Posted in Blogs, Feminism, Power of Words on Jun 26th, 2009 1 Comment »
Guest Post by Enlighten Education’s Program Director for Queensland, Storm Greenhill-Brown
Personal happiness is a subject that has long been of interest to me, so I was most intrigued when I read Elisa’s recent comment mentioning a study called “The Paradox of Declining Female Happiness” by two economists from the University of Pennsylvania. According to their [...]
Posted in Enlighten Education, Magazines, Media, Women and Careers on Jun 19th, 2009 9 Comments »
I am thrilled to report that on Wednesday I was named by The Australian newspaper as the country’s top emerging leader in education, for the work that I do with girls through Enlighten Education.
As I accepted my award from Prime Minister Kevin Rudd at a lunch at Parliament House, I felt deeply honoured — and [...]
Posted in Advertising, Enlighten Education, Parents, Power of Words, Schools on Jun 12th, 2009 7 Comments »
Many girls I work with tell me they are stressed — really stressed. They feel exhausted and overwhelmed. They have headaches, trouble sleeping, chronically tight muscles, fatigue and lack of appetite or weight gain, which are recognised signs of stress.
Why do our young women feel such debilitating pressure?
I believe many teen girls are suffering from the Supergirl [...]
Posted in Power of Words, Resources, Schools, Women and Careers on Jun 5th, 2009 1 Comment »
I was really interested in the findings of a study conducted by Janet Hyde, a University of Wisconsin-Madison professor of psychology, and Janet Mertz, a UW-Madison professor of oncology, on girls and mathematics. They analysed studies from around the world on mathematics performance along with gender inequality as measured by the World Economic Forum’s Gender Gap Index. [...]
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