Gender Issues in Schools - Tackle the Problem (GIST)

The Taikon Sisters by Alva Karlsson, Malgomajskolan To be a part of the Romani people hasn’t been easy through the years. Not in Sweden, not anywhere. Not many knew who the Roma were or where they came from. So many rumors spread like wildfire and the Roma were then seen as dirty and filthy, and people thought that they stole things. This made them persecuted. The Roma got beaten, discriminated and called names. The Romani people didn’t have a place in society, but two of many people who fought for their rights were Rosa and Katarina Taikon, who were themselves Roma and sisters. The Romani people are said to have come to Sweden around 1500. They are a wandering minority and knew a lot of metals and ironwork, which was highly appreciated in countries like Sweden. But it was so appreciated that the Roma became slaves is Eastern parts of the world. The Roma were used for their talents. They didn’t become slaves in every country, but they were still badly treated. No one...

How women are represented in the Media/Television? When we searched ‘List of British TV programmes’ into the Google Search Engine, we were struck by the list of the results where the cast were extremely male dominated with only a scarce amount of women, for example, Sherlock Holmes, Top Gear, Black Adder, Dad’s Army and Only Fools and Horses.  In headlines recently, there has been lots of commotion because of the lack of women portrayed in the comedy game shows such as Mock the Week, Have I Got News For You and Would I lie to you, which is surprising as a lot of upcoming comedians are women. Although there is a lot of negatives to the British Television industry about feminism, in many programmes woman are represented in a very clever and humorous ways, compared to American Television they are portrayed as stupid and inferior.  In 2018, women have compromised 42% of all speaking characters on Television and 39% of protagonists. Though 99% of women have e...

CLUB “HEAR THEIR VOICES AGAIN” The club’s essays and articles on topic:   “Gender equality”     PLAMENA PETROVA: 13, a marvelous painter, a creator, likes reading and animals   “Feminism has never just been about liberating women from men, but about freeing every human being from the straight jacket of gender oppression.” – Laurie Penny The Constitution of each country says that women and men have equal rights, but is it really true? Discrimination against people because of their gender or sexual orientation is daily routine. Sexism has different manifestations. We watch on TV discriminatory advertising. Women take care of the household. Ads for alcohol and meat are for men. Children are taught from small to determine what is usually “female” and what – usually “male”. Girls grow up with the consciousness that they have to be beautiful to be liked. Pink products are for girls, and blue ones – for boys. Sexism also exists at school. Oft...