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Embedding Equality in Education

Embedding Equality in Education

The Brookings Institution 2 Episodes Oct 7, 2026

Embedding Equality in Education is a podcast from the Center for Universal Education at the Brookings Institution. Hosts Jennifer O'Donoghue and Edem Dorothy Ossai connect research with lived experience to challenge prevailing narratives around gender and schooling. The show advances gender transformative education and spotlights scholars from the Global South. Episodes bring together policymakers, practitioners, and young people to discuss how equality can be built into education systems worldwide.

Episodes

Centering girls in practice: Ethics, methods, and shared power in research
Centering girls in practice: Ethics, methods, and shared power in research Oct 7, 2026 35:29 In this third episode of Embedding Equality in Education, Jenn O'Donoghue and Edem Ossai explore what happens when girls are centered in practice, not just as research participants but as co-creators of knowledge and drivers of change. They unpack the five ethical principles that guide the network's work and introduce its girl-centered methodology, a "mosaic" of participatory methods refined acros
Why girls in marginalized contexts? A commitment to justice and agency in research
Why girls in marginalized contexts? A commitment to justice and agency in research Sep 23, 2026 27:25 In this second episode of Embedding Equality in Education, hosts Jenn O'Donoghue and Edem Ossai explore why the Learning and Action Alliance for Girls' Agency (LAAGA) chose to do research with girls in marginalized contexts. Drawing on voices from LAAGA researchers and girls themselves, they unpack how marginalization is shaped by shifting social, economic, and environmental systems, from poverty
Rethinking girls' agency through collective learning
Rethinking girls' agency through collective learning Sep 9, 2026 33:18 In the first episode of Embedding Equality in Education, hosts Jennifer O'Donoghue and Edem Dorothy Ossai introduce the Learning and Action Alliance for Girls' Agency (LAAGA), a Global South-rooted network of Echidna Global Scholar alumni working to rethink how girls' agency is understood, studied, and supported. Jenn and Edem share the origin story of LAAGA's community of practice, unpack why dom
New Brookings podcast "Embedding Equality in Education" shares a collaborative path to advancing gender equality in and through education
New Brookings podcast "Embedding Equality in Education" shares a collaborative path to advancing gender equality in and through education Sep 4, 2026 02:23 On Embedding Equality in Education, a new podcast from the Center for Universal Education at the Brookings Institution, hosts Jennifer O'Donoghue and Edem Dorothy Ossai connect research and lived experience to challenge prevailing narratives and advance gender transformative education, spotlighting scholars from the Global South, and bringing policymakers, practitioners, and young people into the

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