Boy Meets Girl – and slaps her?

I came across this video a while ago and thought it was an interesting piece on how young people instinctively know right from wrong but sometimes, as we know – unfortunately, they grow up and can change their attitudes…

Dear Daddy…

This incredibly poignant and moving video was made by the Norwegian charity organisation CARE which campaigns for women’s rights. The video reflects on the impact of male violence against women and the danger that both girls and women live with in our society today. It’s incredibly moving, and worth watching and thinking about if you have, or know anyone who has boys or …

Emma Watson’s UN Speech

Fantastic, moving and hopefully persuasive speech by the wonderful Emma Watson to the United Nations.

Body Image Week

This week is body image and eating disorder awareness week. I’m not going to ask you to throw water on your head or even donate any money. All I will ask is that you tell the young girls and women in your life that they are beautiful. That you love them for their strength, their kindness, their intelligence. That they …

The words we use are important…

A new Verizon commercial cites a sad statistic by the National Science Foundation: 66 percent of 4th grade girls say they like science and math, but only 18 percent of all college engineering majors are female. People have offered many potential explanations for this discrepancy, but this ad highlights the importance of the social cues that push girls away from math and …

Words every girl should learn

I just read a fascinating article about how women are affected by the politeness and subservience standards we set for girls versus what we set for boys. It’s a very interesting piece which really pulls into focus how we need to start looking at how we treat our kids – more so our daughters – to help them to not …