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Women's leadership in the Asian Century: does expansion mean inclusion?
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posted on 2023-06-09, 00:04 authored by Louise Morley, Barbara CrossouardBarbara CrossouardThis paper draws on British Council commissioned research in response to concerns about women's absence from senior leadership positions in higher education in South Asia. The study sought existing knowledge from literature, policies, and available statistics and collected original interview data from 30 academics in Afghanistan, Bangladesh, India, Nepal, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka. A central finding was that gender is not a category of analysis in higher education policy, research or statistical data in the region. Our interview data suggest that leadership was frequently not an object of desire for women. Being associated with particular types of masculinities, leadership often carried a heavy affective load for those women who transgressed patriarchal socio-cultural norms and disrupted the symbolic order of women being led by men. Leadership was frequently perceived and experienced by women in terms of navigating a range of ugly feelings and toxicities that depleted aspirations, well-being and opportunities.
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Studies in Higher EducationISSN
0307-5079Publisher
Taylor & FrancisExternal DOI
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5Volume
41Page range
801-814Department affiliated with
- Education Publications
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- Yes
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2016-01-19First Open Access (FOA) Date
2017-10-19First Compliant Deposit (FCD) Date
2016-01-19Usage metrics
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