What essays of 11-year-olds tell us about the importance of gender norms

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

“Boys don’t play with girls!”

Preschool children’s role in reinforcing gender stereotypes in early childhood education.

Cathy Kilburn recently completed a PhD in preschool children’s experience of gender stereotype reinforcement and policing within early childhood education settings. She is a lecturer of early childhood education at the University of Hull.

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Breaking Barriers

The Transformative Power of Toilets

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

Good Practice in Action

A note from the winner of our Good Practice Awards, 2023

Abbie Freel is the Personal Development and Wellbeing Lead at Ormiston Herman Academy in Great Yarmouth. OHA was one of the 15 schools participating in a pilot last year to trial an adapted version of Lifting Limits’ Gender Equality in Schools programme, which will enable us to scale our work across the country.… Read more

Finding the women in history

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

Clever boys and pretty girls

Lifting Limits has recently featured in the March/April 2023 edition of the NEU’s magazine Educate.

Sarah Thompson from the NEU explores how Lifting Limits is helping to break down gender stereotypes in schools.

With thanks for the support from our partner schools Packmoor Ormiston Academy (Stoke on Trent), Fleet Primary school (Camden) and Barnham CEVC Primary (Suffolk), as well as our very own Head of Education Kirsty Ruthven.… Read more

Online influencers and primary-aged children

Safer Internet Day February 2023

By Kirsty Ruthven, Head of Education

A recent report by Ofcom highlights a range of new information around the online worlds of children. 95% of 8- to 11-year-olds used video sharing platforms (VSPs) such as YouTube and TikTok in 2021.… Read more

Launching the Global Boyhood Initiative in the UK

By David Bartlett, Project Lead, Global Boyhood Initiative

Globally, women and girls have been the driving force behind efforts to achieve gender equality, with most efforts not only created by but also targeted at women and girls – and rightly so, as women and girls are disproportionally affected by gender inequitable norms and behaviours.… Read more

A sporting summer?

By Heather Smith

Heather Smith is the Head of UK Programmes at Plan International UK, leading the strategic development and delivery of Plan International UK’s domestic work.  Ensuring the excellent delivery of existing programmes and working with the team to develop new programmes and relationships, with a focus on the long-term sustainability of the charity’s work through fundraising.… Read more