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Summarizing the incomplete results of the UNESCO Programme on ‘Good Practice in Promoting Gender Equality in Higher Education’, the author asks that any assessment of the progress made in the area of gender-sensitive education take regional specificities into account. The regional environment is at best neutral and usually hostile to feminism in subtle ways. In spite of the lack of tradition and experience in gender-sensitive social institutions, valuable things have been happening in the region. Placed within their socio-economic and political contexts (and not necessarily judged according to western standards) individuals, programmes, and institutions are pioneering in the field. Access to the benefits of an education incorporating a coherent gender dimension is, for the time being, limited. Some reasons for this situation are outlined in this article. Acts of Alignment of Women in Math and Science and All of Us who Search for Balance Pasztor, Ana; Slater, Judith J..-Peter Lang, 2000. 397pp. DESCRIPTORS: women academic staff; sciences; mathematics. ABSTRACT: Acts of Alignment talks of the aspirations and desires of women in higher education in the fields of mathematics and science; of their journey to wholeness and excellence that comes from having the choice and flexibility to create and change their roadmaps at will and thus succeed in a world in which the accepted way of knowing has been different from theirs. This book analyzes women's alignment of their environment, visions, and missions in life. Using the voices of women, this book explores the motivations, competence, and self-perceptions of women and the equality of opportunity afforded them to fully participate in their life and work environments. African Universities and the Challenge of Knowledge Creation and Application in the New Century Association of African Universities.-Accra, 2001. 152p. MEETING: AAU General Conference. 10th. Nairobi,Kenya, 2001. DESCRIPTORS: educational trends; educational management; leadership; educational quality; knowledge; information technology; womens participation; Africa. Alumnas y profesoras en campos científico-tecnológicos en universidades europeas: algunos datos para el análisis García de Cortázar Nebreda, Marisa / Spain. Ministerio de Educación y Ciencia. Instituto Nacional de Calidad y Evaluación [INCE].-In: Revista de Educación, no. 316, p. 283-296, 1998. DESCRIPTORS: women academic staff; women scientists; womens status; statistical data;