Over the past
months, we’ve been inspired and amazed by the Olympic and Paralympic Games. London 2012 has also seen some firsts
– for the first time, every country has entered at least one female athlete,
and the Paralympics are seeing more athletes and more spectators than ever
before. This is a great push forward for equality – and equality is the value we’re talking about for our last month of
Global Conversations.
This month, tell us how important equality is to you! Perhaps you’ve overcome prejudice to get where you are today, you’re passionate about equal rights for women and girls, or you’ve built bridges in your community to engage more people in Girl Guiding and Girl Scouting.
Here are some ideas
to get you thinking – then send us your blog!
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What
does equality mean to you?
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What can
be done to combat prejudice?
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Do you
think everyone where you live is equal? What could be done about it if not?
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Why is it important that we
value everyone equally?
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Do you treat everyone the
same?
Things to do
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Stand up
for girls and young women – get involved in WAGGGS’ Stop the
Violence campaign and make plans for the very first International Day of the Girl on 11 October. For more info on WAGGGS' involvement click here
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Check
out The Girl Effect site www.girleffect.org
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Create a play or timeline
showing the changes in female equality over the last century.
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Play a familiar team game
but blindfold or otherwise "disable" half of the members of each
team. Stress the importance of everyone playing an equal role in the game.
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Research the Fair Trade movement -
perhaps hold a Fair Trade sale at your unit.
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Do some stereotypically
"boy" activities (such as woodwork, mechanics or driving go-karts),
to show that girls can do just as well!
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Play a familiar game but
change the rules for some participants. How much fun is it when everyone isn't
treated equally?