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Sat Nam!
This is more of a comment than an answer, but I think a lot of this is probably culturally linked...perhaps it's all just culturally linked. Perhaps the people that request such things find that their deeply ingrained cultural beliefs hold a higher weight than what is 'correct and fair', spiritually. (Their sense of lineage, family inheritance, flow of wealth/importance in their family lines, etc. is more important to them for one reason or another.) But your idea of having classes on teaching the importance of gender equality in a gurudwara is quite a good one. But it starts in the homes first, I suppose. If the parents of the child do not speak of gender-equality, practice it visibly, then it's difficult for their children to learn to apply it to their own lives when they grow. Lots of public schools in the countries you mentioned generally expect gender-equality/or expose children to it in the classroom atmosphere, as far as my experience goes. Maybe it's high time to have a class after the service in the Gurudwara for entire families to understand the importance of the basic love-based fundamentals of our religion!
Many blessings, and apologies to anyone I might have offended,
~ Lo