Gender: Education
Collection by The Sociological Cinema
This board explores the way gender works as a basis for disparities across a number of educational dimensions, including disparities in enrollment, achievement, and the quality of education received.
Gender: Education Attainment Gap
The Educational Attainment of Young Muslim Women Is Closely Linked with Their Country's Level of Economic Output Average years of completed schooling for Muslim women ages 25 to 34 in 2010. Source: Pew Research Center
On Pay Gap, Millennial Women Near Parity – For Now
Millennial women (adults ages 18 to 32) are starting their careers better educated than their male counterparts. "Yet there is no guarantee that today’s young women will sustain their near parity with men in earnings in the years to come. Recent cohorts of young women have fallen further behind their same-aged male counterparts as they have aged and dealt with the responsibilities of parenthood and family..."
Reengineering Gender in the New GoldieBlox Ad?
Women Now Make Up the Majority of College and Graduate Students Yet despite these achievements in education, women are still underrepresented in high paying STEM fields. Click on this image for an analysis of the link between the gendered toy aisle and the careers women pursue as adults *Note: We're not sure what "Women's Slides" is referring to, but the data generally comport with other data we have seen on the topic.
Women's Economic Opportunity Index
Educational Attainment of Women in 1960 and 2011 [click on this image to find a short video and analysis of women's economic status from 113 countries across the globe, including information on education]
The State of Women of Color in the United States - Percentage of bachelor's and master's degrees conferred, 2008 - 2009 This chart is taken from an infographic that shows women's inequalities by race in the labor market, education, and political leadership. Source: Center for American Progress
Gender: Assessment Gap
Pupils achieving 5 A*-C GCSEs including English and Maths, England 2008-09 Source: Key Stage 4 Attainment by Pupil Characteristics, in England 2008/09
Other Pins
The Educational Attainment of Young Muslim Women Is Closely Linked with Their Country's Level of Economic Output Average years of completed schooling for Muslim women ages 25 to 34 in 2010. Source: Pew Research Center
Pupils achieving 5 A*-C GCSEs including English and Maths, England 2008-09 Source: Key Stage 4 Attainment by Pupil Characteristics, in England 2008/09
On Pay Gap, Millennial Women Near Parity – For Now
Millennial women (adults ages 18 to 32) are starting their careers better educated than their male counterparts. "Yet there is no guarantee that today’s young women will sustain their near parity with men in earnings in the years to come. Recent cohorts of young women have fallen further behind their same-aged male counterparts as they have aged and dealt with the responsibilities of parenthood and family..."
Reengineering Gender in the New GoldieBlox Ad?
Women Now Make Up the Majority of College and Graduate Students Yet despite these achievements in education, women are still underrepresented in high paying STEM fields. Click on this image for an analysis of the link between the gendered toy aisle and the careers women pursue as adults *Note: We're not sure what "Women's Slides" is referring to, but the data generally comport with other data we have seen on the topic.
Women's Economic Opportunity Index
Educational Attainment of Women in 1960 and 2011 [click on this image to find a short video and analysis of women's economic status from 113 countries across the globe, including information on education]