Vol. 14 No. 3 (2025): Special issue: Research on gender and gender equality in ECE

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Published: 2025-12-15

Editorial

Research on gender and gender equality in ECE

Outi Ylitapio-Mäntylä, Mia Heikkilä

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Peer-reviewed articles

At the Intersection of Neoconservatism and Neoliberalism: Rationalities of Government in Discourses Opposing the Gender Equality Planning Obligation in Early Childhood Education

Mervi Eskelinen, Susanna Itäkare, Maiju Paananen

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Done with Gender: Reinforcing and Reproducing Gender Stereotypes and Positions in Early Childhood Education

Monica Londen, Gunilla Holm, Jan-Erik Mansikka, Maria Saloranta, Alexandra Nordström

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Gender Inequality Problems and their (Im)possibilities: Critically Exploring Swedish Preschool’s Gender Equality Mandate

Megan Rådesjö

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Gender and gender equality in research on preschools and ECEC in Sweden 2002-2022

Mia Heikkilä

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Children’s gender constructions in Brazilian Early Childhood Education and Care

Ricardo Goncalves de Sousa, Sandro Vinicius Sales dos Santos

113-137
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A dog called Cat and a grandpa who is actually a grandma. Queer reading in children's literature as a promoter of gender diversity

Susanna Itäkare, Jaana Pesonen

138-161
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How do orientations matter in early childhood education? Children, choices and gendering processes

Anna Günther-Hanssen

162-187
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Non-peer reviewed writings

Promoting equity and gender equality in ECEC: Reflections from a pilot project

Eerika Ströömi, Laura Hagström

188-206
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