Delivering gender equality through education
By David Bartlett, Project Lead, Global Boyhood Initiative
On International Men’s Day, let’s take the opportunity to explore how, in today’s world, we think about boys and young men – what we expect and want them to be like, and what they expect of themselves – and what a healthy positive boyhood and manhood might look like.… Read more
Dr Alex Blower
Founder, Boys’ Impact
Dr Alex Blower is a researcher, writer and practitioner based at the Arts University Bournemouth. He is the founder of Boys’ Impact, a UK-wide collective of educational practitioners and researchers who are committed to improving educational outcomes for young men who are eligible for Free School Meals.… Read more
Uta Bolt –Research Fellow University of Bristol
Uta is a lecturer at the University of Bristol and a Research Fellow at the IFS. Her main research interest is the development of inequalities over the lifecycle and across generations.
Despite significant progress over the past decades, women still earn less than men.… Read more
Peter Woolton has been a primary school practitioner for over 20 years. He volunteered in youth work and schools prior to his qualifying as a teacher. During his time in schools, he has held a number of roles including Class Teacher, Assessment Manager, Assistant Head Teacher, Curriculum Manager and Governor.… Read more
Kanika Soodan is the Program Manager with Lifting Limits and has extensive experience of working in Education Sector in India. She is passionate about gender equality and education.
As a development professional with experience in the field of education in India, I have witnessed firsthand the transformative power of seemingly mundane interventions.… Read more
To celebrate our ‘People and Places’ Conference 2024, read how the school’s history timeline received a revamp.
Hayley Lockett, Gender Champion at Packmoor Ormiston Academy tells us more…
At Packmoor Ormiston Academy, we were excited to take part in the Lifting Limits programme.… Read more
Lifting Limits’ Chief Executive, Caren Gestetner, has written a guest blog for Centenary Action about how gender stereotyping feeds the under-representation of women in the House of Commons (35% of MPs) and in the House of Lords (29% of Members).… Read more
By Karin Doull
Karin Doull is an Honorary Research Fellow at Roehampton University. She has been a fellow of the Historical Association was a Chartered Teacher of History (CT Hist) and writes extensively for the Primary History journal. She is also active in promoting history through workshops, webinars and conference seminars.… Read more
Gender stereotypes are a root cause of gender-based violence against women(1) and must be tackled in order to redress the appalling injustice that almost 1 in 3 women in the UK experience domestic violence, and 1 in 5 sexual assault, in their lifetime.… Read more
Caren wrote a blog for the RSA arguing for a whole school approach to challenging gender stereotypes
‘Stereotyping continues to feed the gender unequal outcomes still seen across society. In order to stop it in its tracks, our education system needs both to banish stereotyping from the school environment and to equip the next generation to call it out wherever it appears.’