WomenEd Blogs

by Julia Skinner and Lizana Oberholzer @TheHeadsOffice @LO_EduforAll During a recent presentation for WomenEd’s Global Unconference, we discussed the challenges and key considerations that governing bodies and trustee boards need to make when they...

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by Susie Fernandez @SusieFe15145779 Mis padres siempre me recuerdan que ya de muy pequeña usaba la tapa de un cajón en nuestra cocina para jugar a ser profesora. Parece ser que ya en aquella época me encantaba usar mi tiza para escribir en la...

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by Vivienne Porritt @ViviennePorritt This is my 2nd blog on the UK Equal Pay Day which, in 2020, falls on today, November 20th. From this day, most women are working for nothing because they earn less than men. The #GenderPayGap statistics for 2019...

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by Tara Harding The menopause can trigger both anxiety and panic attacks, followed by fatigue. However, there is no need for women to feel helpless as there are some remedies available. This article will shed some light on what to expect when these...

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por Tasha Fletcher @FletcherT_ Traductora Elena Diaz @TeacheryDiaz Sororidad. Empoderar. Elevar. Inspirar. Motivar “Tú puedes escribirme en la historia con tus amargas, torcidas mentiras, puedes arrojarme al fango y aun así, como el polvo… me...

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by Tasha Fletcher @FletcherT_ Sisterhood. Empower. Elevate. Inspire. Motivate 'You may write me down in history with your bitter, twisted lies, You may trod me in the very dirt, But still, like dust I rise.' Maya Angelou

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by Vivienne Porritt @ViviennePorritt We started WomenEd because women's voices on twitter were often silenced, harrassed or our views were not valued. It's one of the reasons we included a mic in our logo. So we encouraged women to tweet and to...

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by PeriMenopausalMe (real name withheld) #WorldMenopauseDay Sometimes, actually quite often, I feel that my sparkle has stopped sparkling and a dullness has taken over. What the hell has happened? This feeling throws me into a panic and then I start...

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by Cara Carey @CaraCarey20 I’ve always been very career focused and loved my job as a teacher. In fact, I remember one colleague expressing surprise at my pregnancy as she thought I was more of a ‘career woman’… as if you could only be one or the...

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by Victoria O'Farrell @vjofarrell #WorldMenopauseDay We were in a queue at Universal Studios in LA, (yes LA ,California! Trip of a life time and all that!) when I said ‘I’ve got to go!’ With blood streaming down my legs and filling up my denim...

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by Meera Chudasama @MeeraChudasama @innovatejournal Whilst the global unconference came and went, the spirit of WomenEd was strengthenedan. Transfixed with each presenter's ideas, inspiration and intrigue of our place in education and I was...

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by Kathleen Cushnie @VoicingEd Do you take time to reflect on your growth and achievements? Are you recognising support from others? Who do you need to voice gratitude to? Recently, I noticed that I hadn’t taken the time to acknowledge my...

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by Jo Pellereau @PhysicsJo I am blessed to have two wonderful children, both the result of gruelling IVF procedures and following pregnancies dotted with the stress of hyperemesis, blood loss and a bout of post natal depression following the birth...

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by Vikki Pendry @VictoriaPendry1 This was my first WomenEd conference and my first unconference, so I wasn't quite sure what to expect! I was drawn to the range of topics, especially those with an international texture which I felt would add some...

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by Emma Turner @Emma_Turner75 Flexible working needs modelling at all levels of responsibility, and if we are to avoid so-ing, then leaders have a duty to analyse who their flexible workers are and to see if they are representative of all levels,...

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by Emma Turner @Emma_Turner75 I am a mother of three small children and I work flexibly, part time, in education. Now read that sentence back. How many read the word, 'and' but heard or inferred 'so'? How many inferred that I work flexibly because...

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by Isabelle Ercan @IsaErcan04 What a wonderful feeling of togetherness, of sisterhood I was left with at the end of last weekend after the thought-provoking #WomenEd unconference which gives women leaders a voice in education! Women from all over...

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by Biljana Torbakova @btorbakova This unconference was my first experience of #WomenEd and it was a great one. Ironically, as I commenced my presentation on Imposter Syndrome, or Imposter Feeling (which for me is a better way to describe these...

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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 Nicola Mooney @nicksnook This is a short reflective blog on why standing together is important. One year ago today I received this message:

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by Mairead Mhig Uaid @MaireadMhigUaid For almost a quarter of a century, I have worked in the Irish Medium education sector in the north of Ireland/Northern Ireland. An immersion education system established here just over 50 years ago, it has...

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by Lisa Hannay @lhannay1 Shirley Chisholm was the first black woman to be elected to congress and was a formidable force for women’s rights, equal rights as well as a voice for minorities and for those who did not have anyone speaking on their...

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by Jackie Hill @hill1_jackie Losing your voice “I’ve lost my voice - again” – it kept happening for 2 years. At first, it was funny (sort of) but that changed, as it could take weeks for it to return fully. I tried different treatments, but nothing...

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By Christina Watson @cmw_kendal Photo credit The Falkland Islands – Sunset Saturday 26 September Saturday 26th September saw our first @WomenEdFalkland event: a morning thinking about Values- Led Leadership. What a morning it was: full of...

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