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As a mum of a little girl, I’m passionate about equality and empowerment. I want her to grow up knowing she can be whoever she wants to be. Break those glass ceilings. Smash those gender stereotypes. However it’s not only our girls who are at risk of being stereotyped. Our boys are too. “Man up.” “Boys will be boys.” “Boys can’t play with dolls.”
Here’s to a world where children can just be children.
As part of my new Mighty Women Series, I’m welcoming Kirsty from World For A Girl to tell us about the woman who has inspired her the most. Inspiring in her own right, Kirsty has travelled to over 100 countries! Here’s who Kirsty credits for her love of travel – Robyn Davidson.
Continue readingI’ve not made any secret of my desire for my daughter to have positive role models to look up to. In a world of vanity, greed, and selfishness, I want my daughter to aspire to be like one of the many trail blazing women out there who are living the lives THEY want.
Inspired by March’s International Women’s Month, I thought I would write about a woman I find particularly inspiring : Dr Maggie Aderin-Pocock. When you think about women working within the science industry, they don’t come much more inspiring than Maggie.
I talk frequently about my desire to bring my daughter up to be a strong, confident young woman, and the role I play in encouraging that. Gender equality is so important to us but recently I’ve felt the need to remind people that it isn’t just girls who face being stereotyped. Our boys matter too.
Continue readingAfter the controversy surrounding the Duchess of Cambridge not wearing black to the BAFTA’s, it made me wonder whether this is what feminism and gender equality is about. Should ANY woman be made to conform to prove her beliefs?
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