Teaching Gender in Russia

The importance of the educational component in
promoting gender equality is strongly emphasized by
the theorists of gender mainstreaming.
Higher education in the Russian Far East is
developing in the same directions as the whole
country. The number of higher educational
institutions and students is increasing.
At the same time, the pace of development in higher
education in the Russian Far East lags noticeably
behind other regions of the country. Due to the
geography of the region, universities in the Russian
Far East have limited opportunities to recruit highly
skilled staff from other universities or experts and
researchers from other fields. It makes universities
rely exclusively on their internal resources for
updating their faculty and staff.
This work represents a quantitative comparative
analysis of students awareness of basic concepts of
gender equality and gender mainstreaming depending on
their gender and the type of community where they
originate from. The study also examines the
differences among three academic programs offered at
Far Eastern State Technical University (FESTU),
Vladivostok, with regard to promoting gender
equality.

Autorentext

Maria Karikova (former Alexeiko) has university degrees inInternational Economic Relations and Law and holds MAIA Degreefrom Center for International Studies at Ohio University, USA. At present, she is working for Business Advisory ServiceProgramme of European Bank for Reconstruction and Development inVladivostok, Far East Russia.

Klappentext

The importance of the educational component inpromoting gender equality is strongly emphasized bythe theorists of gender mainstreaming. Higher education in the Russian Far East isdeveloping in the same directions as the wholecountry. The number of higher educationalinstitutions and students is increasing. At the same time, the pace of development in highereducation in the Russian Far East lags noticeablybehind other regions of the country. Due to thegeography of the region, universities in the RussianFar East have limited opportunities to recruit highlyskilled staff from other universities or experts andresearchers from other fields. It makes universitiesrely exclusively on their internal resources forupdating their faculty and staff. This work represents a quantitative comparativeanalysis of students' awareness of basic concepts ofgender equality and gender mainstreaming depending ontheir gender and the type of community where theyoriginate from. The study also examines thedifferences among three academic programs offered atFar Eastern State Technical University (FESTU),Vladivostok, with regard to promoting gender equality.