Gender, education and teacher training. Challenges and opportunities

This paper has three distinct parts. The first part takes stock of main achievements and pending issues in the fight against gender discrimination in our education system. The second part focuses on the new curricula of Degree as an opportunity to train prospective teachers and analyses the obstacles which must be overcome to create schools that educate on equal opportunities between women and men. The final part of the paper offers a summary of each of the contributions of this special issue on "Gender and Education", which will provide the reader with a preliminary approach to its contents.