West Berkshire Lifestyle Nov - Dec 2022
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Putting Girls First<br />
GSA Schools Create Happy, Well-Rounded, Confident Women<br />
The facts are that girls’ schools are<br />
crucial to achieving gender equality;<br />
they level the playing field for girls and<br />
consistently campaign for the benefit of<br />
girls and women, and always have.<br />
Looking At Women’s Lives Now<br />
In <strong>2022</strong> we are still five generations<br />
away from achieving gender parity<br />
at current rates of change. Whether<br />
deliberate or not gender bias still<br />
affects women’s life opportunities and<br />
ambitions. This has nothing to do with<br />
the innate talents and skills of girls<br />
and women of course; The Peterson<br />
Institute’s largest ever international<br />
survey of 92 countries found that<br />
companies with 30% more women<br />
at the top (at C-suite level) saw a 15<br />
percent increase in profitability in<br />
business.<br />
The Power of Girls’ Schools<br />
A modern girls-only education is vital<br />
to help girls achieve their full potential.<br />
Our schools put their ambitions firmly<br />
the centre. It’s at the heart of all we do.<br />
The Facts About Girls in Girls’ Schools<br />
In all girls’ environments:<br />
• Girls in classrooms are more likely<br />
to pursue ambitious educational<br />
goals<br />
• Girls excel athletically and have<br />
greater chances for leadership roles<br />
• Girls achieve a disproportionately<br />
large share of the top exam grades<br />
in the UK<br />
• Internationally educating girls is<br />
life changing, lifting people out of<br />
poverty, growing economies and<br />
saving lives<br />
Whereas:<br />
• Girls working alongside high<br />
achieving boys set their education<br />
goals lower, lack confidence in their<br />
abilities, and do less well in science<br />
and maths in contrast to girls in<br />
girls’ schools.<br />
• Girls get less teaching time in co-ed<br />
schools because generally teachers<br />
interact with boys more often in the<br />
classroom by a margin of 10 to 30<br />
percent<br />
Donna Stevens, GSA CEO: “Our mission<br />
at GSA is help our pupils create the world<br />
as it should be - a place where every<br />
girl can achieve and lead. An all- girls<br />
education gifts every girl with the skills<br />
and appetite to recognise her full talents<br />
and realise a brilliant life.”<br />
“The world should be a place where every girl can<br />
learn and lead. To achieve this we must ensure our<br />
economies, societies and education systems work for<br />
girls, not against them.”<br />
Malala Yousafazi<br />
GSA Alumna, Edgbaston High School<br />
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