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Goals for Girls Initiative

Goals for Girls is an NGO that use soccer to develop leadership skills in young women and teach them how to be agents of change in their own lives and in their communities.They connect girls from different countries and backgrounds with their peers around the world to address social and health challenges through cultural exchange,…

Sexism in the discourse roles of textbookdialogues

During the last two decades much has been written about gender issues in foreign language textbooks Most studies concern the textbook language itself (i.e. features of vocabulary and grammar which discriminate against one of the sexes) and the textbook content (i.e. portrayal of the two sexes with respect to their visibility, jobs, personality, relations and…

Gender representations in the illustrations of the 6th Grade Language Textbook used in Greek Elementary School.

In a society where gender equality is constitutionally enshrined and displayed as an educational policy objective, it attempts to examine if school textbookimages respond to the demands of social reality, or perpetuate outdated gender stereotyped educational practices. Read more details regarding the gender representations in the illustrations of the 6th Grade Language Textbook used in…

Portugees National Statistics Institute launched the website of the National Statistical System on Gender Equality.

The National Statistics Institute launched the website of the National Statistical System Project on Gender Equality, of which it is a promoter. This website presents information about the activities that make up the project: – the Gender Database, a platform for mapping relevant data from the point of view of gender equality;– the Fertility Survey,…