Gender Balance in Geography
Steve Brace, Head of Education at the Royal Geographical Society (one of our Supporter organisations) writes about gender and geography, and how having gender-balanced entry does not solve all gendered issues in a subject.
There was much written in the press in November 2019 about university level geography and whether the subject had equal appeal to both female and male students. Lurid press headlines characterized the subject as being for ‘white, posh and dim boys’. Such comments echoed the debate from 100 years ago, around the admittance of women as Fellows to the Royal Geographical Society, with the author of a letter to the Times declaiming that “We contest in toto, the general capability of women to contribute to scientific geographical knowledge.”
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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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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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