Facing gender segregation in Continuing Vocational Education and Training. The case of the City of Buenos Aires, Argentina

MILLENAAR, VERÓNICA; CLAUDIA JACINTO

Conferencia; Crossing Boundaries in Vocational Education and Training: pedagogical concerns and market demands; 2019

VETNET

The study analyses the practices in Continuing Vocational Education and Training (VET) centres in the City of Buenos Aires (Argentina), in particular those related to gender discrimination and the ways in which these institutions promote gender equality and/or legitimate inequalities. The methodology of the research was primarily based on field work carried out in 4 VET institutions in 2017. The study focuses on two highly dynamic employment sectors in Buenos Aires: computer science and aesthetics. Within the findings, it can be highlighted that the patterns of access to specialties replicate the predominantly feminised or masculinised character of the sectors of employment. The expectations of future insertion are perceived with greater difficulties by the women students inter-viewed. However, some of the studied centres have been challenged by the broader social process in the country towards gender equalities and have addressed the gender dimension, by means of a variety of strategies.