Hearing directly from young girls about their frustration with outdated uniform policies is always powerful. We know that those school girls that speak out are hugely influential in creating change in their school community. Here’s another young uniform activist, Scarlett; we’re cheering her on in her campaign for girls to be able to have uniform choice. This is the speech that Scarlett gave to her class – she’s still waiting for the school to catch
St Dominic’s Catholic School is a small school in Western Australia, with 65 of the 146 students being girls. Olivia and Josie were two of the young uniform activists that petitioned their school principal and won the right for girls to have the choice of wearing shorts as their everyday uniform. They started back in 2017, when Josie was just 7 and Olivia, 8, and featured in our GUA Poster for International Day of the
We love our young uniform activists! There’s no doubt that they are change agents – transforming their school uniform policies so girls at their schools have the choice of wearing pants and shorts as their everyday uniform. This is a great story of how Sofia, our dynamic young uniform activist from WA, inspired 10 year old Lou Lou. Lou Lou was so impressed with Sofia that she gave a speech for a public speaking
One parent’s fight, backed by the Anti-Discrimination Board, for her daughters’ rights to have the choice of wearing shorts and pants to school. Missy M’s three daughters were very cold and uncomfortable in their dress uniform. So, Missy asked the school principal if shorts and long pants for girls could be added to the uniform list. Missy tells her story below: “She [the principal] said no, just like that, a straight, flat out no! I then
We often hear schools say no-one has ever raised the issue of girls wearing shorts or pants. Often we hear from parents who are pleased to hear about Girls Uniform Agenda; they had thought they were the only person who felt uniform choice was important. After all, the P&C, and the Principal, had said that nobody had ever asked if girls could wear shorts or pants. We know this can’t be true. This argument is
Your daughter’s about to go on stage for her public school’s awards’ ceremony, everyone should be excited. Except they’re not, a daughter in tears, an exasperated mother and a principal bursting with anger. This story shows that even when schools offer uniform choice, the shaming, guilt and pressure on girls to conform to gender expectations is ever-present. And girls’ appearance can still outweigh ability. When schools offer choice – it needs to be authentic and