Gendered Higher Education and Women Academicians’ Career Development

Gendered culture in higher education attracted due attention of researchers across the globe. It vividly shaped the academic environment, influenced women’s experiences and perpetuated inequalities. This research provides insights on the impact of gendered culture on women academicians’ career development in higher education of Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK). We aimed to highlight the gendered barriers they face in advancing their careers in higher education. We used quantitative epistemologies and employed a cross-sectional approach. We selected a sample of 30 women academics by means of simple random sampling technique and collected data by using questionnaire from one of the public sector universities of AJK. The findings revealed a mixed bag of findings, including disparities in representation, research productivity, promotion, and supervision as well as in familial responsibilities. Based on the findings, we conform the argument of Acker (1990) that higher education is gendered space where men’s hegemony contributes to maintain the gender segregation in the organization of higher education. It is suggested to immediate measures to elevate women academicians’ status in higher education of AJK.