8 March 2021 – The need for gender equality and parity is a topic that has gained much exposure in the last years in the public and private sectors. For Education for Justice (E4J), these concepts must be engrained from very early on in a child’s education, and they must be sustained throughout the years. In order to achieve positive results on this front, girls and boys must understand the importance of their respective roles in contributing to a fairer society.
Education in this context also importantly highlights how to prevent all forms of discrimination and violence related to gender, and it can strengthen crime prevention all over the world by planting the seeds of understanding from a young age. Education, and in particular E4J’s resources, can also prepare the next generation to come of age as champions of gender equality, challenging discrimination and ending all forms of violence, by effecting changes in law, policy and practice.
Integrating gender perspectives into education is thus an essential crime prevention method when applied in an institutional and national strategy, as the failure to empower women could lead to their losing rights in some areas of the world, especially in the context of the global pandemic. Moreover, to more effectively effect change, advocacy on gender perspectives must accompany educational and legal factors, especially through the use of positive role models.
Joining E4J experts for a special side event to discuss these issues at this week’s 14th Crime Congress in Kyoto, coinciding with International Women’s Day, were Melissa Deehring, Clinical Assistant Professor at Qatar University’s College of Law; Jacob Sule, Executive Director of the iRead To Live Initiative in Nigeria; and Reema Diab, Founder of the Galaxy Organization for Technology in Jordan.
Catch the full session in the video below and follow all our reporting from the 14th Crime Congress on Twitter and by using #DohaToKyoto.
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