Girl Mag Watch: Dolly January 2013
In its first edition for the year, Dolly brings readers some important content to help them launch into 2013.
‘Sexism: what’s it all about?’ examines how gender-based prejudice and discrimination is alive and well. Women continue to be paid less than men and hold a tiny proportion of board seats and CEO positions. They continue to be treated inappropriately in the workplace. A recent survey found 33% of women say they regularly experience sexism at work. Girls also experience sexual name calling and labels at school. They are encouraged to make a stand against gender stereotyping.
In ‘Inspiring Teen’s’, ‘I blitzed the HSC’ is the story of 19-year-old refugee Fatima who received 96.75 in the HSC. Fatima, her mother and five brothers and four sisters, who belonged to the minority Hazara group, arrived in Australia having fled the Taliban in 2007. Their father escaped earlier. She says she has changed from being a shy girl with no English to a “confident educated person” now enrolled in a Law/Communications degree. Stories like this can help readers value their education and aim higher. Read more here.
As published on Generation Next blog.
February 4th, 2013 at 9:42 am
We are taught form an early age that our lives are not fulfilled until we get married and have children. It is instilled in us from a very early age so much so that when one finds themselves still single well into their 30s, they are deemed a failure and a useless human being even if the person is very happy being single. Girls are taught they are here ion this planet to have children which is why many women often rush to get married and end up being with the wrong guy and end yup depressed for much of their lives. The same happens to men but women have more pressure to have children than men.