Open AccessUniversity-of-the-Future’s Role in Gender Fairness: Providing Fair Access to Balanced Education and Decent Work in Afghanistan
Author(s) -
Latifa Hussaini
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
international journal of innovative science and research technology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2456-2165
DOI - 10.38124/ijisrt20aug313
Subject(s) - afghan , work (physics) , inequality , entrepreneurship , economic growth , gender equality , political science , higher education , literacy , sociology , public relations , gender studies , engineering , economics , law , mechanical engineering , mathematical analysis , mathematics
- Traditionally, Afghanistan has remained a hotbed of gender inequality in various aspects. Women and girls encounter numerous hindrances in the education sector. Despite concerted efforts to enhance the educational system in the past several years, the situation of Afghan girls and women education continues deplorable. There is still much work to be done in enhancing education, in particular female literacy. This paper aims to explain the main barriers that hinder girls and women of access to education. It utilizes the design and system thinking methodology to describe the main obstacles and suggest a business model of the University of the Future (UotF) for a Malaysian university in providing fair access to a balanced education and decent work for girls and women in Afghanistan. The augmentation of this paper is a conceptual and validated business model in the BMC and VPC format. The proposed UotF business model for the Malaysian university will help Afghan females to obtain entrepreneurship education, experiences, and human values in contributing to the wellbeing and improvement of the Afghan nation.