Gender Equity Requires Higher Education Equity: A Discussion with African Women about the Barriers They Face to Participation as Students, Faculty, and in Academic Leadership Roles

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Foreign Countries; Higher Education; Equal Education; Gender Differences; Sex Fairness; Affirmative Action; Conferences (Gatherings); Educational Improvement; Educational Research; Advocacy; Educational Environment; Leadership; Role Perception; Disproportionate Representation; Women Administrators; Women Faculty

Africa; Ghana

0032-0684

Although women outnumber men in higher education participation in many regions, there is still a gender gap in Sub-Saharan Africa, with far fewer females enrolling than males. This is true even with affirmative action policies in place in many university settings. Not surprisingly, there is a corresponding dearth of female leadership in African universities, as faculty and at all levels of administration. This study used a constructivist design to glean insights from six female attendees at the 2014 Women Leading Education conference in Accra, Ghana, both about their perceived impact at their respective institutions and their perspective on how to improve the higher education landscape for women in Sub-Saharan Africa.

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2017

EJ1145789