New GPE KIX Research Podcast series on gender equality in and through education
The newly launched GPE KIX Research Podcast series – Group Study Sessions- invites listeners to engage with global experts for lively conversations to explore today’s most pressing issues, innovations, and challenges in education research. The Podcast is produced and hosted by Dr. Kate Grantham and Dr. Leva Rouhani, who worked on the synthesis of gender equality in and through education research projects implemented from 2019 to 2024, supported by the Global Partnership for Education Knowledge and Innovation Exchange (GPE KIX), a joint endeavour with the International Development Research Centre (IDRC).
By bringing together GPE KIX Researchers and partners, Dr. Grantham and Dr. Rouhani aim to showcase different aspects of gender equality in education research and facilitate critical dialogue on going beyond improved access to education for all to addressing gendered norms in education systems, education policies and practices that systemically create barriers to education. Listeners to these group study sessions will learn how GPE KIX researchers are working to promote gender equality in and through education.
Episode 1
Episode 1 looks at “Participatory Action Research” with guests Nelsy Lizarazo Castro, an educator, communicator, activist for non-violence, and General Coordinator of the Latin American Campaign for the Right to Education, who led the GPE KIX Strategies to prevent sexual and gender-based violence and foster equity in rural school project and Lydia Wilbard, the Executive Director of CAMFED and a seasoned gender equality advocate with over 15 years of experience forging multi-stakeholder partnerships to advance girls’ education and women’s leadership. CAMFED Tanzania leads the GPE KIX project on Scaling, a youth-led social support and mentorship program to improve the quality of education for marginalized girls.
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Episode 2
Episode 2 looks at “Scaling Gender Responsive Education Models” with guests Brad Olsen, a senior fellow with the Center for Universal Education in the Global Economy and Development program and an expert on scaling education models at the Brookings Institution, who leads the Research on Scaling the impact of innovations in education and Professor Godfrey Ejuu, an education psychologist and professor at Kyambogo University, specialising in early childhood education and development, leading the GPE KIX Inclusive home-based learning project.
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Episode 3
Episode 3 looks at “Working with Teachers and School Leaders” with guests Freda Wolfenden, a Professor of Education and International Development at the Open University UK, who led the GPE KIX School leaders as agents of change towards equity and inclusion project and Mohammad Ali Zinnah, a Professor in the Institute of Education and Research at the University of Dhaka in Bangladesh, implementing the GPE KIX Impact of gender and inclusive pedagogies on students’ participation and learning achievement at secondary school during the pandemic and beyond project.
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Learn more
Learn more about the necessary new knowledge and findings on innovations and approaches for addressing gender inequalities in and through national, regional and global education levels in the GPE KIX Synthesis Report on Gender Equality. This report looks at the objectives and achievements of the GPE KIX projects in addition to challenges encountered and lessons learned for future activities.
