Government releases Curriculum and Assessment Review final report
We are deeply concerned that the Curriculum and Assessment Review final report fails to address the invisibility of women and girls in what is taught in schools.
News and Views
Minister addresses issue of gender bias in English literature
This is an article from The Independent following MP Wera Hobhouse’s question about gender bias in English literature.
Manopolies: How the education system embeds sexism in GCSE English Literature
"Manopolies" is new research from End Sexism in Schools (ESIS) exposing how the education system embeds sexism in GCSE English Literature.
Book Review: The Authority Gap by Mary Ann Sieghart
With relentless clarity, Mary Ann Sieghart’s The Authority Gap delivers a cascade of evidence. Essential, uncomfortable, galvanizing.
What can schools do to help end sexism?
The question "what can schools do to end sexism?" is a hot topic. Dr Lara Wood gives 8 simple actions for schools beyond PSHE.
Adolescence and Hot Chicks
For all its hard-hitting truths, Adolescence has created yet another conversation about misogyny that ignores girls.
What the Curriculum and Assessment Review isn’t saying
Disappointingly, the Curriculum and Assessment Review interim report makes no mention of the need to introduce a gender-balanced curriculum.
Mice, men but no women
Mice, men but no women. Perhaps you can guess why we might object to white-male authored novella 'Of Mice and Men'.
No more shame for victims? We’re focusing on all the wrong things
Despite the world’s media and everyone I follow focusing on her “shame” quote, this is not the most important thing Gisèle had to say.