Whole-School Approaches for Promoting Gender Equality in Secondary Schools in England, Hungary and Italy: Reflections and Conclusions

In this final chapter, the value and challenges of the GECM in promoting gender equality across three European countries, England, Hungary and Italy, are discussed. Whole-school approaches can be effective in changing attitudes and the whole-school environment. However, their design and implementation should be informed by the contingency of gender relations and the intersectionality of gender with other axes of social inequality within specific school regimes and wider national and sociopolitical regimes in Europe, which are supported by national and European gender equality and educational policies. Non-hierarchical, cross-country research collaboration and collaborative and inclusive work relations between NGOs and Universities could benefit both schools and academics and contribute to the knowledge and practice of gender equality in educational institutions.