Kiwi Thoughts
Dove hired a forensic artist to draw how women see themselves versus how others see them - the results are moving.
“You are more beautiful than you think”
LOVE~
(via lovingly-mkayleen22)
Breakthrough: The Gender Stereotypes Project is a schools programme that kickstarts the gender stereotypes debate among children, their parents and their teachers.
Dr Laura Nelson, Director of Breakthrough
Soho Parish School in central London is asking these questions. It is running a two-week programme of lessons, from 18-29 June 2012, that will cover all aspects of gender stereotypes. The emphasis of the lessons will be on asking questions, not making assumptions. Why are there differences in the behaviour, aspirations and attributes of boys versus girls, why do they exist and what are the implications?
The project has the following aims:
• to encourage children to fulfill their potentials as individual human beings, and to not be restricted by gender labels
• to raise awareness of gender stereotypes among schoolchildren
• to stimulate discussion and debate
Our Impact report 2012 sets out the impact that Action for Children services across the UK have had on children and young people’s outcomes over the past year. It focuses on four key areas that improve children and young people’s lives: safety, health, relationships and achievement. It also evidences the cost-effectiveness of our services and highlights our innovative approach that is delivered alongside evidence-based programmes.
The Impact report uses data gathered by our internal outcomes systems and from externally-commissioned evaluations to demonstrate the positive outcomes we achieve for children and young people.
Key findings include:
- 95% of our children’s centres were rated ‘good’ or ‘outstanding’ on their safeguarding of children
- Our intensive family support services reduced anti-social behaviours and helped children and young people to avoid contact with the criminal justice system. We were also able to prevent young people from entering care and remain safely in their communities through the involvement of these services.
- 70% of children and young people involved with our services improved their ability to maintain or form a supportive relationship with significant others
- We have undertaken a number of Social Return on Investment studies which show that by investing £1 million in intensive family support, a saving of £9.2 million could be achieved on later expenditure.
Save the Children - sign the petition, help end preventable child deaths.
(Source: savethechildren.org)
Father and Child Trust is a NZ organisation, providing support to all dads, especially teen and solo dads. Parenting courses and playgroups are also available.
Resources on the site include research papers and articles from their magazine, Father and Child.
Their vision is:
New Zealand communities where fathers and mothers are supported equally and have access to the resources and help they need to work together for the welfare of their children.
Birth and Battle: The Key to Human Gender, Paul McGreal
This NZ author believes the conditioning of our children begins at birth, informed by media bias (hero vs princess) and the isolation of the nuclear family. I haven’t read the book, but the review is informative.
The website containing the review is worth a visit also - http://fatherandchild.org.nz/
