Brandli

  4. HAW Hamburg, Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany

    Amanda Lange Salvia

  5. International Centre for Thriving, University of Chester, Chester, UK

    Tony Wall

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Einion-Waller, A. (2020). Woman-Centered Pedagogies and Their Role in Attaining Gender Equality. In: Leal Filho, W., Azul, A.M., Brandli, L., Lange Salvia, A., Wall, T. (eds) Gender Equality. Encyclopedia of the UN Sustainable Development Goals. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-70060-1_81-1

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