National leveling and admission system to higher education in Ecuador: analysis of affirmative action measures from a gender and intersectional approach

Abstract

This paper analyzes whether the affirmative action measures have been observed in their formulation and positivization of the gender and intersectional perspective, considering their approval in the Regulation of the National Leveling and Admission System, 2019 (Secretary of Higher Education, Science, Technology and Innovation - SENESCYT, 2019). This is achieved through a deductive and comparative study of the normative bodies in the matter of human rights. To close the gap in higher education access for the diversity of women demands actions such as: a) A preliminary study of the problem to be addressed through affirmative action measures, b) Participation of the different women, considering their heterogeneity and the multiplicity of environments, c) To transversalize the gender approach throughout the Rule; and, d) To recognize the temporary and complementary nature of the measures, establishing parameters for their evaluation and issuing other norms to warantee the equity access to higher education.