Akanksha Srivastava, PhD, is an experienced academician, writer, and editor with over 15 years ofexperience in the education industry. She is an Associate Professor with the School of Education,Sharda University, Greater Noida, India. In addition to her work as an editor, she is also anaccomplished author. Her research interests include the intersection of inclusion with a focus onwomen’s experiences, on which she has published extensively. As the editor of this volume, Dr.Srivastava brought together a diverse group of scholars to explore the various themes and topicsrelated to the history of gender and sexuality in Europe, Asia, Africa, and the USA.Disha Maheshwari, PhD, is an Assistant Professor at the School of Education at ShardaUniversity, India. She was a Commonwealth Scholar at the Centre for Applied Linguistics,University of Warwick, Coventry, England. At Sharda University, she teaches courses on genderstudies, communication, and research methodology in education (qualitative) at the undergraduateand postgraduate levels and on pedagogy at PhD level. She has presented her research workaround the world, including at Cambridge, Stockholm, Hong Kong, Warwick, Oslo (virtual),Tamil Nadu, Punjab, etc. Her areas of interest are gender and education, discourse and identity, andhigher education pedagogy.Chitra Krishnan, PhD, is an Associate Professor of Human Resource Management and BehavioralScience at the Symbiosis Centre for Management Studies, Noida, India. She has a number ofpublications in acclaimed journals at the national and international levels and has also participatedin many national and international conferences. She is passionate about writing and has sevenbooks to her credit with international publishers. She has been a member of the review committeesfor conferences and journals. Her area of interest includes human resource management,organizational behavior, talent management, diversity management, employee satisfaction,knowledge management, artificial intelligence, and emotional intelligence.

"Refreshing to read as the chapters are analytically robust, lucid in style, maintain logical flow, and bring nuanced insights on a wide range of thematic areas. The overarching concern of this anthology is to examine two crucial areas of gendered realities: education and workforce. . . . [A] timely publication [that] gains great significance to identify the roots of hurdles and major challenges in approaching gender equality and finding solutions to them. . . . An important resource for policymakers, political and development practitioners, employers and educationists, and of course students, research scholars, and teachers."—From the Foreword by Vibhuti Patel, Vice President, Indian Association for Women‘s Studies

• Foreword by Vibhuti Patel, Vice President, Indian Association for Women‘s Studies Introduction 1. Gender Bias, Internalization, and Reinforcement in Classroom Discourse: A Case Study of Communicative English Classrooms in Vietnam 2. A Narrative Enquiry into Intersections of Professional Identity and Gender Identity Construction in Academia 3. Gender-Based Socialization Within the Formal System of Education: With Special Reference to Transgender and Gender Diverse (TGD) Learners Occupying the Classrooms 4. The Girl-Child Education: An Assessment of the Gender-Illiteracy Nexus in Nigeria 5. Gender Disparity in the Adoption of ICT 6. Gender Difference in Mathematics Performance: A Global Perspective 7. Influence of the ‘Gender School Concept’ on Gender Role Behavior and Gender Equality: A Sri Lankan Context 8. "They‘re Already on the Moon While We‘re Still Stuck in the Stone Age": Exploring the Language of Gender (In)Equality in German Workplaces from an Employee‘s Perspective 9. Feminization of the Labor Force in the Waste Sector: A Case Study of Kerala, India 10. The Paradox of Gender Equality in the Corporate World 11. "When People Heard I Was Going Instead of My Husband, Everyone Was Shocked and Discriminated Against Us": Exploring the Gendering of Professional Mobility from the Perspective of a Non-Elite Migrant 12. Inequality in the Land of Opportunity: A Case Study on the Gender Differences in Pursuing the American Dream for Indian Immigrants 13. A Study on Barriers Women Face to Sustain Educational Leadership Positions in Sri Lanka: How Sri Lanka Educational Administrative Service Female Officers Cope with the Barriers 14. Navigating Uncertainty: Advancing Gender Equality in Challenging Times 15. Indian Women Entrepreneurs: Challenges and Emerging Issues 16. Gender Equality: The Need of the Hour in Times of Uncertainty

Akanksha Srivastava, PhD, is an experienced academician, writer, and editor with over 15 years ofexperience in the education industry. She is an Associate Professor with the School of Education,Sharda University, Greater Noida, India. In addition to her work as an editor, she is also anaccomplished author. Her research interests include the intersection of inclusion with a focus onwomen’s experiences, on which she has published extensively. As the editor of this volume, Dr.Srivastava brought together a diverse group of scholars to explore the various themes and topicsrelated to the history of gender and sexuality in Europe, Asia, Africa, and the USA.Disha Maheshwari, PhD, is an Assistant Professor at the School of Education at ShardaUniversity, India. She was a Commonwealth Scholar at the Centre for Applied Linguistics,University of Warwick, Coventry, England. At Sharda University, she teaches courses on genderstudies, communication, and research methodology in education (qualitative) at the undergraduateand postgraduate levels and on pedagogy at PhD level. She has presented her research workaround the world, including at Cambridge, Stockholm, Hong Kong, Warwick, Oslo (virtual),Tamil Nadu, Punjab, etc. Her areas of interest are gender and education, discourse and identity, andhigher education pedagogy.Chitra Krishnan, PhD, is an Associate Professor of Human Resource Management and BehavioralScience at the Symbiosis Centre for Management Studies, Noida, India. She has a number ofpublications in acclaimed journals at the national and international levels and has also participatedin many national and international conferences. She is passionate about writing and has sevenbooks to her credit with international publishers. She has been a member of the review committeesfor conferences and journals. Her area of interest includes human resource management,organizational behavior, talent management, diversity management, employee satisfaction,knowledge management, artificial intelligence, and emotional intelligence.

"Refreshing to read as the chapters are analytically robust, lucid in style, maintain logical flow, and bring nuanced insights on a wide range of thematic areas. The overarching concern of this anthology is to examine two crucial areas of gendered realities: education and workforce. . . . [A] timely publication [that] gains great significance to identify the roots of hurdles and major challenges in approaching gender equality and finding solutions to them. . . . An important resource for policymakers, political and development practitioners, employers and educationists, and of course students, research scholars, and teachers."—From the Foreword by Vibhuti Patel, Vice President, Indian Association for Women‘s Studies

• Foreword by Vibhuti Patel, Vice President, Indian Association for Women‘s Studies Introduction 1. Gender Bias, Internalization, and Reinforcement in Classroom Discourse: A Case Study of Communicative English Classrooms in Vietnam 2. A Narrative Enquiry into Intersections of Professional Identity and Gender Identity Construction in Academia 3. Gender-Based Socialization Within the Formal System of Education: With Special Reference to Transgender and Gender Diverse (TGD) Learners Occupying the Classrooms 4. The Girl-Child Education: An Assessment of the Gender-Illiteracy Nexus in Nigeria 5. Gender Disparity in the Adoption of ICT 6. Gender Difference in Mathematics Performance: A Global Perspective 7. Influence of the ‘Gender School Concept’ on Gender Role Behavior and Gender Equality: A Sri Lankan Context 8. "They‘re Already on the Moon While We‘re Still Stuck in the Stone Age": Exploring the Language of Gender (In)Equality in German Workplaces from an Employee‘s Perspective 9. Feminization of the Labor Force in the Waste Sector: A Case Study of Kerala, India 10. The Paradox of Gender Equality in the Corporate World 11. "When People Heard I Was Going Instead of My Husband, Everyone Was Shocked and Discriminated Against Us": Exploring the Gendering of Professional Mobility from the Perspective of a Non-Elite Migrant 12. Inequality in the Land of Opportunity: A Case Study on the Gender Differences in Pursuing the American Dream for Indian Immigrants 13. A Study on Barriers Women Face to Sustain Educational Leadership Positions in Sri Lanka: How Sri Lanka Educational Administrative Service Female Officers Cope with the Barriers 14. Navigating Uncertainty: Advancing Gender Equality in Challenging Times 15. Indian Women Entrepreneurs: Challenges and Emerging Issues 16. Gender Equality: The Need of the Hour in Times of Uncertainty

Akanksha Srivastava, PhD, is an experienced academician, writer, and editor with over 15 years ofexperience in the education industry. She is an Associate Professor with the School of Education,Sharda University, Greater Noida, India. In addition to her work as an editor, she is also anaccomplished author. Her research interests include the intersection of inclusion with a focus onwomen’s experiences, on which she has published extensively. As the editor of this volume, Dr.Srivastava brought together a diverse group of scholars to explore the various themes and topicsrelated to the history of gender and sexuality in Europe, Asia, Africa, and the USA.Disha Maheshwari, PhD, is an Assistant Professor at the School of Education at ShardaUniversity, India. She was a Commonwealth Scholar at the Centre for Applied Linguistics,University of Warwick, Coventry, England. At Sharda University, she teaches courses on genderstudies, communication, and research methodology in education (qualitative) at the undergraduateand postgraduate levels and on pedagogy at PhD level. She has presented her research workaround the world, including at Cambridge, Stockholm, Hong Kong, Warwick, Oslo (virtual),Tamil Nadu, Punjab, etc. Her areas of interest are gender and education, discourse and identity, andhigher education pedagogy.Chitra Krishnan, PhD, is an Associate Professor of Human Resource Management and BehavioralScience at the Symbiosis Centre for Management Studies, Noida, India. She has a number ofpublications in acclaimed journals at the national and international levels and has also participatedin many national and international conferences. She is passionate about writing and has sevenbooks to her credit with international publishers. She has been a member of the review committeesfor conferences and journals. Her area of interest includes human resource management,organizational behavior, talent management, diversity management, employee satisfaction,knowledge management, artificial intelligence, and emotional intelligence.

"Refreshing to read as the chapters are analytically robust, lucid in style, maintain logical flow, and bring nuanced insights on a wide range of thematic areas. The overarching concern of this anthology is to examine two crucial areas of gendered realities: education and workforce. . . . [A] timely publication [that] gains great significance to identify the roots of hurdles and major challenges in approaching gender equality and finding solutions to them. . . . An important resource for policymakers, political and development practitioners, employers and educationists, and of course students, research scholars, and teachers."—From the Foreword by Vibhuti Patel, Vice President, Indian Association for Women‘s Studies

• Foreword by Vibhuti Patel, Vice President, Indian Association for Women‘s Studies Introduction 1. Gender Bias, Internalization, and Reinforcement in Classroom Discourse: A Case Study of Communicative English Classrooms in Vietnam 2. A Narrative Enquiry into Intersections of Professional Identity and Gender Identity Construction in Academia 3. Gender-Based Socialization Within the Formal System of Education: With Special Reference to Transgender and Gender Diverse (TGD) Learners Occupying the Classrooms 4. The Girl-Child Education: An Assessment of the Gender-Illiteracy Nexus in Nigeria 5. Gender Disparity in the Adoption of ICT 6. Gender Difference in Mathematics Performance: A Global Perspective 7. Influence of the ‘Gender School Concept’ on Gender Role Behavior and Gender Equality: A Sri Lankan Context 8. "They‘re Already on the Moon While We‘re Still Stuck in the Stone Age": Exploring the Language of Gender (In)Equality in German Workplaces from an Employee‘s Perspective 9. Feminization of the Labor Force in the Waste Sector: A Case Study of Kerala, India 10. The Paradox of Gender Equality in the Corporate World 11. "When People Heard I Was Going Instead of My Husband, Everyone Was Shocked and Discriminated Against Us": Exploring the Gendering of Professional Mobility from the Perspective of a Non-Elite Migrant 12. Inequality in the Land of Opportunity: A Case Study on the Gender Differences in Pursuing the American Dream for Indian Immigrants 13. A Study on Barriers Women Face to Sustain Educational Leadership Positions in Sri Lanka: How Sri Lanka Educational Administrative Service Female Officers Cope with the Barriers 14. Navigating Uncertainty: Advancing Gender Equality in Challenging Times 15. Indian Women Entrepreneurs: Challenges and Emerging Issues 16. Gender Equality: The Need of the Hour in Times of Uncertainty