Higher education and the approach to promoting gender equality in Mauritania: quantitative and qualitative analysis

For several years, higher education has been part of a process of reducing the gap between the two sexes through the promotion of gender equality among students and teaching staff. This process is far from being a long, quiet river and can only be sustained over time. Indeed, the objective of establishing equality and parity between the two sexes in higher education establishments calls for taking into consideration gender equality at the different levels of higher education and basis starting from socio-economic and cultural causes. To achieve it, the process must start from primary and then create synergy between the secondary and higher cycles. However, an initiative aimed at reducing the gap between the two sexes has already been developed by the Ministry of Higher Education, Scientific Research and Innovation, as part of its 2030 strategy. It aims to promote equal opportunities between genders by taking into account the unequal representation of young girls in higher education, particularly in science and technology fields and at master's and doctoral level.