in:
Women's studies international forum
2006
,
Heft:
6
,
552 - 561 S.
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| Einrichtung: | Frauensolidarität | Wien |
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| Verfasst von: | Odejide, Abiola |
| In: | Women's studies international forum |
| Jahr: | 2006 |
| Heft: | 6 |
| Sprache: | Englisch |
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| The expansion of higher education in Nigeria has been astronomical since 1948 when the first university, University of Ibadan (UI), was established. This article explores gender equity issues relating to access, curriculum transformation and staff development within the faculties of technology and agriculture at the University of Ibadan. It concludes that while gender is not explicitly on the university's agenda, university life is a highly gendered experience. Women's access to the Faculty of Technology is hampered by poor preparation at lower levels of education, male dominance of time and space and societal expectations of appropriate work for women. Affirmative action is perceived as discriminatory and counterproductive. The Agriculture curriculum is not gender mainstreamed because of limited knowledge and expertise, bureaucracy in curriculum change, poor pedagogy and prevalent negative attitude to gender. For female staff, power relations symbolically construct and regulate their experiences of work. Exclusions, while covert, are attenuated by women's exposure to local and international networks and mentoring. There is a need to formulate, implement and evaluate gender equity policies to address gendered experiences of female staff at the university. | |
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