Gender and Education in Central Asia

Aliya Kuzhabekova is Assistant Professor in the Werklund School of Education, University of Calgary, Canada. Naureen Durrani is Professor in the Graduate School of Education, Nazarbayev University, Kazakhstan.Zumrad Kataeva is Assistant Professor in the Graduate School of Education, Nazarbayev University, Kazakhstan.

• Part 1: Contextualizing Gender and Education in Central Asia.- Chapter 1: Situating Gender and Education in Central Asia: An Introduction.- Chapter 2: Policy Context for Gender Equality Reforms in Education in Central Asia.- Chapter 3: Current and Emerging Issues in Gender Equality in Education: What Does the Data Tell Us?.- Part 2: Current Research on Gender in Education in the Region.- Chapter 4: The Construction of Gender and History Textbooks in Kazakhstan.- Chapter 5: Exploring Barriers to School Education for Girls in Rural Tajikistan.- Chapter 6: Who Are the Persistently Out of Education and Jobless? Identifying the Sociodemographic and Economic Factors Affecting NEET Women in Kazakhstan.- Chapter 7: Exploring Barriers for Girls’ Access and Persistence in Higher Education in Tajikistan.- Chapter 8: Combining Motherhood and PhD Studies in Uzbekistan.- Chapter 9: Experiences of Girls and Women in the STEM Pipeline in Kazakhstan.- Chapter 10: Women in Leadership in Education inKazakhstan.- Chapter 11: Producing a Sexuality Education Curriculum for LGBTQIA+ Youth in Kyrgyzstan.