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‘Mom is cooking, what is Daddy doing?’
Gender in Hungarian Education
Kereszty, Orsolya and Rédai, Dorottya
Introduction
Gender in Educational and Political Discourse
Hungarian academia NGO educational programs
Introduction
No gender-sensitive research in education
No available data No gender awareness
Gender in Educational and Political Discourse Education is highly politicised No long-term programs Low gender-awareness of decision-
makers
Gender Issues in the Curriculum Curriculum reform continued since
mid-1980s National Core Curriculum (NCC) –
political battlefield NCC – less and less gender in the
revised versions NCC 2003 – gender equality listed
among basic guiding principles – NGO expert pressure
Textbooks
Power → Legitimate knowledge Gender socialization Knowledge and skills Mediate
Gender in Textbooks
The norm: boys’ experiences The different/‘others’: girls’
experiences Invisibility Stereotypical and strict activities
and spaces The ‘family’ as evident ‘Alternative examples’
Alternatives? I.
Alternatives? II.
Alternatives? III.
Textbook accreditation
Not mandatory but necessary for ministerial recommendation of the textbook
Gender equality among general criteria No expert appointed to examine
general criteria No impact of expert negotiations
Hungarian Academia
The gender perspective The integration of
Women’s/Gender Studies Hostile and rejective environment Individual initiatives Teacher training
Teacher Training
Teaching: "feminized" profession ↔ no women’s perspectives
Gender courses by individual professors
School hierarchies → structural changes cannot be done by individual teachers
Case study: ‘The separate discussion of Gender History is completely useless’ ‘Structures and Standards of Initial
Training for History Tecahers in Europe’
Not part of initial training Some gender-sensitive materials Individual contributions Informal and formal networks
Case study: Equal Opportunities at Miskolc University Vertical segregation Horizontal segregation Glass ceiling Pyramidal hierarchy No women in top decision-making
Case study: Equal Opportunities at Miskolc UniversityTransformative model of gender equity Access Inclusion Climate Promotion Empowerment
Case study: Equal Opportunities at Miskolc University Indirect gender discrimination Horizontal and vertical segregation Glass ceiling Sexual harassment Low level of gender awareness lack of institutional commitment to
equal opportunities and equity
NGOs
IGEN - Feminist Open University IGEN - ‘Developing complex skills with
the help of understanding and applying the concepts of gender equality, plurality of values, and tolerance’
IGEN - Who makes the news? Labrisz Lesbian Association FIONA - Foundation for Young Women NANE - Women Together Against
Violence