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Lithuanian women in the education system

Dalia Cymbaliuk (President of the Lithuanians’ Women’s Society, Vilnius, Lithuania)

International Journal of Sociology and Social Policy

ISSN: 0144-333X

Article publication date: 1 February 2001

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Abstract

Cites education as a sphere of tremendous achievement for Lithuanian women with 58.6 per cent of university and 70 per cent of high school graduates being female. Portrays the relationship between men and women in the country, looking at teaching and academic life in particular. Concludes that top positions are still difficult to achieve and progress is slow. Notes some changes in one institution.

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Cymbaliuk, D. (2001), "Lithuanian women in the education system", International Journal of Sociology and Social Policy, Vol. 21 No. 1/2, pp. 68-71. https://doi.org/10.1108/01443330110789583

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