Ashraf, Maleeha;
Cagliesi, Gabriella;
Hawkes, Denise;
Rab, Maryam;
(2023)
Tackling the gender biases in higher education careers in Pakistan: potential online opportunities post COVID-19.
Emerald Open Research
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(13)
10.35241/emeraldopenres.14256.1.
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Abstract
Driven to improve the quality of higher education as an engine of growth and socio-economic development within Pakistan for 20 years, the Higher Education Commission (HEC) in Pakistan has focused on linking academics and professional services staff with their counterparts in various countries, including the UK, US, and Australia. In collaboration with the British Council, the PAK-UK initiative has been launched to offer deeper linkages between the academics and universities in the UK and Pakistan. This paper presents statistical analysis of data collected in a British Council project highlighting the gender inequalities of the current HEC strategy. The results suggest the potential for online opportunities to help close and amend this gender gap and improve higher education in Pakistan, and the PAK-UK initiative’s role in contributing more broadly to the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals.
| Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Title: | Tackling the gender biases in higher education careers in Pakistan: potential online opportunities post COVID-19 |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.35241/emeraldopenres.14256.1 |
| Publisher version: | https://doi.org/10.35241/emeraldopenres.14256.1 |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | © 2021 Ashraf M et al. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
| Keywords: | Gender inequality, developing economy, Sustainable Development Goals |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Education UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Education > UCL Institute of Education UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Education > UCL Institute of Education > IOE - Culture, Communication and Media |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10173400 |
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