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Celebrating 2019

To celebrate our first year, we held an event for our teachers, early years practioners and friends at City Hall.

Deputy Mayor Joanne McCartney welcomed everyone to the event and emphasised the Mayor of London’s enthusiasm for work that looks to reduce limits on the potential of young people.

Professor Becky Francis, outgoing Director of the UCL Institute of Education, then led the keynote discussing the research behind Gender Action’s work.

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EventsGeorgina Phillips
Lessons learnt from the Gender Action Launch Event

I can’t believe it has been nearly two months since we launched Gender Action with teachers at City Hall. The event was exciting, not only as we got to hear from Professor Becky Francis, and educators and activists on our panel and leading our workshops, but also because we had such quality conversations with teachers and practitioners, from nurseries up to colleges. This was an enriching experience, and confirmed the need for Gender Action…

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Gender Action Teacher Launch Event Overview

On Saturday 9 February, Gender Action successfully launched its programme with teachers at City Hall.

The launch event opened with a keynote from the Director of UCL Institute of Education, Professor Becky Francis, who spoke about her extensive research in the field of gender and education. She highlighted the importance of considering intersectionality when trying to tackle gender stereotypes – considering how issues of gender intersect with issues around other forms of identity such as race, class and religion.

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Events, NewsGeorgina Phillips
Gender Action launches at Equal Play event

The capital will lead the way in championing gender equality in schools by funding a new Gender Action award. Developed by the Institute of Physics (IOP), King’s College London (KCL), UCL Institute of Education (IOE) and University Council of Modern Languages (UCML), the Gender Action award encourages the entire school to unite to challenge gender stereotypes by putting gender equality at the heart of all aspects of school life.

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Events, NewsBeth Bramley