Background of Shanghai Women's University

Shanghai Women's University (to be established), led by the Shanghai Municipal Education Commission and the Municipal Women's Federation, is positioned as "non-academic education". It is currently in the preparatory stage and will be formally established on 20 12. This is a non-academic education and training system for women.

Shanghai Women's University aims to hold special training courses for higher-level female talents with a certain workplace foundation and professionalism. The goal is to tap the potential of female talents, enrich their career and thinking, expand their minds and abilities, cultivate gender equality awareness, and make them a reserve force for high-level female talents.

Relying on Shanghai Open University, Shanghai Women's University will be built into a comprehensive education base to provide lifelong non-academic education resources for Shanghai women. According to the needs of women of different ages, such as girls' etiquette school, bride school, expectant mother school, white-collar school and so on. , women's literacy, culture, etiquette, leisure, service and other courses, highlighting practicality, and strive to create a series of women's quality courses. At the same time, vocational training is provided, such as targeted skills training for foreign women.

Shanghai Women's University will build a three-level education network. One is to build Shanghai Women's University by relying on Shanghai Open University, the other is to establish a branch of Shanghai Women's University in community colleges, and the third is to carry out education and training in street and township community women's schools. At the same time, it is planned to set up an excellent course of Shanghai women's education on the Shanghai lifelong learning network, so that women can choose subjects of interest for training.

In 20 10, the average life expectancy of registered population in Shanghai was 82. 13 years, including 84.44 years for women and 79.82 years for men. The overall development level of women in Shanghai is close to the average level of moderately developed countries in the world.

2011165438+1on October 30th, the reporter learned from the press conference of Shanghai municipal government that in order to further improve women's cultural quality and promote female talents to stand out, Shanghai will set up women's universities and gender equality supervision institutions during the Twelfth Five-Year Plan period.

The Twelfth Five-Year Plan for Women's Development in Shanghai recently promulgated and implemented by the Shanghai Municipal Government has established six priority development areas, including economic participation, political participation, cultural education, physical and mental health, family welfare and rights and interests protection, and has also established five practical projects, including "establishing Shanghai Women's University", "establishing a gender equality supervision institution" and "establishing Shanghai Women's Development Research Center".

Zhang Lili, chairman of the Shanghai Women's Federation, said that in the field of family welfare, the goal is to improve the social family policy system and promote the happiness and harmony of women's marriage. "Shanghai will establish a new fashion of sharing housework between husband and wife and formulate a happiness index for women."

According to reports, in 20 10, the average life expectancy of registered population in Shanghai was 82. 13 years, including 84.44 years for women and 79.82 years for men. According to relevant indicators, the overall development level of women in Shanghai is close to the average level of moderately developed countries in the world.