Gender Mainstreaming

Abstract

Gender mainstreaming is a strategy for achieving the equality of women and men and stands for a policy of equality as an element of all fields of human life. The concept of "equal opportunities" is to be included as the universal guiding principle in all political decisions, measures and activities that touch on education. For example, women and men must be afforded equal treatment in the development of programmes and measures, in the allocation of funding, and in the implementation and evaluation of measures taken.Gender mainstreaming is based on the recognition that there is no such a thing as a gender-neutral policy. In other words, politics and government always have specific effects on women and men.

This paper examines the concept of gender mainstreaming as an innovative intervention in educational management. It does this by establishing why gender mainstreaming is an innovative strategy. Looked into also are the areas that need innovations in the provision of female education. Finally, the paper provides some possible recommendations that can be adopted to mainstream gender issues in educational management.