The pursuit of gender equality is central to sustainable
development where each member of society respects others and plays
a role in which they can fulfil their potential. The broader goal
of gender equality is a societal goal to which education, along
with all other social institutions must contribute.
Discrimination based on sex is often structurally embedded. In
many societies women bear the major burden of responsibility for
food production and child-rearing, they are excluded from family
and community decisions affecting them and they have little or no
access to the means of income generation.
Gender issues must therefore be mainstreamed throughout
educational planning from infrastructure planning to material
development to pedagogical processes. The full and equal engagement
of women is crucial to ensuring a sustainable future.
Your points are valid, and well balanced. I must say, that based
on requirements for self sustenance and social mobility, education
for all is indeed necessary.
However, do note that some of us are arguing from an alternate
paradigm, that is, the role of education within a biological,
evolutionary framework, where social mobility seems to upset
natural process.
