Monday, 23 January 2017

Women's higher education

Women's higher education


The Higher Education system in India has,over the years,witnessed the influx of women as students and teachers for a number of reasons.The traditional power structures of the system have operated in ways that have not only replicated the patriarchal social structures of oppression and thus perpetuated the gender bias and inequity in the system but have also consolidated gender unfriendly institutional practices in the guise of institutional traditions and norms.Women in the system therefore have had to struggle for an egalitarian system,which would recognize their worth and allow for positive change.The need for a women‟s collective in terms of networking, connecting and bonding in order to pool intellectual resources and create a power base has long been felt by women employees in higher education. 

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