Author's Name:	Wellington Samkange
Subject Area:	Social Science and Humanities
Subject	Education
Section	Research Paper

Equality, Equity, Feminists, Radical Feminism, Liberal Feminism, Early Childhood Development, Inequality.

Radical feminism and Liberal feminism are some of the approaches that have been employed to explain inequalities and oppression within societies. These are two opposing approaches in terms of how they advocate for change and reform. The Radical Feminists advocate for revolutionary means to tackle oppression which they believe is a result of the biological differences between men and women. On the other hand, Liberal Feminists advocate for a moderate approach to bringing about change. Such an approach involves the use of legislation and an incremental strategy to bring about change. Whilst the paper makes reference to the Radical Feminist theory, this is done to show the contrasts in approach between the Radical Feminist Theory and Liberal Feminist Theory, its major focus is on the Liberal Feminist Theory. The paper focuses on how the Liberal Feminist Approach has been applied in education, especially at the Early Childhood Development level in order to address issues of inequality in education. The paper observes that whilst there has been progress in addressing gender issues through legislation as advocated by Liberal Feminists, gender inequality remains prevalent in politics and other spheres of socio-economic development. The paper proposes that there may be need for a more radical approach that dismantles structures, as the moderate approach on gender issues as advocated by Liberal Feminism has its limitations when it comes to such areas as politics and development.