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Girls play outside less than boys even at two years old, UK survey reveals

18 October at 10:46 AM, via The Guardian

Researchers shocked at discovery that gender difference in physical activity appears to begin so early in life

Girls play outside in nature less than boys even at the age of two, according to the first national survey of play among preschool-age children in Britain.

While researchers expect to see older children socialised to particular gender roles, they were shocked to see similar patterns...

London mayor urges primary schools to help tackle online misogyny

18 October at 07:00 AM, via The Guardian

Teachers offered training on running classroom sessions for children to learn about inequality and sexism

Combating the “pernicious influence” of misogynists such as Andrew Tate in primary schools is as important as teaching children English and maths, the mayor of London has told teachers.

Sadiq Khan has written to every primary school in London urging them to counter the online misogyny of...

Jenrick hits back at Gove over ‘Tory boy’ jibe, saying ex-minister behind much Tory infighting – UK politics live

17 October at 15:27 PM, via The Guardian

Leadership hopeful’s campaign team say Gove ‘and acolytes’ have been responsible for the ‘drama that has led our party to where it is’

Shabana Mahmood, the justice secretary, has told MPs that magistrates are getting powers to sentence offenders for longer – to reduce the number of prisoners being held on remand and to cut the backlog in crown courts

In a statement to MPs, she said that,...

University in Lisbon suspends plans for course on racism taught by all-white staff

16 October at 20:41 PM, via The Guardian

Nova university programme criticised for only having white instructors and for some of its content, such as session on ‘does racism really exist?’

A top university in Lisbon has suspended plans to launch a postgraduate programme on racism and xenophobia after the course was criticised for hiring only white instructors.

The programme, offered by the faculty of law at Nova university in tandem...

Columbia Bars Vocal Pro-Israel Professor From Campus

16 October at 18:51 PM, via New York Times

The university said that Shai Davidai has repeatedly harassed and intimidated employees. He said that the university has not done enough to crack down on pro-Palestinian protests.

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