WomenEd Blogs

By Kirsty P. @TeacherBusy I've been teaching for 12 years; I've worked in two schools but visited many. I've been a teacher, a Head of Year and now a Lead Practitioner. Here's some things that have happened to me during the last 12 years in my...

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by Liz Free @LizAMFree During International Women's Day 2022 (#IWD22) we were invited to imagine a gender equal world. A world free of bias, stereotypes and discrimination. A world that is diverse, equitable and inclusive. A world where difference...

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by Caitlin Bracken @CaitTeachesKind I'll be honest, I did question why I'd sacrificed my Saturday lie-in, as I got on a train at 8.11am on March 12th. For those thinking 'Surely you'll just have Sunday though?' you'd be wrong, I was up early again...

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by Lisa Hannay @lhannay1 By all accounts another successful International Women's Day event, this time with several WomenEd networks coming together! On Tuesday, March 8 @WomenEdCanada , @WomenEdAlberta , @WomenEdManitoba , @WomenEdBC and...

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By Sheetal Smith @SmithSheetal Martin Luther King once said: 'If I cannot do great things, I can do small things in a great way.' This year, for International Women's Day, women all over the globe are hoping to share, inspire and move towards a...

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By Susan Bradbeer @sbradbeer Women who lead in rural schools are doing an extraordinary job. But they encounter bias in the form of division between rural and urban expectations. We have had enough of glass ceilings, jungle gyms, and elevators....

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By Dr Deborah Netolicky @debsnet Each year, International Women's Day is surrounded by questions as to why the day is needed. Yet a dig into data from any country shows that gender equity is far from a reality. Recently, the COVID-19 pandemic has...

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By Punam Mohandas @PunamMohandas The mind connection that people make between gender and the teaching profession makes for some fascinating research; in many countries, the ratio of female to male teachers is much higher. While undertaking some...

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by Rachel Fenn @NoSchoolSexism End Sexism in Schools is a grassroots organization founded in 2020. We are united in our mission to see schools become places where all children can achieve their potential, without being limited by gender stereotypes....

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Dr Sadie Hollins @_WISEducation ‘How you are seen may affect how you are heard.’ This was one of many lines in Prof. Jennifer Eberhardt’s book ‘ Biased: Uncovering the Hidden Prejudice That Shapes What We See, Think, and Do ’ that resonated with me....

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by Micky Dominguez @micky_dominguez Martes, 9.30 de la noche, cuando ya el día parece llegar a su fin. Me siento en mi escritorio, delante del papel y el lápiz y me pregunto: ¿qué me convirtió en un #HeforShe? ¿Qué me hace defender y reivindicar la...

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by Caitlin Bracken @LittleMissB_NQT This is not the blog I expected to write today. I was almost sure I wouldn’t be able to harness the enormous theme of ‘respect’ into something brief and engaging enough for a #DailyWritingChallenge entry… and then...

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by Kaley Louise @MrsRileyEng Since returning to work, from maternity leave, I have been asked- numerous times- ‘How do you do it?’, ‘Don’t you miss her?’, ‘Are you afraid you’ll miss out on something precious?’ and questions of their kin, numerous...

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