Unit statistics and highlights
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In 2021, 104 units directly related to SDG5 were offered across Monash University, with a total enrolment of 6,082 students. Monash offered 24 units specifically related to gender studies in 2021.
The units highlighted below are a small sample of the units at Monash relating to gender equality:
Tracking Access: Gender Equity
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Female students outnumber males in both applications and enrolments at Monash University.
Tracking Success: Gender Equity
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Female students outperform males in both completions and completion rates at Monash University.
Graduate Certificate of Gender, Peace and Security
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The Graduate Certificate of Gender, Peace and Security enables leaders to better integrate gender perspectives into peace and security policy making at all levels – local, national, regional and global. This program equips students with the requisite gender-sensitive, gender responsive and gender-inclusive knowledge and tools in order to significantly contribute to the development of equitable, inclusive and peaceful societies.
Graduate Certificate & Diploma in Family Violence Prevention
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The Graduate Certificate and Graduate Diploma in Family Violence Prevention deliver specialised expertise in the area of family violence prevention, transferable across a wide range of professions and occupations. These programs aim to develop skills for professionals to respond critically to the current and future needs of their industry, and who are effective, lifelong learners who can realise and capitalise on opportunities afforded by emerging research and prevention initiatives relating to family violence work.
Championing women and girls in IT
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The underrepresentation of women in IT and computer science education and careers is a major challenge worldwide. Despite decades of efforts to tackle this issue, progress has remained extremely slow – and in some cases, it has regressed. Monash has completed a research project to determine best practices in education settings to ensure women and girls feel included and supported in the STEM sector.
A high-level summary on representation, critical issues and best practice initiatives and strategies was published in 2021, together with a full research report.