Approximation into the scope of higher education attainment for women in Peru: a systematic review

Abstract

The purpose of this article is to systematize the most relevant information on higher education for Peruvian women based on the analysis of studies, highlighting those that describe the problems that women go through during their higher education career and the effects after their completion and access to the labor market, the opportunities for social mobility that higher education offers to young women who graduate and the development of the educational approach with gender equality applied at the higher education level. A systematic review was carried out in the Scopus, Scielo and ALICIA National Repository databases. The bibliography was classified based on exclusion and inclusion criteria that respond to the purpose of the study. The results show that several investigations confirm a series of problems in the higher education of women in the Peruvian context, which are related to gender violence and the scarce mechanisms that exist to confront it. They also show sexist dichotomies in the study plans of careers that are traditionally directed to men, which shows the importance of mainstreaming the educational approach with gender equality at the higher level, an issue that has been evidenced from some experiences, but continues to be a pending problem in the Peruvian educational system. Conclusions include the fact that the number of women in higher education has increased.