Some remarks on gender equality in higher education in Switzerland

2001/02/01 by Béatrice Ziegler
Social Sciences · #Gender Diversity and Inequality #Sociology and Education Studies

paper · doi:10.1108/01443330110789556

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Abstract

States that Switzerland is still far from gender‐equality at university. Highlights that it is only recently that the Federal government has set the goal of doubling the percentage of women in the ranks of professors from 5.7 per cent to over 10 per cent. Describes the actual situation in different fields of education according to gender relations and gives evidence about recent nationwide efforts to fight female discrimination.

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