GENDER-SENSITIVE UNIVERSITY AS A SUBJECT OF SOCIAL INTERACTION IN THE TERRITORIAL COMMUNITY

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DOI:

https://doi.org/10.25128/2520-6230.19.2.3

Keywords:

gender-sensitive approach, gender-sensitive environment, gender competence, non-discriminatory education, gender mainstreaming, audit, gender training, social worker.

Abstract

The article deals with an actuality and social demand of a gender-sensitive university as a subject of social interaction in the territorial community. The mechanisms, content and structure of the gender-sensitive approach in preparing future social workers for working with socially vulnerable groups of the population in the context of the gender methodology are revealed. The gender-sensitive environment at the university is interpreted as gender-equitable, based on the principles of social justice, gender equality, egalitarianism and parity of both sexes. The main directions of implementation of gender-sensitive approach to the university environment are shown. The principles of gender education and ways of introducing gender and educational technics into the activities of Gender Education Centers and the School of Gender Equality schools as volunteering schools are described. The mechanisms of formation of egalitarian consciousness of future social workers by the spreading of the system of gender knowledge and reconstruction of gender stereotypes are substantiated. The results of conducting gender audit as innovative tools for implementing socially important projects in the territorial community are presented. Effective ways of social partnership are shown.

Author Biographies

Oksana Kikinezhdi, Ternopil Volodymyr Hnatiuk National Pedagogical University, Ternopil

Doctor of Psychology, Professor, Head of the Psychology Department, Faculty of Pedagogics and Psychology, Head of the Scientific Research Centre of the Problems of Gender Education and Upbringing Students of TNPU – NAPS of Ukraine

Olha Kiz, Ternopil Volodymyr Hnatiuk National Pedagogical University, Ternopil

PhD, Associate Professor, Psychology Department, Faculty of Pedagogics and Psychology, Head of the School of Gender Equality

Iryna Shulha, Ternopil Volodymyr Hnatiuk National Pedagogical University, Ternopil

PhD, Methodist of the Inclusive Resource Center, Assistant of the Department of Pedagogy and Educational Management, Faculty of Pedagogics and Psychology

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2019-06-30

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Kikinezhdi, O., Kiz, O., & Shulha, I. (2019). GENDER-SENSITIVE UNIVERSITY AS A SUBJECT OF SOCIAL INTERACTION IN THE TERRITORIAL COMMUNITY. Social Work and Education, 6(2), 144–153. https://doi.org/10.25128/2520-6230.19.2.3

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Vol. 6 No. 2 (2019): Social Work and Education

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RECENT ISSUES IN SOCIAL WORK

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