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Opportunities and barriers: Gendered reality in Chinese higher education

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Frontiers of Education in China

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In the field of Chinese higher education, gender is still a significant issue, as is a general ignorance of gender discrimination against women. Issues related to gender can be observed throughout the process of education: at the time of entering an institution, during the educational process and as an outcome of education. The following seven aspects of sexual discrimination occur in Chinese higher education system: (1) Fewer opportunities for women in higher education than for men; (2) within disciplines and specializations there exists the phenomena of gender segregation and diffluence; (3) considerable gender difference exists in the distribution of school resources; (4) teaching materials and teaching content are gender discriminatory; (5) within higher education institutions, student organizations have a degree of gender imbalance; (6) campus culture has a hidden agenda of gender discrimination; and (7) employment prospects for women tend to be unequal and discriminatory.

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Liu, B., Li, Y. Opportunities and barriers: Gendered reality in Chinese higher education. Front. Educ. China 5, 197–221 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11516-010-0014-1

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