Social space of preschool institutions as a factor of gender equality
The subject of this paper is a sociological gender-sensitive analysis of the use-value of space in public preschool institutions (PPI), starting from the level of Serbian society, through Belgrade and Belgrade municipalities, down to the level of individual kindergartens. The objective of t...
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Language: | English |
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Victimology Society of Serbia and Prometej-Beograd
2021-01-01
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Online Access: | http://www.doiserbia.nb.rs/img/doi/1450-6637/2021/1450-66372101099M.pdf |
Summary: | The subject of this paper is a sociological gender-sensitive analysis of the
use-value of space in public preschool institutions (PPI), starting from
the level of Serbian society, through Belgrade and Belgrade municipalities,
down to the level of individual kindergartens. The objective of the research
is to design the space of PPI facilities, which would provide the families
and mothers with control over public space, and thus meet one of the
preconditions for positive structural change - gender equality. The
following parameters are used as indicators of the use-value of DPU space:
the position of the preschool system in Serbia, coverage of children in the
preschool system and preschool institutions by type of ownership, coverage
of DPU children, insufficiency of DPU social space in Belgrade, compliance
of available space in DPU municipalities Cukarica and Vozdovac with valid
norms). Data sources: institutional data research (survey research “Spatial
capacity of preschool institutions in Belgrade”, conducted at the Faculty of
Geography, Department of Spatial Planning, on the subject of Social
Development Planning, 2018-2019). The main results of this research confirm
the presumed issue in this field, which causes the unequal gender power
relations and various consequences which affect the position and quality of
life of women-mothers and men. The preschool system in Serbia is in an
unfavourable position due to the serious insufficiency of PPI facilities in
Belgrade (out of a total of 124,846 preschool children, there is enough
space for less than one half; the analysis of the existing PPI capacity
shows that there are large differences in capacity at the municipal level,
from about three quarters to about one quarter,) and at the level of
Belgrade municipalities. The data available for the municipalities of
Čukarica, Voždovac, Palilula, Zemun, Zvezdara, and Novi Beograd show that
the same problem exists there as well, which can be solved by accepting the
proposals for the required capacity of public kindergartens, which are given
in this paper. The insufficient PPI capacity in the municipalities of
Čukarica and Voždovac has been documented at the kindergarten level (a total
of 55, 22 of which in the municipality of Čukarica, and 33 in the
municipality of Voždovac. |
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ISSN: | 1450-6637 2406-0941 |