Current Situation and Problems of Gender Equality in the Educational Sector of Ukraine: Eu4skills Project

Abstract

Research articlepresents the results of the analytical stage of the expert gender audit of vocational education and its reform in the framework of the main tasks of the program «EU4Skills: Best Skills of Modern Ukraine», which is implemented in seven pilot regions of Ukraine with the support of the EU and its member states: Germany, Finland, Poland, Estonia. Leading aspects for the expert gender audit of vocational education were the following: what framework conditions and hindering/promoting factors regarding gender equality exist in the vocational education system and in the selected pilot institutions; what are appropriate measures to address the gender disparities; which indicators are suitable for measuring progress in the gender-responsive/transformative implementation of the project; how to reduce the gender gap in sectorial employment; what kind of support is needed to help the vocational education system to develop and implement their gender policy; which gender trainings and other capacity development measures should be organised for employees.