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Pages tagged "Institutional Gender Issues"


Male school principals in short supply

Posted on Latest News by Glen Poole · September 05, 2019 11:30 AM

NSW is experiencing a shortage of male primary school principals, now said to be half the number of female principals in public schools.

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Gaps in research on men’s experience with weight stigma

Posted on Latest News by Kim Trengove · August 09, 2019 10:09 AM

A new study into weight stigma has found that men have been overlooked by researchers when examining their experiences of obesity.

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Sexual harassment against men at work hits record levels

Posted on Latest News by Glen Poole · March 12, 2019 3:04 PM

A record number of men are making formal complaints about sexual harassment at work according to data from the South Australian Equal Opportunity Commission.

According to report by Rebecca DiGriolamo in the The Advertiser (Adelaide), nearly 1 in 2 complaints of sexual harassment accepted by the commission in 2017/2018 were made by men.

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Nurses Give Tips On Working With Men

Posted on Latest News by Glen Poole · September 25, 2018 12:36 PM

Conversations about improving men’s health often focus on how to get men to talk and how to encourage men to get help. A new report from the UK turns this conversation on its head by offering best practice advice to nurses on ways to talk with men about health issues, as well as providing guidance to nurses on how to deliver effective health services to men.

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"Don't Forget The Boys" Says UN Education Report

Posted on Latest News by Glen Poole · June 04, 2018 12:58 PM

Source:  UNESCO

 

The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) has published a policy paper on gender equality in education that warns “don’t forget the boys”.

Boys’ Education is a key men’s health issues as lower levels of education are linked to poorer health. Put another way, improving boys’ education, improves men’s health. 

According to UNESCO, boys are at greater risk of failing to progress and complete their secondary education in many countires. Moreover, boys perform increasingly less well in assessments of reading skills worldwide, a fact that continues to puzzle policy-makers.

As the UN’s sustainable development goals have committed the world to achieving universal completion of secondary education by 2030, it is important to take note of boys’ continuing disadvantage in several countries at this level, says the report.

UNESCO also claims that actively addressing boys’ disadvantage in education could be transformative in promoting gender equality, reducing violence and protecting youth from risk factors that could distort their futures.

The agency’s paper describes the extent of the problem, examines where and why it occurs and explores possible solutions. It concludes that entrenched gender norms negatively affect the education outcomes not only of girls, but also of boys.

Gender expectations pull poor boys out of school and into unskilled jobs that do not require secondary school completion, say the report’s authors.

 

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Achieving gender equality in education: don’t forget the boys


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