“My parents always tell me that anything a boy can do, a girl can do better,” says 11-year-old Fíadh. She’s among a group of pupils from Holy Cross Girls’ Primary School in north Belfast who have ...

At the height of school closures due to coronavirus, 1.6 billion children were out of school globally Coronavirus has changed the world. We are facing the biggest triple threat of our lifetimes, with ...

Researchers from IGSD are working with Malala Fund to develop a strategic approach to support digital learning, particularly for girls. Girls affected by crises such as wars and political instability, ...

Boys perform better at secondary school if they are made to sit next to girls, new research has shown. Separating them from their male friends helped them avoid 'laddish' antischool culture and ...

New activities and badges across the organisation’s age ranges have been created in partnership with Google to help boost digital skills. Sign up for the top news stories every day to keep you ...

The head of Ofsted, the school inspections organisation, thinks boys and girls do better when they learn together in school. Sir Michael Wilshaw said: "Boys and girls do better in a mixed-school ...

It’s a hot question these days, because girls have been pulling ahead of boys in terms of academic achievement for several years. If you said the chicken, then how do you explain the egg it hatched ...

With apps to reduce queues for water and to protect women in danger, a project teaching computer skills to girls in India’s Dharavi slum is changing aspirations Ansuja Madival’s mother, who works as a ...

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Judy Murray is launching an initiative encouraging primary-age girls to participate in competitive sport and to mentor each other. Ms Murray, a former GB Federation Cup captain who raised her children ...

New activities and badges across the organisation’s age ranges have been created in partnership with Google to help boost digital skills. Girls aged from four to 18 who are part of Girlguiding are to ...