Looking at the mediocre boys and men around will boost self-assurance, as will faking it and ganging up with other women
Last Saturday was International Day of the Girl, and at the Southbank Centre Jude Kelly, rare female head of a large arts institution, assembled crowds of women from all kinds of occupations to do a couple of circuits in pods on the London Eye, mentoring groups of girls. In that circular version of an elevator pitch, what do I say to them? What do I know?
The question of how to instil confidence into girls is one thats been in the news today, thanks to comments by Miriam González Durántez, who cited it as the biggest issue for girls underachieving. (Shes right though its cause is cultural, not biologically predetermined.) And indeed, one girl in my group said quietly, Im not very confident in myself.
Continue reading... Reported by guardian.co.uk 12 hours ago.
Last Saturday was International Day of the Girl, and at the Southbank Centre Jude Kelly, rare female head of a large arts institution, assembled crowds of women from all kinds of occupations to do a couple of circuits in pods on the London Eye, mentoring groups of girls. In that circular version of an elevator pitch, what do I say to them? What do I know?
The question of how to instil confidence into girls is one thats been in the news today, thanks to comments by Miriam González Durántez, who cited it as the biggest issue for girls underachieving. (Shes right though its cause is cultural, not biologically predetermined.) And indeed, one girl in my group said quietly, Im not very confident in myself.
Continue reading... Reported by guardian.co.uk 12 hours ago.