Gender Action is a schools award programme which puts gender equality at the heart of policy and practice. Join us to challenge gender stereotyping 🏆
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💼 Equal Pay Day Facts:
📉 11.3% mean full-time gender pay gap
💷 £631 less in monthly take-home pay
📅 November 20: Women work for free from today until year-end
Let’s make noise. Let’s demand change.
fawcettsociety.org.uk/equal-…
#EqualPayDay24 #JoinFawcett
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A Level #geography gender balance below from @tes
From the most popular A-level subject combinations to regional differences in results and changes in entries per subject, her are 8 key trends from A-level results day
tes.com/magazine/analysis/se…
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“Despite the signs in shops & labels on books having been taken down, children are still surrounded by gender stereotypes”
Campaigner Olivia gave a webinar & wrote this blog for @ArkCurriculum full of resources & tips for challenging gender stereotypes arkcurriculumplus.org.uk/new…
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Thank you to Sonshine magazine for featuring us in the brilliant latest issue. In the article, Kirsty, Lifting Limits' Head of Education, explores the impact of the language used in schools that categories our children into two groups, boys and girls. Kirsty provides some 1/3
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(And so do their teachers!) Parents overestimate sons’ maths skills more than daughters’, study finds theguardian.com/education/ar…
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At BEP we are having a sneak preview of the presentations planned for tomorrow and we look to have an entertaining mix of meaty content, with some fun thrown in! Free to BEP subscribing schools (or £15) [email protected] #EdTechRevolution
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We are seeking 40 primary schools in England to take part in our innovative project to pilot an evidence-based curriculum for all KS2 children to promote gender equality and challenge gender stereotypes. The pilot starts in Autumn Term 2024, and is part of the Global Boyhood 1/3
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March is #WomensHistoryMonth!
No more silence.
No more impunity.
No more oppression.
No more harassment.
No more discrimination.
No more marginalization.
We owe it to the women who fought for #GenderEquality to carry on the torch and work for an equal future.
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The Global Boyhood Initiative (GBI) is an international programme promoting healthy boyhood from an early age. Lifting Limits is proud to be the implementation partner for GBI in the UK and we are about to start recruiting KS2 schools across England to take part in our pilot 1/3
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In diversity there is beauty and strength! 💙
It is time to end discrimination, celebrate diversity, and stand up for human rights.
Are you with us?
#ZeroDiscriminationDay
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⚖️ On World Day of Social Justice, let's reflect on the #inequalities that persist today.
🚻 Especially between women and men in #care.
⏰ Women are twice as likely to spend at least 5 hours per day on care responsibilities than men.
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Thoroughly recommend this great book by Prof Jo Warin of @GenderEYE 🥳📚
Was pleased to be able to contribute to this book on the great work of @_Gender_Action and the #IOPLimitLess campaign to this book - challenging sexism requires a whole school approach 🏫💕
ALT Book cover with a little boy wearing a white shirt and a pink skirt. Book title 'Gender in Early Childhood Education: Implementing a Gender Flexible Pedagogy' by Jo Warin
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Thank you @_Gender_Action @DEC_SY @TheIET @IETeducation @RoboticalLtd and @mission44 for enabling @WillowBrookGST to showcase how technology is everywhere for everyone.
We recently announced new partnerships with @_Gender_Action, @AFBE_UK and @BradfordCollege to increase diversity in STEM and motorsport.
⬇️ Learn more about how each partnership will address the unique barriers for young people from underrepresented groups into STEM roles.
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So important as to why @_Gender_Action Slides from the presentation of @crestem_kcl 2023 lecture being delivered by the very inspirational and thought provoking @suesentance
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Thanks to @edchoicesmag for inviting Kirsty to write an article on how to support children navigating #socialmedia for the spring 2023 edition.
Tap 👇 to have a read, it's packed with fantastic articles and content bit.ly/3Kmw6Dn
#onlinesafety #educationchoicesmagazine
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Through the Ignite Partnership, we are excited to announce we will be supporting three new funded partners, @AFBE_UK, @BradfordCollege and @_Gender_Action, to accelerate progress towards more diverse STEM and motorsport sectors.
Find out more: mission44.org/ignite-partner…
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Announcing three new recipients of Ignite Partnership funding...
We're delighted to support @AFBE_UK, @_Gender_Action and @BradfordCollege in accelerating towards a more diverse motorsport industry and encourage more young people into STEM education. 👏
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"Teachers can’t be the only guards against such a huge problem: when much of this harmful content is accessed at home, what conversations should parents be having with children, particularly sons?"
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