Gender-Sensitive Textbooks and Classroom Practice in the Balkan Region

Women’s Action, a RE:FINE grantee, held a regional conference on gender-sensitive textbooks and classroom practice in South Eastern Europe. Research results and recommendations on how to develop gender-sensitive textbooks and facilitate gender-sensitive classroom interaction were presented for textbook authors, teachers (pre- and in-service), educational ministries, and teacher education institutions. Conference participants developed a common set of indicators for gender-sensitive textbooks that could be used as a tool for those who write and approve textbooks.

Women’s Action won a two-year grant for its project to contribute to ensuring equity in primary education in the region by establishing collaboration between professional organizations. The project aim is to make textbook content become more gender-sensitive and provide a balanced portrayal of men and women and their roles in the public and private spheres of life.

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