Panel 4. The global history of women’s access to education #Ed4WomensLib
Access to education has historically gone hand in hand with increased political empowerment for women. This panel will address how this struggle has played out and continues to affect women around the globe.
This panel was chaired by Miriam David Professor Emerita, Sociology of Education, UCL Institute of Education
Speakers included Zuhra Bahman Afghan feminist, Maryam Namazie Iranian born women's rights campaigner, writer & spokesperson of One Law for All, and Council of Ex-Muslims of Britain and Amy North Associate Professor, Centre for Education and International Development (CEID), UCL Institute of Education
This panel was part of Education for Women's Liberation, a day of feminist thought and women’s activism, organised by UCL Women’s Liberation SIG and WPUK. Building on the highly successful Women’s Liberation 2020 conference, the conference brought together feminist activists, students, academics, writers, politicians and women’s organisations.
Focusing on education in feminism and women’s lives, the conference addressed interconnected themes including: women’s voices in education; sexual harassment in schools and universities; the history of women’s access to education in local and global contexts; the ways in which women’s entrance into education and research has changed workplaces and academic disciplines; the impact of gendered stereotypes in educational spaces, and sex and relationship education in schools.