Resources for teachers and parents about children’s books that challenge gender stereotypes Share on Facebook Tweet about it Subscribe to the comments on this post Email to a friend
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The Importance of Girl Things
Why are girl things so despised? Consider the derisive response to music girls like, movies and television shows girls watch, social networking sites girls inhabit, activities in which girls engage, and the clothes girls wear.Continue reading
Inclusion and Gender Equity in Education: A Conference at the Institute for Educational Development, Aga Khan University
Dar es Salaam, 14 – 16 November 2012 GEA Policy Report Share on Facebook Tweet about it Subscribe to the comments on this post Email to a friend
‘Keeping it Real’: teenage girls and everyday feminism
It is an overcast Friday in mid-October as the Cardiff University contingent (that’s us!) pull up outside a rated-but-dated business hotel in Newport; we are attending the #KeepingItReal conference for teenage girls, run by theContinue reading
Physics Education: It’s Different for Girls?
Back in the late eighties I was one of two girls out of thirty pupils in my 5th form Physics class. While girls were happy to take up the Biology and Modern Language options, inContinue reading
Bad Animals Sitting Sweetly: Some Thoughts on Naughtiness, Gender and What We Learn in School
Let it be known that my six-year-old daughter is a child rife with frolicsome mischief. The experience of parenting said child fostered my interest in naughty youngsters, the connections between misbehavior and personhood andContinue reading
Why is the International Day of the Girl Child Important?
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October 11th: International Day of the Girl Child
The UN has declared that October the 11th 2012 will mark the very first International Day of the Girl Child. Share on Facebook Tweet about it Subscribe to the comments on this post Email toContinue reading
Modern Girlhoods: A GEA Seedcorn Event
‘Great papers, lots of interesting people and plenty of opportunity for important dialogue’ ‘I was totally blown away by Wednesday. Best conference I’ve ever been to, especially the way that the conversations just got moreContinue reading
World Atlas of Gender Equality in Education
A brilliant new resource for ‘visualising the educational pathways’ of males and females and for observing the changes in disparities over time has been launched by the UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Maps, charts and tablesContinue reading
