Carolyn Medel-An˜onuevo,Anna Bernhardt

Abstract:This article gives an overview of the development of gender equality and women’s participation in adult learning and education in the history of the International Conferences on Adult Education (CONFINTEA). Though the equality of rights was highlighted throughout the various conferences, the first Global Report on Adult Learning and Education (GRALE) observed that a gender gap in the participation in adult learning and education still persisted in 2009. This is especially remarkable with regard to the impact of CONFINTEA V in 1997, because it focused on the issue of women’s participation and gender equality. A review of the CONFINTEA VI programme elements and the national reports prepared by UNESCO Member States in 2008 reveals that gender issues have to some extent moved from the centre of attention to the periphery. This article therefore tries to explore how gender principles are acknowledged in CONFINTEA VI and its follow-up.

Key words:Participation;Gender equality;Gender gap;Women

总结：1、本文概述了在成人教育国际会议历史上性别平等和女性参与成人学习的历史过程。

2、该文章分为三个部分，第一部分呈现在前五年CONFINTEA会议上的女性参与和性别不平等问题演变的讨论，第二部分展示第六次CONFINTEA会议是如何解决这些问题的脉络，最后一部分提出成人教育中女性参与的一些仍有待解决的问题。

来源：Int Rev Educ (2011) 57:57–68

DOI 10.1007/s11159-011-9212-1