Trends in Gender Education Development at Higher School of the Post-Soviet Central Asian Countries

Abstract

This article identifies the leading development trends of gender education at higher school of the
post-Soviet Central Asian countries. Ones relate, firstly, to the legal and regulatory framework for the
implementation of gender ideas at higher education (the improvement of the legal and regulatory framework
that based on the gender equality principles for the system of higher education; the creation of special
legislative and legal framework that defines the state gender policy directions in the field of gender
education). Secondly, trends are related to the conditions for organizing gender training at the universities
of Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan (substantial similarity of features
and peculiarities in the organization of gender education formation at higher school of the post-Soviet
countries in the Central Asian region and the uneven dynamics of its development). Thirdly, trends are
manifested in scientific activity on gender studies (legitimation of gender studies as an independent
direction in academic science of higher education and consolidation of scholars and teachers of Central
Asian countries on gender issues). Common features and peculiarities of gender education implementation are determined. Along with the positive, negative trends and their common manifestations in the
post-Soviet Central Asian countries has been established.
Key words: gender equality, gender studies, gender courses, post-Soviet countries, Central Asian
region, higher education.