WASTE MANAGEMENT

  WHAT IS GENDER GENDER STEREOTYPES ?   A gender stereotype is a widely held belief or generalisation about the behaviours and  characteristics attributed to women and men. Females are often portrayed as being  emotional, caring and in need of protection. Males are often characterised as being  rational, career driven and strong. These assumptions can be negative (eg women are  irrational, men are insensitive) or seemingly benign (eg women are nurturing, men are  leaders). However, all stereotyping can be limiting. Where do gender stereotypes come from? Gender stereotypes are complex and originate from local culture and traditions.  Children learn what constitutes female and male behaviour from their family and  friends, the media and institutions including schools and religious bodies. Gender  stereotypes can have an adverse effect on all genders, as young people find  themselves regularly exposed to messages about how boys and gir...

  CHALLENGES FACING YOUTHS TODAY Education and Employment Research conducted by YMCA found that 44% of young people have concerns about their studies and exam pressures. Moreover, education has become an area of a young person’s life rife with the pressures of competition. Academic standards are higher than ever as more people each year are expected to enter further education. Alongside academic excellence, students must prove that they are well-rounded individuals that have taken an array of extracurricular activities: perhaps taken on a job; accepted volunteering responsibilities; or entered internships. And while that might have been pressure enough in recent years, now of course young people are having to develop high standard university applications while having lived the last academic year online. Their transferable skills of empathy and patience, and their tech skills benefiting from this, but perhaps their interpersonal and communicative skills suffering because of this...