Tagged equality
Basic education and gender equality
Original UNICEF article can be found here Despite progress in recent years, girls continue to suffer severe disadvantage and exclusion in education systems throughout their lives. An estimated 31 million girls of primary school age and 34 million girls of lower secondary school age were not enrolled in school in 2011. Sub-Saharan Africa has the…
Why DO we need to talk about equality in schools
Why do we need to talk about equality in school? We have the same teachers, the same uniforms, we are taught the same things, we are given equal opportunities to grow, we are all offered the same equal things, so why do we need to talk about equality. Because we’re all so different. We…
Building support for gender equality among young adolescents in school: findings from Mumbai, India
Find Full article here: GEMS_Building_Support_for_Gender_Equality_Adolescents Abstract: There is increasing recognition that to reduce gender inequality — a goal fundamental to improving a country’s overall health and development — programs must start with youth. Yet there has been limited engagement of both girls and boys during early adolescence to challenge and shift gender norms that contribute to…
A school system, based on equality
Finland is revolutionising the way we approach schools, teaching, and learning with its equality-based education system. “Equal means that we support everyone and we’re not going to waste anyone’s skills. We don’t know what our kids will turn out like—we can’t know if one first-grader will become a famous composer, or another a famous scientist. Regardless…
Discussion: Representation of Equality, Discrimination and Prejudice in Harry Potter
Harry Potter has formed an integral part of our generation’s psyche, contributing subtly and not-so-subtly to the way we think, and the we way we feel. What is the influence of growing up reading the series on our approaches to social prejudice and discrimination? According to a new study, published in the Journal of Applied Social Psychology, young…
