India is making a positive push to encourage more girls to pursue careers in the armed forces by opening an exclusive Sainik (military) School for girls. "Since the process involves a lot of financial approvals, it may take three to four years before the school starts. First, we will get the land transferred from the […]
I remember as a girl always enjoying Superheroes, though I didn’t really get into comic book geeky stuff until high school when a lot of the guys I hung out with were comic book guys. When I was little I would of course gravitate towards the few high profile female superheroes of the day. Which […]
As summer break moves right along I have to admit that I have been turning to the TV to occupy the kids here and there while I try and get some work done during the week (no one said working from home was simple). And as it turns of all the networks that have “summer […]
A pre-school in Sweden has taken the next step in gender neutrality by eliminating gender references in their school. This groundbreaking step is being taken at “Egalia,” a taxpayer-funded preschool in Stockholm where teachers do not refer to the children as “boys” and “girls” but instead as “friends.” Toy distribution is carefully planned so as […]
As people continue to discuss and debate the military policy known as “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell,” (DADT) despite the fact the it’s well on it’s way to being fully repealed, another group continues to face continues discrimination and prejudice in all branches of the military, without very much debate and hardly any media coverage at […]
For many years the stereotypes associated with cheerleaders has been either the school mean girl or school airhead. And those stereotypes have been reinforced in movies and television shows (see Glee) since the first high school movie was made. I have to admit that I bought in to those stereotypes a time or two during my […]
I recently came across something posted on Facebook that captured my eye. It was a blog post about a campaign from the Body Shop that had launched in the late nineties known as “the Ruby Campaign.” The Ruby campaign was part of a bigger ‘‘Love Your Body’’ campaign from the store. The Body Shop wanted […]
It seems that many parents these days (especially our readers here on the SheHeroes blog) are always looking for ways to somehow balance out gender identity for our young boys and girls as well as ways to call out toy companies, TV shows and clothing makers that help force certain gender ideas on children in […]
Here at SheHeroes we not only love to share stories about SheHeroes out and about making the world a better place today, but we also love to share stories of SheHeroes from history. One of my personal favorite SheHeroes in history, America's first female mayor. As it turned out America’s first female mayor holds another […]
My son is 8 years old. He is in the 2nd grade and surrounded some of the most amazing little 8-year-old girls I could ever imagine. Not only are they all beautiful in a million different ways, they all have these amazing personalities. Some are quiet and hard to reach at first. But when they […]
