Year: 2015
Type: article
Abstract: AimsThe British Council in Pakistan commissioned the research in response to concerns in the profession about the under-representation of women in senior leadership positions in higher education (HE) in South Asia.The British Council in Pakistan was coordinating a series of high-level strategic policy dialogues for the South Asia region-Global Education Dialogues (GEDS), each of which was framed by research and think pieces to promote debate on critical issues in the region.As part of this research effort the South Asia GEDS wanted to commission a more significant research report into Women, Higher Education and Leadership.The research aimed to seek existing knowledge and baseline data from literature, policies, change interventions and available statistics on the situation for women in higher education leadership in six countries in South Asia (Afghanistan, Bangladesh, India, Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka).It also aimed to collect original data via 30 interviews with women and men in the region, and to construct recommendations about what specific future actions and interventions for change could be implemented in South Asia.
Author: Tanuja Agarwala
Language: English
Subfield: Gender Studies
Field: Social Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: bronze
OpenAlex ID: W1496566258