Gender inequality in Mozambican primary education: problems, barriers and recommendations

Journal article

Considering the liberal and economic efficiency arguments for gender equality, this paper looks at some of the major economic and socio-cultural barriers to equal opportunity in primary education for Mozambican girls. Although full gender equality within a liberal understanding implies that girls and boys are offered not only the same chances of going and staying in school but also ensuring that teaching methods and curricula are free from gender biases, this paper solely focuses on the barriers to gender parity and not wider learning quality related issues associated with gender equality in Mozambican primary education. Utilising international research literature, it provides recommendations to fight the causes of gender inequalities in primary school access and retention. I argue that policy interventions should be directed at making schooling socio-culturally acceptable and economically attractive to girls and their families.

Authors: Chankseliani, M

• Publication status: Published
• Peer review status: Peer reviewed
• Publisher: University of Manchester
• Journal: Political Perspectives
• Volume: 2
• Issue: 1
• Publication date: 2008-01-01