Issue Paper on Gender Equality in and through Education. Working Group on Equality and Values in Education and Training. European Education Area Strategic Framework

Overview & Synopsis

"The Issue Paper on Gender Equality in and through Education" has been produced within the framework of the European Commission's Working Group on Equality and Values in Education and Training (2021-2015). The Working Group (WG) operates within the context of the Commission's Communication of 30 September 2020 on Achieving the European Education Area by 2025 and the Council Resolution of 26 February 2021 on a strategic framework for European cooperation in education and training towards the European Education Area and beyond (2021-2030). Participants of the WG comprise representatives from Member States and candidate countries, as well as from relevant European agencies, stakeholder associations, social partners and international organisations. This Issue Paper summarises the various presentations and discussions that took place during two online WG meetings held on 20 January and 10 February 2022 and in the Peer Learning Activity (PLA) held online on 21 April 2022. In line with the WG mandate, it looks at various aspects of gender equality in and through education, with a special focus on gender gaps in education, gender segregation and non-traditional education and career pathways, confronting biases in textbooks and learning materials and gender-based violence. [Title on report cover differs: "Issue Paper: Gender Equality in and through Education."]