Gender identity and gender equity in early childhood education

Authors

  • Patricia Estrella

Abstract

The present reflection takes into consideration key actors of early childhood, since it emerges from a collective analysis in OMEP Chile, based on the following question: how does the national feminist movement challenge in terms of gender equity to those of us who work daily to achieve quality in early childhood education? Undoubtedly, there is a commitment and a great responsibility among the professionals of education regarding the issue of gender in order to advance in an integrating perspective and recognition of the multiple actions that we must undertake. Therefore, this article presents the advances, as well as the challenges, in addressing gender identity and equity in early childhood education in Chile, based on relevant updated data, to promote diverse instances of analysis, discussion and debate of what has been done, in pursuit of the achievement of the objectives of Education for Sustainable Development (ESD).

Keywords:

early childhood, gender, identity