Égalité professionnelle et genre en contexte : l’exemple des chef.fes d’établissement du secondaire

In the public service, the elementary and secondary education sector is highly feminised. Our object of study is related to these issues of professional equality within the national education system (a highly feminised context) and aims to explore the discourse held by management staff (especially women) on the perception (or not) of gender inequalities in access to managerial positions (subjective perception of inequalities). The results make it possible first of all to show the heterogeneity of the responses of staff (including women) on questions of perceived equality. Comparatively, a majority of the interviewees emphasised the difficulties in articulating different life times (professional, family, personal). They also emphasised the availability and commitment required to carry out the function of head teacher. And, in this respect, there seems to be relative agreement between the women and men who responded (although, from a quantitative point of view, more women mentioned these aspects). The fields of application of this research should be linked to equality policies in the public service and action plans for gender equality.