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David Eldridge; Lucy Fielding; Sarah Jane Dickenson – Support for Learning, 2025
In a context where more than 40% of LGBTQIA+ individuals in the UK are estimated to avoid sports due to experiences of discrimination, with disengagement closely linked to negative experiences during physical education at school, the ability of specifically LGBTQIA+-oriented sports clubs to buck this trend and create vibrant inclusive sporting…
Descriptors: LGBTQ People, Foreign Countries, Barriers, Inclusion
Mengyao Zhao – European Journal of Education, 2025
This study examines three waves of data from a nationally representative survey, the China College Student Survey (2010, 2013 and 2015), to determine whether highly educated female graduates who choose to move outside their "hukou"-registered cities experience a double-negative effect in terms of initial earnings attainment and work…
Descriptors: Migration, Gender Differences, Labor Market, College Graduates
Robert Kim – Phi Delta Kappan, 2024
New Title IX regulations issued by the Department of Education expand the types of sexual harassment schools must address and give schools greater flexibility in how they handle hearings. But the Supreme Court's recent ruling in "Loper Bright Enterprises v. Raimondo" expands courts' roles in how federal agencies interpret and enforce…
Descriptors: Gender Discrimination, Federal Legislation, Educational Legislation, Sex Fairness
Lauren Mims; Marketa Burnett; Raquel Martin; Seanna Leath; Brooke Harris-Thomas – Theory Into Practice, 2024
The concept of #BlackGirlMagic has resonated with Black women and Black girls across the world. Black Girl Magic is as unique as a fingerprint and serves as an invitation for Black girls to be present as their true, most powerful selves. In reflecting on the power of Black Girl Magic for Black girls as 5 Black women in psychological science and…
Descriptors: African Americans, Females, Gender Discrimination, Age Discrimination
Jubas, Kaela – Adult Education Quarterly: A Journal of Research and Theory, 2023
In this article, I explore the pedagogical function of #MeToo, highlighting what it might teach about gender-based mistreatment and mainstreamed feminism. I begin by reviewing linkages between adult education and social movements, then trace the development of #MeToo, drawing on both media and scholarly texts. Next, I apply the concepts of…
Descriptors: Feminism, Gender Discrimination, Instruction, Activism
Abdul Qahar Sarwari; Hamedi Mohd Adnan – Issues in Educational Research, 2023
The women's education ban in Afghanistan is a vital issue for people in the country and also a challenging issue for the Islamic world. The researcher used critical discourse analysis to analyse the mediated discourses in the Islamic world regarding the women's education ban in Afghanistan. An online search was applied by using key terms and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Womens Education, Gender Issues, Power Structure
Steele, Daiquiri J. – Social Education, 2022
This year marks the fiftieth anniversary of Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972, a gender-neutral statute that prohibits discrimination on the basis of sex in programs that receive federal financial assistance. This legislation has been nothing short of revolutionary, paving the way for equal opportunity for millions of women and men.…
Descriptors: Gender Discrimination, Federal Legislation, Educational Legislation, Sex Fairness
Raygan Pierce Chain; Michael Conklin – Journal of Legal Studies Education, 2024
This article provides instructions for an engaging classroom activity when discussing the Equal Pay Act of 1963. Students are asked to consider how to approach pay decisions when hiring a new employee for their business. Issues arise when the new hire asks for a higher wage than a current employee of a different sex. Legal Environment of…
Descriptors: Salary Wage Differentials, Gender Discrimination, Federal Legislation, Class Activities
Mayo, Daniel; Le, Benjamin – Journal of American College Health, 2023
Objective: Examine the direct and indirect effects of perceived discrimination, mentoring support, and academic self-concept on college student mental health. Participants: Three hundred fifteen undergraduates of minorized gender (72%), ethnic (57%), and sexual (37%) identities. Methods: An online survey assessed perceived discrimination,…
Descriptors: Social Discrimination, Mental Health, Mentors, Self Concept
Badegül Eren-Aydinlik – Paedagogica Historica: International Journal of the History of Education, 2025
This paper explores how female subjectivities were constructed in the educational discourse in women's magazines published in the Ottoman language from the first magazine that was published in 1869 until the promulgation of the Second Constitution Period in 1908 in the Ottoman Empire. The study draws on the concept of Occidentalism defined by…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Females, Periodicals, Printed Materials
Diana Roxana Galos; Susanne Strauss; Thomas Hinz – Research in Higher Education, 2024
While girls have better grades than boys in high school, this does not translate into better performance of young women, as compared to young men, in university. Due to the high signalling value of university grades for subsequent income and employment outcomes, this has important consequences for gender inequalities at labour market entry.…
Descriptors: Gender Discrimination, Competition, Females, Academic Achievement
Angel Duduzile Dlungwane; Vijay Hamlall – Perspectives in Education, 2024
School-related gender-based violence (SRGBV) is a major obstacle to universal schooling and the right to education for girls. Inequitable gender norms and stereotypes, based on hierarchies and forms of subordination, amplify and contribute to the SRGBV. Extensive literature on gender-based violence in South African schools exists, and much of it…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, High School Students, Females, Blacks
Le, Anh Vinh; Bui, Thi Dien; Tran, My Ngoc; Phung, Thi Thu Trang; Vu, Van Luan – Issues in Educational Research, 2023
Addressing gender equality in education has always been one of the crucial Sustainable Development Goals advocated by the United Nations. To achieve this goal, many countries are tackling gender inequality in mathematics and STEM subjects where the achievement gaps historically favoured male students. Vietnam has one of the highest maths…
Descriptors: Gender Discrimination, Mathematics Achievement, Foreign Countries, Competition
Alicia L. Macchione; Donald Sacco – Journal for STEM Education Research, 2023
Research demonstrates that when math-based gender stereotypes are activated (e.g., men are better at math than women), women display comparatively poorer math performance than men, a phenomenon referred to as stereotype threat. We evaluated the effectiveness of two forms of self-affirmation in reducing the effects of stereotype threat on women's…
Descriptors: Gender Issues, Mathematics Achievement, Sex Stereotypes, Gender Discrimination
Snell, Joel – Education, 2022
The "outside" variables such as life history, sociology, and related can become connected to the "inside" variables particularly in the voluntary and involuntary parts of the brain. This article does not try to create a biological determinism of people especially those who are female and people of color. This author wants to…
Descriptors: Neurosciences, Behavioral Sciences, Gender Discrimination, Racism