Laws concerning gender studies and the universities

• Main Author: Asunción Ventura Franch
• Format: Article
• Language: Spanish
• Published: Universidad de Alicante 2008-12-01
• Series: Feminismo/s
• Subjects: estudios de género; universidad
• Online Access: https://feminismos.ua.es/article/view/2008-n12-normativa-sobre-estudios-de-genero-y-universidad

Gender studies signify an extension of the range of academic study hitherto. Although they emerged in the 1960s, they have still not been fully introduced. However, by virtue of the laws approved in the Spanish parliament since 2004, a series of mandates have been established concerning education policy and, specifically, university policy, from which it may be inferred that the introduction of these studies is now obligatory. Through an analysis of the current regulations concerning universities, this paper focuses on the common –and in some cases– additional features of the recognition of equal rights for women and men as one of the values which universities should promote, and, therefore, on the mandate of the government and the universities themselves to carry out the necessary actions –both legal and practical– to ensure their compliance.