HEA Scotland: Embedding Equality and Diversity in the Curriculum Lunchbytes series. Date: 01-04-2014.
US slumps in press freedom rankings. Positive Images. The Positive Images toolkit is an educational resource for teachers, youth workers and other educators to teach young people about migration and development.
The toolkit includes ten innovative educational activities for young people aged 12 and over. It also includes a wealth of activities and case studies of actions, enabling young people through their community to make a difference to global issues. The toolkit incorporates four short films based on the stories of contemporary migrants and supporting powerpoint presentations. Complete toolkit Download the complete Positive Images toolkit here or download individual sections of the resource below. Complete Positive Images toolkit (PDF)Complete Positive Images toolkit (Microsoft Word)Complete Positive Images toolkit (Microsoft Powerpoint) Philosophy in Prison: Weighty Conversations about Right and Wrong. INTERNATIONAL WOMEN'S DAY 2012. How Hollywood is Shaping Up on the Feminist Front. For all the feminists out there – and those who want to see significant female presence in movies (beyond boobs and butts), this is a video that runs through the movies that were nominated for Best Picture at the Oscars and measures them for how well-represented women are in the Hollywood scene.
They use the Bechdel Test – what initially began as a bit of a joke now really highlights the lack of a significant female presence in films. Basically it says that if a movie passes the test it must fulfill the following conditions: The movie must contain at least 2 women.They must have namesThey must talk about something else other than a man. The question I have is: if you start placing emphasis on this rule in movies, will you end up getting scenes where women speak to each other just for the sake of it? Will we end up with really contrived, politically correct movies? It’s an interesting concern about the representation of women in today’s media.
What do you guys think? Guidance on Equality Act positive action provisions. Government issues guidance on Equality Act positive action provisions. The Government has published guidance for employers on how to deal with the Equality Act’s positive action provisions, and has urged employers to ignore scare stories about the Act’s implications for business.
Equalities Minister Lynne Featherstone advised employers to look at the guidance before the law changes on 6 April, and emphasised the Act’s benefits. She said: “Despite what you might have read in some quarters, positive action is absolutely not about political correctness, or red tape, or quotas. It’s about giving individual employers an extra tool they can use to help make the workplace fairer. “Positive action has the potential to make a real difference in the workplace, but only if employers understand what they can do and how they can do it.
That’s why we’ve produced straightforward guidance that explains exactly what positive action is all about,” she added. HR teams struggling to keep up with equality legislation. Despite the majority of employers providing diversity training for some members of their HR team, four out of 10 employers are not confident that their HR teams are kept sufficiently up-to-date on equality legislation to perform their jobs.
This is according to XpertHR’s 2011 diversity training survey, which also found that some organisations blame funding issues and a lack of support from senior management for inadequate training on diversity issues. Organisations were keen to keep HR up-to-date on changes brought about by the Equality Act 2010, with seven in 10 organisations having already provided training for HR and 21% planning to do so by autumn 2011. Charlotte Wolff, XpertHR training editor and author of the report, said: “Given the prominence of legislation in this area and the breadth of its coverage, ensuring HR has the right levels of expertise in equality law is vital. The XpertHR diversity training survey gathered results from 103 employers.
Further Updated Guidance Available on Equality Duties. The Public Sector Equality Duty Guidance for Wales is now available from the EHRC website.
As well as the legal requirements, the guidance includes eight guides on the specific duties in Wales which were set out in the Equality Act 2010 (Statutory Duties)(Wales) Regulations 2011 which became law on 06 April 2011. Every Woman's Right to Learn. [Background] [Aims] [Audience] [Programme] [Event Information] [Application Conditions] Background Our vision Imagine a world where the ambitions, dreams, talents and skills of girls and women are not limited by the barriers they face simply because they were born female.
Imagine how the world would benefit from all their energy, creativity, brain power, passion, and 'know how'. Continuing gender inequality is an unacceptable source of large-scale injustice. NIACE has a long history of supporting women's right to learn through our research, publications and events and last year organised an event that celebrated the 100th International Women's Day. The gender gap has undoubtedly narrowed since the first International Women's Day in 1911. Learning provides a route for women of all ages and backgrounds to find and fulfil their potential, whether it is at work, in their communities, or in discovering a creative talent or passion. Top of Page.