%A ?. ?. ??????? %J FAS 2013 International Student Congress on Gender, Maltepe University International Student Congresses, Istanbul, Turkey, 25-26 April, 2013: Proceedings. ? Istanbul, 2013. %T Gender and Meritocracy in Education Discourse: Language Matters %X This paper is an attempt to provide an answer to the question: to what extend is the word "meritocracy" justified and correct for all modern societies especially post-Soviet countries. The focus of our attention is on the meritocracy in education discourse in the post-Soviet space namely in Ukraine, which some scholars view as a phantom, some as objective reality and others as a process from "not yet elite to elite". The goal is to contribute to a better understanding of merit-based education systems and in shaping gender disparities at universities. %K Keywords: gender; meritocracy; merit-based education discourse. %P 35-50 %D 2013 %I Proceedings. ? Istanbul %L zu29609