The Case for Play

Play is Serious. It’s how children learn to learn. Play helps develop girls’ sense of self and cognitive abilities; it teaches creative and constructive problem solving, self expression…

The Case for Girls’ Schools

Girls’ schools help reduce Threats to Girlhood by overturning the gender stereotypes that limit girls’ interests in maths and sciences, that keep girls from taking on leadership roles, that cause girls to feel self-conscious playing sports, and that limit girls’ lifelong potential.

2010 Threats to Girlhood Report

Threats to Girlhood include all of the issues, mindsets, factors, trends, and circumstances that impact girls’ lifelong health, wellness, happiness, and ability to succeed. Identifying current Threats to Girlhood is an important step towards advancing the well being of girls, the possibilities for women, and the strength of communities.

Anthropomorphized on the Silver Screen

The amount of time that children spend in front of  the TV may shock you. The average American child “has ‘spent the equivalent of three years in the tutelage of the family television set’ by the time they reach first grade” (1). While the average Australian child watches 17.5 hours of television each week, 20% [...]

Survey: Healthy Modeling and Messaging in Girls’ Movies

Screen media plays a growing role in the lives of young people, which makes the modeling and messaging conveyed through this medium all the more important. While the average Australian child watches 17.5 hours of television each week, 20% of Australian children actually watch more than 30 hours a week, and the average child in [...]