ARUSHA COORAY

Abstract:Examining the influence of women’s suffrage and democracy on gender equality in education in a sample of 80 countries, covering Asia, Africa, the Middle East, South America and Eastern Europe, this study shows that countries with a longer duration of suffrage tend on average to perform better in terms of gender equality in education. The empirical association between democracy and gender equality in education disappears when religion is controlled for. In Asia and Africa, other factors, including income, employment in agriculture and colonialism, also help explain the under-representation of girls in education.

Key words:gender equality;education;democracy;suffrage

总结：1、涵盖了八十个国家的样本，包括亚洲、非洲、中东、南美和东欧，调查了女性在教育平等方面的投票权和民主，该研究显示拥有较长投票权的国家往往在性别平等教育方面做得更好。

2、当受宗教因素控制时，民主与性别平等教育的经验联系便消失了。在亚洲和非洲，包括收入，农业就业以及殖民主义也可以解释女性缺少受教育的机会。

来源：Oxford Development Studies

Vol. 40, No. 1, 21–47, March 2012.